Deals in facts. Biographer of Ernie Pyle, John Bartlow Martin, Richard Tregaskis, Malcolm Browne, and Robert Sherrod, among others. Bio about journalist Wallace H. Terry available October 2026: https://www.unmpress.com/9780826370150/wallace-terry/
Ray E. Boomhower
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Proud to have an essay included in this fine publication from the @illinoispress.bsky.social.
"Man is the animal who weeps and laughs--and writes. If the first Prometheus brought fire from heaven in a fennel-stalk, the last will take it back--in a book."
John Cowper Powys, who died on this day in 1963
“To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again, and once more, and over and over.”
John Hersey, born on this day in 1914
"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone—just plain going at it, in pain and delight.”
John Hersey
"Take enormous care, and never be cavalier with copy.
Don't inadvertently edit in mistakes.
The best editing is the least editing.
Change no more than has to be.
Ask: Is this a real improvement or just a change?"
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“I didn’t invite him, and I have nothing to say to him. Do you really think the former Attorney General of the United States is going to break down a door?”
(A sneak peek into what I'm working on.)
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