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    Welcome to

    LindaSherwood.com

    Writer, speaker, journalist, photographer, teacher and mother of four are just a few of the many words you can use to define Linda Sherwood.

    An experienced journalist for both print and online publications, Linda teaches English composition and journalism at the college-level, in both traditional and online classrooms.

    Linda is currently at work writing a nonfiction memoir, Fat Man’s Daughter, which focuses on the impact weight can have on parenting and perceptions. For most of her life, Linda’s dad weighed more than 400 pounds, but despite his morbidly obese status, Linda thought of him only as Dad until he died in November 2003, and she was left to deal with her anger caused by her acceptance and his actions that allowed the limits weight placed on his life.

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    What Editors and Readers are saying about Linda's Writing

    "Excellent basic journalism articles specifically geared to writing for local newspapers." - Marcia Yudkin, http://www.yudkin.com

    "Wow!!!! I am so thrilled. I just love your columns -- they are just packed with helpful insights, and the use of quotes and short paragraphs makes for an easy, smooth, and engaging read." - Sharon Thompson, Editor MomsOnline, Oxygen Media

    "I truly enjoy Linda Sherwood's thoughts and writings. It's life as real as it is! Keep it up." - Verna Baas

    "This was one of the best articles we've seen written about Hospice of Michigan." -Leslie Bell

    "Your news coverage of Merritt events is always exceptional." - Arlene Jury, principal

    Read more comments from editors and readers. Why wait? Hire Linda Sherwood. To do so, contact her by e-mail at linda@lindasherwood.com

Journalism Articles

featuredimage Your Newspaper Needs A Letters to the Editor Policy

Letters to the editor of a newspaper is often one of the most popular places for readers. They love to ...

To Show or Not to Show

You've done the interview and you've written the article. You're sure you nailed it, but a little seed of doubt ...

featuredimage The Idea

A successful freelance career starts with the ability to match unique ideas to specific markets. A great place to start ...

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1. Be Prepared. Have a notebook with plenty of blank space and several pens. Where you are taking notes may ...

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Finding an interesting person saying an interesting phrase just when you have paper and pen handy, isn't an easy thing ...

Parenting Articles

Birthday ‘Buy Me’

As my daughter’s seventh birthday approached, I thought I’d get a head start on my shopping by asking her what she’d like. She quickly responded, “a CD player,” but she wasn’t done. She continued with a very lengthy list that included a VCR, television, telephone, at least 10 CDs, a few movies, and the latest [...]

Spending Smarts

Every teenager in the free world seems to think when it comes to spending, they have the deepest pockets in the world – their parents pockets!
With parents footing the bill, a teen’s list of needs can grow to astounding proportions. When the same list has to come out of the teen’s own finances, it can [...]

Freelance Writing Tips

Publishing and the Web: Don’t Get Tangled In Copyright Issues

“We always include copyright information if it is available,” reads the ‘legalese’ at the bottom of one e-zine.
Excuse me? Copyright isn’t something that is or isn’t available. Copyright exists from the moment a body of work is created, and it rests solely with the creator of that work. In order for anyone to reprint or [...]

Finding a Real Job

I write for a living. It’s an occupation that can make it hard to convincingly complain about a stressful day. I’ve tried. The results have been mixed, but in general, most are unimpressed.
At the end of a challenging day, I somehow find the strength to put a meal together for my family about an hour [...]

I'm the Mommy

Sleeping on the Couch for Love

Our household’s population does best at 10. It’s a nice round number and consists of two adults, four kids, three dogs and a cat.
We’ve tried to have four dogs and it just hasn’t worked out well. The fourth dog just never seems to make it very far past its first year of living with [...]

Things that go Clunk

It was on Monday. All of my children were in my vehicle and I was behind the wheel and on my way to various places.
As I climbed behind the wheel, I heard two of the children arguing (because that’s all they do nowadays) over a now empty bag of trail mix that I had [...]