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What Keeps You Up At Night Reading?

The other night I was reading a book. I try to read every night, and I used to read even more, but lately I haven't found the motivation to read more than once a day. However, something powerful happened in the book I was reading, causing me to wish it wasn't so late and that I could continue reading and find out what happens next. This got me thinking about writing...about GOOD writing. For me, what makes a book good, is emotion. If the author can make me feel, I am hooked. This is something I strive to do as well. I try really hard to make my characters evoke emotions in the people reading them.

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