Egotism is annoying, but excessive modesty can be problematic too. I like essays, and their less prestigious cousins, columns, as literary forms. (Blog posts are a still more junior relative.) One of my early heroes and models was a fellow named Owen Edwards, who wrote a regular column for American Photographer magazine (he was its exhibition critic. The magazine's name was later changed to American Photographer magazine does not have a Wikipedia page. Neither does Owen Edwards, so I really know very little about him...including whether the "Owen Edwards" bylines I keep running across here and there all belong to the same person. Here's one, for instance, from