My reading like Oprah experiment begins

I am a writer who needs inspiration every day. I'm constantly struggling against my own demons to write. So as I prayed on this last week I thought I should try a twelve month blogging experiment.

I decided to read one book that Oprah suggests in her monthly reading room in her magazine. I don't have television and Oprah's magazine is my lifeline for inspiration. I always run to the supermarket to buy the latest edition. I want to see how reading one of Oprah's picks might inspire me as a writer. I want to see if any of you out there want to join me in this experiment and share with me how my pick of the month might inspire you with your creative passionate dreams. 

I begged my teenage daughter to give me fifteen minutes of her time to help me set up this blog because I had no idea how to do it. I am still in awe of the internet and how it works. Being a kid of the 60's--this whole thing still baffles me.

The November O issue is out so I am starting my reading like Oprah experiment with one of her picks on page 146 in the November issue. The title is "The Road To Poetry" by Mary Karr and it's a Memoir. I am choosing this because one of my writing projects is a memoir . I'll try to read a few chapters every week and blog about how they do or don't inspire me in my writing or in any aspect of my life. Let me know if any one out there in Internet Land would like to join me and let me know how this memoir impacts you. I am also already reading a memoir the author Mary Karr wrote a long, long time ago titled " The Liars Club." When I went to the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans two years ago, a New York Times bestselling author suggested this Memoir to all aspiring memoir writers-- so I bought it fast.

Well, here goes...Hoping Reading Like Oprah can inspire me...

Writer seeking inspiration, Leslie