It wasn't until the kids were grown that I decided I wanted to be a serious writer. In fact, I rarely feel the need or desire to read any fiction at all, and this is especially true when I'm working on a book. I don't know how to explain this. Maybe it's caused by a hidden anxiety of possibly being influenced by other writers. I thought that was an interesting comment, but it didn't hurt my feelings any.
Newspapers have a little bit of everything.
It is one-half cup, not four cups. The corrected recipe appears below. My ambition is to someday read an entire Sunday edition of The New York Times . Maybe when I finish the book I'm presently working on, I'll take a week off and do just that. Also, when I have time, I look at The Skeptical Inquirer , Harper's , and weekly news magazines such as Time , Newsweek , and USNews and World Report .