The biggest difference with Twitter and writing long form is you're part of a virtual community where you know people, or think you know them, through their links.

I'm kind of odd; I'm a technophobe who isn't a technophobe. I'm afraid of new things, but eventually I love them. That happened with Twitter.

I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn't know how to be one - other than just do it. I didn't know what form it would take.

There was a part of me that always wanted to be an editor.

There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're blessed, and they've worked at their craft, but there's very few.

I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.