Riley Martin is a New Jersey resident, a former sharecropper, and a true believer in the knowledge he says he accrued during an alien abduction several years ago. He's also a regular on The Howard Stern Show, and he's amassed plenty of fans in recent years -- some because they enjoy his stories of extraterrestrial … Continue reading News of the Weird: Promoting Riley Martin
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The Wisdom of Coca-Cola
... Im pitching article ideas left and right. Just had my Ireland /France rail travel story published at http://www.gonomad.com, now I'm working on several photo-related articles and a story about taking advantage of the oh-so-easy MARTA system to explore Atlanta, the city from which I just returned. But my advice this week to fellow scribblers … Continue reading The Wisdom of Coca-Cola
There is another … Writing Tips from a Fellow Blogger
I usually don't like steadfast rules for writing or editing, but my fellow scribe wrote this suggestion for editing your own work on his blog, Write Now. The entry, Don't Be a Yoda, offers a few Jedi mind tricks to keep your writing concise. I tried them, and now I'm using the anti-Yoda all the … Continue reading There is another … Writing Tips from a Fellow Blogger
Don’t Let the Baggage Get you Down
Make Mine a Guinness... photo copyright JCS 2005 Just returned from a press trip to Ireland and France, seeing the sights by train and ferry. Whirlwind tour doesn't even begin to describe this experience, but in travel writing you also learn some necessary tid bits about schlepping your schlock all over a continent. I've always … Continue reading Don’t Let the Baggage Get you Down
Journalism Cool Factor #1 – meeting niche celebrities
The best thing about being a journalist is you get to learn little bits and pieces about a million different things within a given time period -- I call it becoming a dinner-table expert on a topic. You glean just enough information to be engaging and/or interesting for as long as it takes to finish … Continue reading Journalism Cool Factor #1 – meeting niche celebrities
