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John F. Beckman

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John Beckman, a retired meteorologist, was known as “Johnny the Weatherman” in a career that spanned forty years. He forecasted the weather on WSJS-TV in Winston-Salem, NC, at WFGA-TV in Jacksonville, FL, and for thirty-three years in Atlanta at WSB-TV and WXIA-TV.
In his TV career, he was the winner of many awards, including two Emmys for his predictions of severe weather.
Also an accomplished writer, Beckman has been nationally published in The New American Review and countless magazines and periodicals. Regionally, he has published twice in Oh, Georgia, an anthology of southern writers. He was a monthly contributing Editor for Southern Distinction Magazine. He has also presented at the Harriette Austin Writer’s Conference at the University
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Hint of the week for writers. I’ve mentioned before that I often write the last chapter first. (I will eventually rewrite it for the final version.) This helps me stay on course for the whole book. And there is another thing I do that one would not normally be consider as an aid. Since I have all of my novels both in eBook form, and as paper backs, I often will prepare the COVER before I get too f Read more of this blog post »
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