Letter #1: A Relfection

Well, the first "letter to the editor" was finished last night, and I think I can safely say that it was a success. Although I will admit finding the right blend of "ha they lost" and "oh they got us thought..." was a bit of a challenge, since I did the third crusade, a military win but a loss in the end. Of course I also wanted my letter to sound like a disgruntled reader in Egypt, so I'm not so sure how that went. I also must say that the name I used on the letter, Soron Jidus, was not nearly what I wanted, but I decided I wanted the letters of my name real name in this one more than an authentic sounding name. You win some, you lose some. The letter was a success though. It allowed me to write about the crusades in a global context but also share my "disgust" towards the crusaders, and my slight annoyance with the loose terms of the treaty that was signed with Richard. I also got some good personal commentary in on Richard though, which I thought was good. The medium of writing has done its job, and I think (hope?) rather well. They will be easy to make blog accessible through a public google doc, which will make them open to all. I am now going to write the second letter. I have planned to do one letter per crusade, dated with the year the crusade officially ended. I am think that I might make this a series type thing, but I will have to see how letter 2 goes.