I learned my writin' craft while hammering a typewriter for the Public Affairs Office at Cherry Point, NC, under the stern tutelage of Clarence "Rob" Robinson, one of the last of the great old-time newspapermen, waaaay back in the early '70s. My features appeared in numerous newspapers up and down the east coast during those years, as well as garnering me two now-quite-dusty international bylines. In 1972 more...
