I’m just going to be honest with y’all—I’m overwhelmed. This podcast is about exploring the world of publishing and providing a resource for authors, but everything is moving so quickly that it’s easy to feel left behind even when my goal is to stay on top of things.

So I feel that, in this episode, it’d be good to get back to basics.

Let’s talk about reading. Yeah, remember that? If I’m not mistaken, that’s what we’re all doing here, or at least why we started.

In Episode 87, I talk about:

1. Why it’s so hard to stay focused on books (down to the nuts and bolts of what our eyes have been trained to do)
2. What deep reading does to enrich your life
3. Some ways you can rebuild your reading habit
4. A reminder that the sheer number of books and subjects for you to read about is more than you could ever begin to approach

To sum-up: between now and my fortieth birthday next February, I’m going to aim to be a more thoughtful reader and retrain my brain to become fully immersed in books rather than just skim the surface.

If that sounds like something you’d like for yourself, let me know at [email protected], on LinkedIn, or on Bluesky @emilyeino.