Even when I can't get excited about much else, I can get excited about reading

I'm gonna let you guys in on a little secret: being a writer is not very eventful.

Like, seriously, nothing ever happens. I mean, I get a rejection every other day. And an acceptance every two months, maybe. And every few months there's also some slow incremental progress on getting my novel published (hearing from my agent, sending him a revision, etc).…