Around the Word Today

Lots of posts caught our eye today...

• Ragan gives a much-needed grammar lesson on the misuse of "I"

• In our era of nonstop information, Kitty Kelley predicts that in-depth, unauthorized biography writing may be on its way out

• Ragan's Jim Ylisela begs corporate journalists to take a cue from their colleagues and invest in short, teasing leads

• Nick Morgan analyzes what makes a stellar speech sink -- from excessive self-referencing to lacking an arc, watch out for these sure-fire ways to fail

• The 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death was marked with a seance and the burying of a time capsule at his Hartford, CT home. GalleyCat takes a stab at how other literary greats will be celebrated