Posts Tagged as ‘Beginnings’

April 9, 2009

On Book Reviews

Book Reviews always intrigue me.  I’m fascinated to read a writer’s perspective on another’s work.  It also strikes me as humorous that one writer might spend a day summarizing a bold new piece of historical research that took the author years to research.  I imagine it would be a bit disappointing (and humbling) to see all that work condensed [...]

March 11, 2009

Inaugural Address

My fellow readers (of whom I am the first and, quite possibly, the only one),
The very idea of crafting an opening line thrills and terrifies me. How might I draw you in, entice you, convince you to continue reading without making you feel coerced?
Such is the task of a speechwriter each time he or she [...]