Join Me at Non-Boring History

As should be pretty obvious, I haven't done a great job of keeping up this blog. There's a good reason: It's hard to keep writing into a void, fed only by few anonymous "likes". Mostly, my work is speaking to excited audiences, often about my writing, and the blog has felt like speaking to an empty room. I love writing, but professional writers should not be expected to write for some higher purpose.

And, as I used to tell my college students, if you slouch silently, you'll get the lecture...