driven by characters and events any probably have to start with something like in november of 1882 sarah bernhardt -- and i personally didn't want to write this book that way but if you're going to write a book that is narrative driven you can see other stories from the start. there are only a few brilliant people and i am not one of them who can make an argument. that is a very tricky thing to do. it's easier to make an argument and that argument can be very compelling. i chose to put my energy into that and i'm very happy that university press does embrace that. historians often write more narrative driven books. i think that is all i will say. you are in the company of other scholars and you are in dialogue and their books help your book to be more compelling and it reflects on their book as well and that's a very good thing to do. where is in the trade press in your book may not fit in as well you may end up eating the nerd at the party as opposed to being a nerd among nerds. >> and nerd among nerds over a long span of time, nerds all the way. the nice thing about university press is we really