My first follow-up to my recent brainstorm on the pros and cons of blogging would be to list one clear benefit: It has already helped me to find my “voice”.
What is voice? I’m not talking about anything to do with my vocal cords. I’m talking about that subtle quality of tone that a writer has [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘tone’
September 13, 2008
Finding my third voice
August 17, 2008
On irony
Having a sense of irony can be an isolating and lonely experience if you find yourself living in America. I should know.
While contemplating a post on irony, I pinged a former colleague of mine, Gideon Rachman (who is now a columnist and blogger at the Financial Times).
That is because Gideon, as a Brit in the [...]
August 8, 2008
The treacherous First Person
I’ve been meaning to share a tidbit of a conversation I recently had with my colleague at The Economist, Tom Standage, while we were having lunch at Zuni in San Francisco. Both of us are writing books, both of which are not traditional “histories” but have a strong element of history, and indeed assume a [...]
