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Part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing at The Mercury in Pottstown, PA.

Twenty-year career in journalism as a sportswriter, newspaper editor and newspaper publisher in Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York State.

Twenty-year career in senior management of not-for-profit agencies working with homeless people in New York City.

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Terry Brennan Research. Kind of counter-intuitive, but as more of a plot-driven, rather than character-driven, author I like digging around and finding out stuff th…moreResearch. Kind of counter-intuitive, but as more of a plot-driven, rather than character-driven, author I like digging around and finding out stuff that I can use to build the tapestry of the adventure - and obscure is better. In the JERUSALEM PROPHECIES series, our guys travel from St. Anthony's Monastery in Egypt (the oldest, continuously in use monastery in the world), to the Krak de Chevaliers, a Crusader castle in Syria, to some 5,000-year-old passage tombs in Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland. Who would know about that kind of stuff without doing research? That's the fun part.(less)
Terry Brennan Write. There is no better training ground for writing than writing. If you can, get a job as a journalist, where they pay you to write. It's a differe…moreWrite. There is no better training ground for writing than writing. If you can, get a job as a journalist, where they pay you to write. It's a different kind of writing, but it teaches you discipline and deadlines.
Buy Stephen King's book, On Writing. A fascinating read, and a lot of good ideas.
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“From Joan Baez at Town Hall in New York City, on her 50th Anniversary Tour as a performer. "People always ask me about my voice. I tell them, 'The gift is from God. My job is just maintenance and delivery.”
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Beth Ziarnik Hi Terry. I just first realized I could respond to friend notices here on Goodreads. (Ah, yes--some of us are a little slower than others. ) Anyway, thank you for friending me. All the best to you!


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