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Fact writer. Biographer of Ernie Pyle, John Bartlow Martin, Richard Tregaskis, Malcolm Browne, and Robert Sherrod, among others. Bio about journalist Wallace H. Terry available Oct. 6, 2026: https://www.unmpress.com/9780826370150/wallace-terry/
@rboomhower.bsky.social"I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write." Elmore Leonard, born on this day in 1925
@rboomhower.bsky.social“Write your stories as you would tell them to people whose attention you want to catch," the style book said. "If you ramble, they get bored. The same is true with writing."
The “Indianapolis Times” ceased publishing on this day in 1965
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@rboomhower.bsky.social"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect." Eleanor Roosevelt, born on this day in 1884
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@rboomhower.bsky.social"The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness into light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge; man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, is no longer a man." Fridtjof Nansen
@rboomhower.bsky.socialHad a great time, as always, talking to Rob.
@robaburg.bsky.socialReposted by @rboomhower.bsky.socialI just published the latest edition of my Substack! On this episode, regular guest Ray E. Boomhower returned to discuss his new biography of journalist Wallace Terry. Subscribe here: therobburgessshow.substack.com/p/a-reporter...
@rboomhower.bsky.social“I love writing. I’m just nuts on writing. Just give me an inkpot and a paper and a pen, and away I go.”
Janet Flanner’s “Letter from Paris” under the pseudonym Genêt first appeared in “The New Yorker” on this day in 1925
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@rboomhower.bsky.social"I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public wants. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you’re doing even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years." Thelonious Monk, born on this day in 1917
@rboomhower.bsky.social“Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!” Fridtjof Nansen, born on this day in 1861
@rboomhower.bsky.socialMe and Wally
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@rboomhower.bsky.socialA good discussion with @robaburg.bsky.social about my new biography of Wallace Terry from the @unmpress.bsky.social and my next book project.
@rboomhower.bsky.socialFor John Lennon's birthday (OTD 1940), here's an article I did for the "Indiana Daily Student" about a memorial service for him following his murder in December 1980. I remember the piece as one of the best I produced during my three years at the student newspaper.
@rboomhower.bsky.socialOn this day in 2010 Scott Russell Sanders (center) won the national award in the Indiana Authors Award. Greg Schwipps (right), from Milan, received the emerging author award. And I was fortunate enough to be named the regional honoree. Quite a day.
@rboomhower.bsky.social"Even the most painstaking history is a bridge across an eternal mystery." Bruce Catton, born on this day in 1899
@brucerosenstein.bsky.socialReposted by @rboomhower.bsky.social“What touched Terry the most, however, was the reaction to his #book from Vietnam veterans.” – Ray E. Boomhower in his new @deborahkalb.bsky.social #author Q&A #journalism
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@rboomhower.bsky.socialYour dad did a great job 👏 last night.
@rboomhower.bsky.social"Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin." Wendell Willkie, Indiana's own, who died OTD in 1944
