Let me start by saying that reading is probably my biggest addiction, has been since I was little when a teacher picked up Roald Dahl and began to read. 
That was when I fell in love with books, all books, so if you have reading suggestions please let me know. 
Now then as for writing the characters that reside in my head demand that I do so all pushing against one another trying to tell their story first.
I simply listen and write, after all they are their stories to tell.