Stephen Morrill has been freelancing full-time since 1984. During that
time he has written more than 1000 articles for national and local magazines
and for newspapers. (Well, OK, with news items, probably closer to 3,000 but he stopped counting more than a decade ago.) Nationally, his work has appeared in such magazines
as Horizon, World Wide Shipper, The Robb Report, Vista, The
New York Times Magazine, and Business Age. In Florida his work has appeared in Changing Homes, Florida Business, Southern Homes, and in a variety of
city magazines, business magazines and local newspapers.
Reporting: For ten years he wrote a biweekly
column about maritime trade for Florida Shipper magazine and he has
written about maritime shipping for other trade publications. As a Reuters
News
Agency correspondent for the west coast of Florida, his writing has been used by newspapers, radio and television around the world.
Magazines: In
addition to general-interest articles, Steve has written extensively
about wine, humor, international shipping and trade, business and
finance, architecture and the outdoors, and military affairs. He
was the founding
editor of Know Tampa Bay, a 25,000-circulation quarterly
relocation guide to the Tampa Bay area. More recently, Steve edited, Savvy
Executive, a Tampa Bay business profile publication.
In all, Steve has edited all of, or sections of, five magazines.
Photography: Through
his writing career, Steve has photographed many of his stories and,
depending upon the subject, is able to provide complete text/photo
packages. Click here for more information.
Awards: Steve has
been honored by the Florida Magazine Association for his short humor
and by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects
for his writing about architecture. |
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Fiction: Most recently, Steve has been working on both a mystery series and a fantasy series. A version of the fantasy series is actually online here, appearing little by little as readers give feedback.
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Travel: And, after many years of turning down such work, he's plunged into Florida travel and tourism, with several books for visitors, and two web sites with associated blogs.
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Memberships: Steve
is a member of the American
Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and whose web
site he edits. He was founding president of the Bay
Area Professional Writers Guild, a select group of full-time
professionals in the Tampa Bay Area, and whose web site he edits.
He was one of the charter members of the Tampa Writers Alliance,
an
organization
for beginning writers, and
for many years conducted their nonfiction training workshop. |
Books: In addition
to his ongoing magazine assignments and the occasional brochure or
other non-magazine work, Steve writes books, among them City in the Sun, a History
of St. Petersburg, Florida; Flying the Andes, a ghost-written
account of Pan American-Grace Airways, (University of Tampa Press); Fun with the Family: Florida (Globe Pequot Press); 100 Florida Freebies and Cheapies (e-book). He has written chapters in a number of military-related books. He
wrote, photographed, laid out and supervised the production of A
Guide to Historic Architectural Resources and Historic Preservation
in Unincorporated Hillsborough County, a 128-page book commissioned
by a local government.
Web Sites: Steve manages
a number of web sites for professional groups, businesses, and himself. Click here for more information.
Teaching: Steve started
teaching nonfiction writing in 1988 for America Online. He has lectured
throughout Florida on the subject of freelance writing. Since 1998,
Steve has run WritersCollege.com which,
with more than 60 courses, is one of the largest online correspondence
writing schools. |