Tommy Tomlinson

Everything you need to know about storytelling in five minutes

On Wednesday I spoke to the Public Relations Society of America’s Charlotte chapter. They’re a good group. Sometimes I speak off the top of my head at this sort of

The Dean Smith story

At this point I’ll never catch up with all the people who have said nice things in one place or another about my Dean Smith story. It’s a great problem

What “What Obama means” means

The good news: My post-election Obama post has been the biggest thing ever on this little blog, with 459 views as of this morning (four times as many as any

Stand by me

Amazing, the things you find when you comb through old e-mails… my friend Marc sent this out about a week ago but I just looked this morning. If there were

Gardens, guns and flytraps

Garden & Gun is not a magazine for people with split personalities. It’s named after a legendary bar in Charleston, S.C., and published down there (in Charleston, not in the

Nicknames from selected Charlotte Observer obituaries, May 2014

Pudgy Trip Kitty Smurfette MeeMaw Sho Big Dave Boompa The Deal-Making Man Nanny Grump Pod Punch Bip Peewee Herby 69 Bitty Shonna Pooh

SouthBound

Two and a half years ago, I had a drink with a new guy in town. Joe O’Connor had just started as president and general manager of WFAE, the NPR

Greatest Hits of 2013

What follows, in no particular order, is my best work from the past year. But first, some thank-yous: Larry Burke at Sports on Earth, for letting me explore. Elizabeth Hudson

Paperback Book Tour 2020!

These beauties showed up at the house yesterday, which means it’s time to announce the official dates for the paperback book tour for “The Elephant in the Room.” So here

Deep stacks

Here are some of my favorites (and reader favorites) from over the years … if there’s an old story of mine you’d really like to see, drop me a line

How to chill today

It’s likely that we won’t have a definitive winner in the presidential race at the end of the day. Things will definitely get weird and might get scary. That mix

Long-distance dedication

I’m coming late to the party on the news that Casey Kasem is retiring from “American Top 40.” To tell the truth, I wasn’t sure he was still alive, although

Short Stories

Short Stories

Everything you need to know about storytelling in five minutes

The Dean Smith story

What “What Obama means” means

Stand by me

Gardens, guns and flytraps

Nicknames from selected Charlotte Observer obituaries, May 2014

SouthBound

Greatest Hits of 2013

Paperback Book Tour 2020!

Deep stacks

How to chill today

Long-distance dedication