Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.

...water laughing softly down a black stone wall.

The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.

I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd writing, outright flailing around. Writing that doesn’t have a good voice or any voice. But then there will be good moments. It seems writer’s block is often a dislike of writing badly and waiting for writing better to happen.

That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out.

I'm very interested in the way the Internet has changed teenage life. Obviously it's very different from when I grew up, when there weren't even answering machines, much less computers. I was telling my children this the other day, and the little one said, "Did you have electricity, Mom?" and I was like okay, enough, kid.

Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.