by Gregg Voss | Jul 5, 2019 | Blog
After almost two years of work, The Valley of American Shadow launched yesterday. I thought it prudent at this time to talk a little about how this project got here, for other writers who are working (and perhaps struggling) on theirs. The big thing, for me, was being...
by Gregg Voss | Jun 8, 2019 | Blog
(This one is for my new Twitter friend Ann Bell Feinstein.) I just can’t imagine the carnage at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, although I admit Saving Private Ryan got close. Photographer Robert Capa got even closer, landing with the first wave and taking pictures...
by Gregg Voss | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog
They say you shouldn’t be sad something is over – you should smile because it happened. I can appreciate that, but I’m still a little melancholy today that last weekend’s Illinois state lacrosse tournament is over. I started covering the season...
by Gregg Voss | May 12, 2019 | Blog
People ask me from where do I get my story ideas. Let me give you an example. I was reading this AP story in today’s Chicago Tribune about how D-Day witnesses are dying one by one. You can (and should) read the story, about a World War II and D-Day vet who died...
by Gregg Voss | May 24, 2018 | Blog
That’s the whole point of this blog. It’s the stuff that interests me on a daily, and sometimes hourly, basis. People ask me how I wrote a book with my busy schedule, working days and evenings. I basically gave up watching TV and a lot of time on social...
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