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Jane Self author and journalist

I’ve found non-fiction stories much more interesting and compelling than fiction.

Most of my time as a journalist was spent on the editing side, but I still managed to find time for writing.

After all, writing was what drew me to the field in the first place.

More than anything, I simply wanted to tell stories – happy or sad, short or long, personal or from another’s point of view, true or made-up. Obviously, the true stories won out early on.

I do have a pretty wild and vivid imagination and have written a few fiction pieces. But generally, I’ve found non-fiction stories much more interesting and compelling.

My first 12 years as a journalist was in Macon, GA. I wrote a personal column from a feminist viewpoint, book reviews, general feature stories, religion stories, some news stories and religion columns.

Unfortunately, those were the days before the newspaper was set up to archive articles digitally. Consequently, I have no electronic access to those.

Fallen Warriors Series

I do have a pretty wild and vivid imagination and have written a few fiction pieces. But generally, I’ve found non-fiction stories much more interesting and compelling.

I later worked as Features Editor for The Tuscaloosa News for another nine years. Not long after I started there, the paper began archiving articles digitally.

I’m not posting all of those stories. My Fallen Warriors series is on the Fallen Warriors page, but I wrote others, too.

There were a number of military-related articles, general features, news stories, news obituaries and a few columns during that time. Some of the links to my newsroom archives are posted here.

Personal columns

Military-related

General features

News stories