In the past, I have shared a series of stories from my days publishing small town newspapers, from a job I had selling cars, about my time in the Army, and some tales of the offbeat adventures and misadventures I’ve gotten into in a series called Nick Happens. Now, I thought I would share some […]
In the past, I have shared a series of stories from my days publishing small town newspapers, from a job I had selling cars, about my time in the Army, and some tales of the offbeat adventures and misadventures I’ve gotten into in a series called Nick Happens. Now, I thought I would share some […]
In the past, I have shared a series of stories from my days publishing small town newspapers, from a job I had selling cars, about my time in the Army, and some tales of the offbeat adventures and misadventures I’ve gotten into in a series called Nick Happens. Now, I thought I would share some […]
In the past, I’ve shared with you a series called Newspaper Days about my career publishing small-town newspapers in Arizona and on the Pacific Northwest coast. During that time, I interviewed quite a few celebrities who came to the towns where I published to perform at fairs and concerts, a number of politicians including presidential […]
In the past, I have shared a series of stories from my days publishing small town newspapers, from a job I had selling cars, about my time in the Army, and some tales of the offbeat adventures and misadventures I’ve gotten into in a series called Nick Happens. Now, I thought I would share some stories […]
In the past, I have shared a series of stories from my days publishing small town newspapers, from a job I had selling cars, about my time in the Army, and some tales of the offbeat adventures and misadventures I’ve gotten into in a series called Nick Happens. Now, I thought I would tell you […]
It took longer than I had planned to get my newest book, Big Lake Parolee, uploaded to Amazon yesterday. That was partially my fault because I didn’t realize I had saved the final corrected file in a different place on my computer and was trying to work with the previous version, some of which had […]
I have always thought that Burl Ives had me in mind every time I heard his old song, Mr. In-Between. In my days publishing small town newspapers, about half my readers thought I was a draft card burning, long-haired hippie, bleeding heart liberal. And just as many of my readers thought that I was an […]
Should newspapers have trigger warnings? Are we that fragile as a society that we have to be warned that something unpleasant may exist? I can watch hours of violence on prime-time television, but when the nightly news comes on, I have to be warned that the report of an auto accident might be disturbing? Another […]
A while back my pal Barb Westerfield told me about an episode of the Independent Lens series on PBS called Storm Lake that I should watch. Barb knows I spent most of my working years publishing small town newspapers, and she said this one was right up my alley. To be honest, I forgot about […]
Anybody who’s ever had to deal with the public on a daily basis can tell you that some people can be very hard to handle. Whether you’re working behind the counter in a retail store, as a service technician, a nurse, a school teacher, a first responder, or anybody else, believe me, they all have […]
Before I get into today’s blog from my days publishing small town newspapers, I wanted to let you all know that I uploaded the print edition of Big Lake Sinner to Amazon late last night. It should be live and available for purchase sometime today. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away […]
From the time I was a kid I always wanted to be a writer, and especially a newspaperman. I consider myself very lucky that for most of my life I’ve made my living with the written word and been able to own and publish quite a few small town newspapers. Over the years I’ve seen […]
Here is a blog about a very dumb criminal, from my days publishing small town newespapers. As I’ve said before, during my days publishing small town newspapers I always enjoyed a good relationship with the local law enforcement community. At least for the most part. There was one exception that I will talk about some […]
Another blog post from my days publishng small town newspapers. Television has taught us that journalists and the police are always at odds with each other, sworn enemies who will never come to any kind of middle ground. The reporters are pushy and don’t care about anything but getting the story, and if they can […]
If you were to believe popular fiction or current events, there is a lot of animosity between police and the press. Sometimes that animosity is well-earned on both sides, but at least in fiction, much of it is overblown. With my own background of having been around law enforcement, I always enjoyed a very good […]
In my last newspaper days column, titled Cinderella, I wrote about how small town politicians and bureaucrats always tried to avoid me because they knew I would ask questions they didn’t want to answer and print stories they didn’t want the public to read. I also mentioned that the school superintendent in our little Arizona […]
Before we get to today’s blog, I want to wish our son Travis happy birthday. We love you very much, son, and we are very proud of you. This being an election year, I think a lot of readers will enjoy this story from my days publishing small town newspapers. You might think that a […]
Here is anothre blog from my days publishing small town newspapers. Publishing small-town newspapers on the Pacific Northwest coast and in Arizona was a lot of fun, and I like to think that sometimes my publications made a difference in the communities they served. I gained a reputation for stepping on toes, and that was […]
Here is another blog from my days publishing small town newspapers. My dad used to always say that some people are so cheap that if you were selling $100 bills for five bucks, they would ask for a discount. I thought that was funny as a kid, but when I grew up and started running […]