OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES
Use Your Outdoor Voices
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Welcome to OWAA
[level-non-member] Members, remember to log in to view this post. [/level-non-member] [level-membersupporter] New Members Erin Block lives in the mountains of Colorado and is a librarian and freelance writer. Her work has appeared in Flatirons Literary Review, Guernica, American Angler, Trout Magazine, Waterlog and Gray’s Sporting Journal. She is a staff-writer for MidCurrent and editor-at-large…
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Bookshelf
Canoeing Wild Rivers, 30th Edition By Cliff Jacobson
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In memorium: Jim Smith (Jan. 27, 1938 — Jan. 31, 2015)
In fall 2009, I received an email. A gentleman cordially outlined he had received my name from the Arizona Highways Photography Workshops and wondered if I would like to speak at his Grand Photography Club.
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Biology, ecology and research: there's plenty of stories waiting in Knoxville
When you explore the outdoors of eastern Tennessee, you will experience adventures in more ways than one.
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The assembly line world of content marketing
It goes a little something like this…
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Making money in radio: It is possible if you know how to sell
My good friend and mentor, the late Tony Dean, often said that his little three-minute radio show earned him more money than anything else he did
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Poop references build credibility (and other tips for writing for children)
People sometimes question how I can be a children’s writer when I don’t even have kids
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Switching Sides: From covering stories to pitching them
In the good old days, landing a job as a full-time outdoors reporter at a big daily newspaper represented a career pinnacle for many outdoors writers.
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Radio isn't just radio anymore
The first music video ever broad-cast on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. It ushered in a new era for music that valued what we saw as much as what we heard.
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So you want to be a gear tester? What it's really like when you're paid to play
Sitting inside a leaky tent, wrapped in a bag seemingly stuffed with turkey quills rather than goose down, I had an epiphany: Gear testing really is work.
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Restarting your career at 50 (or older)
Restarting your career is always challenging — and at least a little stressful — but this is especially true when at 50 you find yourself embarking on a new path.
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Hit the trails with ViewRanger 6
ViewRanger, the GPS trail guide and mapping app for walking, cycling and other outdoor sports, makes it easy to find the best trails