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Nonfiction told well: Travelogues, Features, Profiles, Events, History, Nature

 

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My aim as a freelance journalist is to write magazine and newspaper articles that improve your companies’ readership and profitability.

I specialize in travel writing (focus on Route 66) but as a versatile generalist, am willing and able to visit and write about people (profiles), the environment, religion, veterans and military (a retiree himself), festivals, manmade and natural wonders, and history (military, social, American Indian, etc.) throughout the Southern Plains (OK, TX, KS, MO, AR). 

Please see reels, photos and event posts on my Rich Travel Niche Facebook and Instagram pages and on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/richard-stephens-jr)  

For example, the Route 66 Balloon Festival took place on the grounds of the Chicken Shack restaurant, Sept 20-22, 2024, in the town of Arcadia (first-time event)!  Some balloons flew.  When winds blew, the balloons were tethered for a night “glow.”  The festival was hosted by the Route 66 Midpoint Corridor Association.  The historic Round Barn (1898) and Pops 66 are nearby.   Route 66 remains relevant!

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Profiles

Articles about interesting people, their significance, and their contributions.  I wrote an article about Mrs. Lula Simmons, the first black dental hygienist to graduate from Rose State College, for the Midwest City Beacon newspaper, OK, in 2023.

Travelogues

 I cover the Southern Plains (OK, KS, TX, NM) by getting out there and describing and explaining in word, photograph and video the world around us. 

This photo was from a Route 66 motor tour I participated in from Clinton, OK, to Amarillo, TX, in October 2023.

History

History is made by people: What we say, write, paint, explore, build, destroy, conquer, engineer, believe, and more.  I scratch the thin veneer of history to see what’s below.   Photo is the old South Meeting Church in Boston, MA.   

Events

Weatherford, Oklahoma, proudly presented 275 cars, pickup trucks and motorcycles (a new record!) at its fun, 34th Heartland Cruise Car Show on June 14-15, 2024. Some folks cruised downtown on Route 66 and others showed off during loud exhaust and burnout contests.

Please see my Blog about it on this website.

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