Quick bio

TOM GILLISPIE'S QUICK BIO

• I was a newspaperman for 30  years, mostly as a writer and copy editor. I was an auto-racing writer from 1987 to 1999 for newspapers, and I covered all of the usual sports plus off-the-beaten-path sports like bodybuilding, rugby, long-distance running and cycling.

• I started freelancing in 1990 with Winston Cup Scene and have since written for most of the top auto-racing magazines. I've done freelance work for The Miami Herald (basketball), The Baltimore Sun (football) and The Washington Post (auto racing), among other newspapers, and my magazine credits include Sports Illustrated (a short basketball feature) and The Sporting News' preseason auto-racing edition.

• I've written three books and co-written another, and have had four comic-book scripts published. All of the books and comic books are about auto racing.

• Since 2000, I have written for the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal on subjects ranging from sports to history to wine to fitness or dancing to fishing and hunting (and more). 

• On my list of local credits: The Business Journal of the Greater Triad, The Associated Press, Winston-Salem Monthly magazine, WS Works magazine, and Sparks magazine.

• I've also edited or proofread several dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Interests: writing and editing, sports, football, auto racing, dogs, astronomy, mysteries, sci-fi books and movies, classic books and movies, country/western and rock 'n' roll music, Beethoven, Scrabble, U.S. history and more

EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com  TWITTER: EDITORatWORK

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Good Samaritan

• The PRESS cap and my friend Mike

• Watching TV

• No luck with Billy Sims

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2015)

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing