Yep, I'm an admitted geezer who has made a career out of stringing words together in newspapers, short stories, magazine features, and columns, as well as nine nonfiction books published between 1976 and 2013. As for job titles, I've had a few: reporter, city editor, sports editor, managing editor, feature writer, and columnist. I also spent three and a half decades as editor of a national magazine with a peak readership of some half-million souls. In my spare time (yeah, right!) I taught English, journalism, creative writing, short fiction, and advanced composition at three Midwestern universities.
Now officially retired but still writing daily, I've just completed my first novel (a murder mystery) that has roots in the pulp fiction crime stories I began selling to men's magazines as a college student in the 1960s. By the way, I met my future wife in high school. We married in our late teens and are the parents of four, grandparents of eight, and great grandparents of two. On this forum I'm looking to swap and ideas, information, and advice with other writers who love reading and producing the written word. I especially hope to hear from fellow crime fiction buffs who are cranking out stories and books of their own (fiction or nonfiction), but I'm happy to talk with anyone who's engaged in the ongoing war against empty pages.
JimJam
Now officially retired but still writing daily, I've just completed my first novel (a murder mystery) that has roots in the pulp fiction crime stories I began selling to men's magazines as a college student in the 1960s. By the way, I met my future wife in high school. We married in our late teens and are the parents of four, grandparents of eight, and great grandparents of two. On this forum I'm looking to swap and ideas, information, and advice with other writers who love reading and producing the written word. I especially hope to hear from fellow crime fiction buffs who are cranking out stories and books of their own (fiction or nonfiction), but I'm happy to talk with anyone who's engaged in the ongoing war against empty pages.
JimJam
