Find something that thrills you, and when you finish reading it for enjoyment, read it again line by line, paragraph by paragraph to see what you liked about it.

I could hear the boy cheering in the back seat and Justin had a huge smile on his face, his dimples standing out. I squeezed my eyes shut. Maybe I lacked the necessary testosterone levels to be enjoying this.

Read, read, read, read and then read some more.

I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.

If I have a choice between looking something up and making it up, I'll make it up every time.

I knew how to read box scores and who the baseball heroes were before I had ever seen or even heard much of a game.