Monday, May 26, 2014

The Journalist's Handbook: A Primer on Good Writing

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When I was teaching journalism and feature writing at the University of Illinois I wrote a Journalist's Handbook that I gave to all ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Q & A With Ron Yates (Part 3)

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During a recent virtual book tour with a book blogging website I was asked the following questions, which I endeavored to answer honestly...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Q & A with Ron Yates (Part 2)

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If you could have dinner with 1 person, dead or alive, who would it be and why? Winston Churchill . He was absolutely brilliant and I w...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Q & A with Ron Yates (Part 1)

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During one of my virtual online book tours, a blogger asked to do a Question and Answer interview during our session. What follows are her ...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

From Journalist to Writer: How Difficult is the Transition?

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In a recent interview with several book bloggers about my book Finding Billy Battles , I was asked if the transition from journalist to wri...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Three things I learned while writing "Finding Billy Battles"

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During a recent "virtual book tour" with several book bloggers, I was asked what three things I learned while writing Finding Bil...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Challenges of Writing Historical Fiction (Part Two)

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At the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this past weekend where I was signing my book Finding Billy Battles , I was asked several times ...