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|summary=We fell for Annabel Pitcher when we read [[My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher|My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece]] and we knew that she was one of our favourite authors when we finished [[Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher|Ketchup Clouds]]. She popped into Bookbag Towers to tell us about her New Year resolutions
|date=12 January 2013
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|website=http://www.annabelpitcher.com/
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==Resolutions==
[[image:APitcher.jpg|left]]
As the fireworks exploded over London on New Year’s Eve, I did what I always do on the stroke of midnight: I put down my half-full glass of bubbly and vowed not to touch another drop for the rest of the evening. It might sound rather boring, but I love to wake up on the first morning of the new year, fresh and ready to go. You see, unlike a lot of people, I am really rather fond of January 1st. All that promise. All those brand new opportunities.
Pen and paper in hand over breakfast the next morning, I made a long list of resolutions. Being a target-driven person, this is something I enjoy doing. When I am old, I want to look back on my life and know that I got the very best out of it, which means I tend to live quite self-consciously. I hate the thought that time might pass without me really doing anything of any worth, so I often write down the things that I want to achieve. It can be anything, from seeing more of my friends to running a half marathon, and January 1st is always the most inspirational time of year to take stock and set new goals.
And so it was that I came to think about what I really wanted to do in 2013. I scribbled down the usual stuff – make sure I get my five-a-day, exercise four times a week, limit my alcohol intake – but then I wrote something that surprised me.
Read more books.
Until those words popped out of my pen, I had no idea that my lack of reading was bothering me. But then, as I thought about it more carefully, I realised that I hadn’t read very much at all since becoming a full-time author. I don’t know. I just find it difficult to want to stare at words on a page when I have spent all day doing the same thing. In 2012, I was so caught up in writing [[Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher|Ketchup Clouds]] that I only had room in my brain for my own story, which makes the books that I did occasionally read all the more special. Sometimes, I’d get swept away in a novel, despite myself. Even though I had a looming writing deadline, I’d pick up a book for a few minutes then still find myself reading it, hours later, unable to put it down. [[Room by Emma Donoghue]] was one such book. [[A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness]] was another. [[The Fault in Our Stars by John Green]] was yet one more.
But, for every book that immediately grips you and demands to be read from the very first page, there are those that require a bit more effort, but are worth it in the end. These are the novels that I no longer read: the classics, which can seem so quaint and lack the instant gratification of modern texts; or the books with central characters that take a little longer to get to know; or those with more challenging narrative styles. I miss these novels. And I miss the discipline of reading – the feeling of persevering with a text despite initial reservations because you trust the author and know that there will be a satisfying pay-off in the final pages.
That’s why resolution nine on my list is to make sure that I read for thirty minutes a day, before I go to sleep. It might sound rather pedantic to give myself a set time to pick up a book, but if I don’t, I know I will forget to fit it in. Oh, and resolution ten is to make sure I get to the end of any novel that I start. Some of the best books that I have ever read are those that cast a slow magic, that gripped me so gently that I barely noticed it at first but, when it came to the last chapter, I realised it had got under my skin. These are the type of books I want to reacquaint myself with this year. I cannot wait.
[[Category:Annabel Pitcher]]
|title= Annabel Pitcher Talks To Bookbag About Her New Year Resolutions
|summary=We fell for Annabel Pitcher when we read [[My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher|My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece]] and we knew that she was one of our favourite authors when we finished [[Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher|Ketchup Clouds]]. She popped into Bookbag Towers to tell us about her New Year resolutions
|date=12 January 2013
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780620152</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1780620152</amazonus>
|website=http://www.annabelpitcher.com/
}}
==Resolutions==
[[image:APitcher.jpg|left]]
As the fireworks exploded over London on New Year’s Eve, I did what I always do on the stroke of midnight: I put down my half-full glass of bubbly and vowed not to touch another drop for the rest of the evening. It might sound rather boring, but I love to wake up on the first morning of the new year, fresh and ready to go. You see, unlike a lot of people, I am really rather fond of January 1st. All that promise. All those brand new opportunities.
Pen and paper in hand over breakfast the next morning, I made a long list of resolutions. Being a target-driven person, this is something I enjoy doing. When I am old, I want to look back on my life and know that I got the very best out of it, which means I tend to live quite self-consciously. I hate the thought that time might pass without me really doing anything of any worth, so I often write down the things that I want to achieve. It can be anything, from seeing more of my friends to running a half marathon, and January 1st is always the most inspirational time of year to take stock and set new goals.
And so it was that I came to think about what I really wanted to do in 2013. I scribbled down the usual stuff – make sure I get my five-a-day, exercise four times a week, limit my alcohol intake – but then I wrote something that surprised me.
Read more books.
Until those words popped out of my pen, I had no idea that my lack of reading was bothering me. But then, as I thought about it more carefully, I realised that I hadn’t read very much at all since becoming a full-time author. I don’t know. I just find it difficult to want to stare at words on a page when I have spent all day doing the same thing. In 2012, I was so caught up in writing [[Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher|Ketchup Clouds]] that I only had room in my brain for my own story, which makes the books that I did occasionally read all the more special. Sometimes, I’d get swept away in a novel, despite myself. Even though I had a looming writing deadline, I’d pick up a book for a few minutes then still find myself reading it, hours later, unable to put it down. [[Room by Emma Donoghue]] was one such book. [[A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness]] was another. [[The Fault in Our Stars by John Green]] was yet one more.
But, for every book that immediately grips you and demands to be read from the very first page, there are those that require a bit more effort, but are worth it in the end. These are the novels that I no longer read: the classics, which can seem so quaint and lack the instant gratification of modern texts; or the books with central characters that take a little longer to get to know; or those with more challenging narrative styles. I miss these novels. And I miss the discipline of reading – the feeling of persevering with a text despite initial reservations because you trust the author and know that there will be a satisfying pay-off in the final pages.
That’s why resolution nine on my list is to make sure that I read for thirty minutes a day, before I go to sleep. It might sound rather pedantic to give myself a set time to pick up a book, but if I don’t, I know I will forget to fit it in. Oh, and resolution ten is to make sure I get to the end of any novel that I start. Some of the best books that I have ever read are those that cast a slow magic, that gripped me so gently that I barely noticed it at first but, when it came to the last chapter, I realised it had got under my skin. These are the type of books I want to reacquaint myself with this year. I cannot wait.
[[Category:Annabel Pitcher]]
