Revising my Next of Kin manuscript is on my To-Do List today. First, time out to read Lani Longshore’s Monday writer’s blog. She reminded me of how grateful I am for my critique group and my editor. Now, back to making the revisions they suggested.

I had an epiphany that would probably land me on the heretic’s pyre, or at least put me out of the running for tenure. Writers today are expected to have editors. The great writers of the past – not so much. Some writers require effort, readers are told, because they were such deep thinkers. What if that is poppycock? What if the venerated author was simply having a bad writing day?
Montaigne wrote in one of his essays about the Greek philosophers he adored losing the thread of their argument in places. My first thought was here was a classic case of the pot dissing the kettle. Those essays may be worth reading (or at least skimming) for historical significance but don’t expect a logical presentation of a philosophical proposal. Then I realized I was holding him to a standard that didn’t exist in his day. Montaigne was a proto-blogger…
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