Over at Vela Magazine, Sarah Menkedick discusses her complicated relationship with the endless distraction and instant gratification of the Internet as a writer:

My default instinct is to skew towards the more challenging option, which demands greater discipline and less immediate reward, and so I continue to aim for the longform essay over the viral blog. But I’m no longer sure, in a media world of rapidly changing reading patterns and rules for success, whether this choice is ultimately more productive, virtuous, or personally meaningful.