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Interviewing: What questions to ask, Part II

April 1, 2014

   Once you have the basic questions answered (See Interviewing: What questions to ask, Part I, posted March 25, 2014 at www.jamathews.com/blog, Findi ...

Interviewing: What questions to Ask, Part I

March 25, 2014

With few exceptions, interviewing people is part of every story a journalist, magazine writer or freelancer writes. There isn’t a story if the writer doesn’t have input from people “in the ...

Write the core of the story

March 18, 2014

  I’ve had countless assignments to write about the anniversary of an organization, a fundraising event or the focus of a group. Basically, these topics are like press releases. They simpl ...

Turn Horror into Humor

March 13, 2014

 I put an unusual spin on my first published story that earned a paycheck. It happened that our car was stolen—the third time this "horror" had happened to us over the years. Three differe ...

Turn Horror into Humor

March 11, 2014

I put an unusual spin on my first published story that earned a paycheck. It happened that our car was stolen—the third time this "horror" had happened to us over the years. Three different ...

Interviews: writers remember this

March 4, 2014

1)      Sounding stupid 2)      Omitting important facts 3)      Being misquoted 4)      Feeling obligated to include certain people As the interviewer, I’m annoyed ...

Johnny Gosch and Writing

December 10, 2013

Dec. 1 at home after from spending Thanksgiving with our son and his family, I saw a program about Johnny Gosch. I remember Johnny's story because he's about the same age as our son, Steven. Johnny ...

Ten reasons why you should enter contests

November 22, 2013

Entering contests is often a stressful endeavor. By the time you read the rules, go through your body of work, get the entry materials and complete all the necessary details, you may decide it's n ...

Digital Scrapbooking for the photographer/writer

August 22, 2013

As a kid, I always liked photography. This interest has never waned. I belong to the C ...

Finding your writing niche

May 1, 2013

One of the hardest parts of writing to publish is finding the place where you fit. I never thought of myself as a journalist, yet I've been writing feature stories for newspapers and magazines for d ...

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