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Rick Watson
What do you get when you cross a redneck and an expensive liberal arts education?
Well, here is how some folks answer this question:
Clarke Stallworth, former writer and editor at the Birmingham Post Herald:
This sounds high-falutin’, but it’s not. Rick makes pictures, and I see them clear and plain, and the images bind me to his story. He achieved the writer’s double whammy -- he made me laugh out loud and he broke my heart, all in the same column.
Like Homer, like every other born storyteller across the ages, Rick tells a story. I believe he will become our Bubba With a Heart, our Compassionate Goodoboy, writing from his Eden in the Woods near Jasper, Alabama.

Lona Williams, former Lifestyle Editor at the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, Alabama writes: “Rick Watson and his Life 101 column have added color to the front page of the Lifestyles section of our small-town daily paper. Every Sunday readers reach for that page first because they enjoy a chuckle and feel a connection to the rural Alabama living that his stories depict.
His writings are natural and relaxed with an emotional depth that captures the reader and brings him back week after week. We left the column out one week by mistake and felt the wrath of disappointed readers who had missed their visit with Rick Watson that Sunday. This column has a following. It will likely find its spot in any newspaper with a suburban or rural coverage.

 

A Little Good News
The most common comment I get from readers is: "It's refreshing to get a little good news. We are bombarded daily with crime, scandle, and graft. Five people dead as a result of a gunman's rampage on an Illinois campus. The number of American fatalities in Iraq reaches 3960.

What Life 101 provides readers is a breath of fresh air, a chuckle or a brief trip down memory lane. I get mail weekly from readers who say how refreshing it is to read a little good news.

"For the first time in my many years of reading the Daily Mountain Eagle, I immediately pull out the Lifestyle section of the Sunday issue. Rick Watson's Life 101 column fits perfectly with my coffee, getting my day off to an excellent start. I am especially fond of the humorous touches which sometimes show up when they are least expected. His writing stirs something in me that I usually don't feel unless I'm reading a really good piece of fiction." - Asa Faith Randolph Oakman, Alabama

You can run four weekly columns free to see if they are a fit for you publication. If you decide that it is a fit, then we can start from there. They are $10 each and I can invoice by the month.

 
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