#WritersCoffeeClub 6.Do you write daily? Why or why not?Not. I have a busy day job and a few other hobby interests, so I cannot dedicate as much time as I would like.However, I have still managed to deliver at least 1,000 words of translations and commentary to my Patreon supporters every Monday, for more than six years - so it's not as if I take a lot of breaks as such.https://www.patreon.com/sunkencastles

#WritersCoffeeClub 5 September. How much should a writer read?I generally recommend reading as much as you are able - on any conceivable subject, and certainly outside of your genre. Inspiration can be gained from _anywhere_, and the more you read - the more you know - the more will you be able to develop your own style and your own unique ideas and plots.One of my major regrets in life is that I do no longer have as much time to read as I did in my youth, but I nevertheless try to keep at it.

#WritersCoffeeClub 5Sep—How much should a writer read?IDEALLY a fair amount - new books, unfamiliar authors, and wider than the genres we write. I like to revisit classics now I have a writer's eye.Read for fun, but also experience the particular, immersive, relationship with a book. We should read long form non-fiction.I find age, medication, and the slog of editing reduce how much I read compared with how much I view. Impossible to stay across 1 genre#books #writing #amwriting

#WritersCoffeeClub 9/5. How much should a writer read?Voraciously, constantly, curiously, and not just within their own field.(It's an essential prerequisite for not being derivative, clichéd, and constantly reintenting the wheel. You're very unlikely to produce something original if you aren't familiar with the prior art.)

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 4. How do you handle nudity or sex in your writing? Subtly, graphically, not at all?I handle it exactly as in the German folk tales I translate.Which is to say, normally they don't dwell on the details, but when the story explicitly says that a dwarf is copulating with the castle cook on the wedding carpet, then I will translate this as literally as possible too.