I started my professional career before the blogosphere existed in any sort of meaningful way. I think that my approach as a writer was certainly freer because I wasn’t worried, I didn’t have commenters on me right from the get-go. I didn’t have this instant-reaction culture that young writers have to deal with now. I had different things – I was listed in the phone book and people would look me up and call me and yell at me, but that was about as bad as it got.
