“When I was a kid I used to read so much that I would be going through, like, a book a day, maybe more on the weekends. So itâs always hard to say what my favorite book was, except I still remember the book that really stood out and resonated with little thirteen- or fourteen-year-old me. It was A song for Arbonne. This book was kind of my first encounter with the way fiction doesn’t have to stick with or stay within these very rigid genre guidelines. It was kind of where I realized–like, you know how you always grow up hearing people tell you âWrite what you knowâ? Well, I loved writing even when I was very young, and A Song for Arbonne was when I learned that you shouldnât always write what you know. You should write about what youâre passionate about, what really drives you, even at times where it seems like it doesn’t fit. It can really inform and give your work a personal touch.â #scholarsofsturges
