Nowadays, I find myself looking back more and more to my college days. Back then I had decided to become a newspaper journalist. I’d taken a typing test to prove I had the skill to type at least 40 words per minute. And I passed, although with a few typos. So I began taking theContinue reading “Remembering the life of a journalism intern”
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The Incredibly Shrinking Daily Newspaper
This post was written by Mike Staton. Recently, I learned that ‘Entertainment Weekly,’ the magazine I’ve subscribed to for perhaps twenty years, had ceased publication. The Internet Age has not been kind to traditional magazines and daily newspapers. I worked as a reporter and later editor at daily newspapers in Ohio and Florida in theContinue reading “The Incredibly Shrinking Daily Newspaper”
Why Do David Baldacci and I Write?
Posted by M. K. Waller ***** Why do writers write? Anyone who’s ever sworn at a blinking cursor has asked herself that question at some point. Or at many, many points. ~ Meredith Maran In Why We Write, twenty authors answer that question. Below are quotations from six of their essays. *** I write becauseContinue reading “Why Do David Baldacci and I Write?”
A Look at Yesteryear
Post by Doris McCraw/Angela Raines It has been a busy week. Two blogs posted on Sunday, one my regular and one a guest spot. You can read them at: http://bit.ly/1QPHT9O and http://bit.ly/1T7G0Zj So for a change of pace for myself, I decided to share a bit of the fun stuff I find when I’m in the newspaper archivesContinue reading “A Look at Yesteryear”
What’s Your Sign? by Cher’ley
This Blog by Cher’ley Grogg Doris got me thinking about the stars. She talked about going to see the stars and I’m talking about how the stars influence our lives. We all know the most famous pick up line of all time is “What’s Your Sign¿” Did anyone ever use this line on you? In my day,Continue reading “What’s Your Sign? by Cher’ley”
Writing Wranglers and Warriors 