Hello Reader, This week on the water Given that it’s the start of the year, it seems appropriate to talk about the start of a new writing project – and because I am increasingly of the opinion that writing and life are parallel activities, it might well be that what I have to say about beginnings, applies also to life. Let’s see if that’s the case. As you contemplate the story to come, you begin, perhaps, by assembling your characters, in all their tawdry glory. As they step onto the stage of...