During a delicious dinner with my pal Ted last month in Williamsburg, VA, we talked about writing. The category of academic writing in particular came up because Ted’s first book (based in part on his Ph.D. dissertation)–called Family Bonds: Free Blacks and Re-enslavement Law in Antebellum Virginia–was about to be published. He shared with me […]
As promised yesterday, here is another perspective on writing. Which approach do you feel works better? And why? Please share your comments. Writing doesn’t require large does of inspiration. Writers who wait for inspiration to hit, particularly writers with other full-time commitments–a job, a family, a needy feline companion named Ponce de Leon–will likely find […]