Buzz Bissinger

Then I am (proudly) too.

OMG. I just realized what you meant by your "oddly familiar" post. Smells like an "inspired by ..." design at the very least, if you want to be that generous.

Mountbatten's letters were remarkably chatty and gossipy. Sir Martin Gilbert's exuded grace. In the one letter that I found from Randolph Churchill - Sir Winston's son - he lived up to his irascible reputation.

I flew to the University of California, Irvine, where Dr. Marder’s papers fill 16 archive boxes. There I was rewarded with the opportunity to hold, study, and photograph letters and other papers from these & numerous other notables.

Morse code ... as a boy scout in the 60s.

99designs dot com uses a process where they set up a contest in which multiple designers will provide logos for you to select. When I published a book several years ago, they gave me 125+ designs to pick from.

Bruce Hornsby
Pat Metheny
Peter Frampton
Steely Dan
Boz Scaggs

Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit is a master-class in storytelling.