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DJ Herda
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Full-time Freelance Writer, Author, and Journalist, Freelance
Oklahoma City
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Biography
One of the most successful freelance garden writers in America is looking for a blog through which to share his tips for successful gardening, and he’d like to write for you. At your usual rates, of course, and at any length you might prefer. If you’d like to see some guest blog or column suggestions, just let me know, and I’ll send it along. Born and raised in Chicago, D. J. Herda attended St. Rita High School, Columbia College, and DePaul University on the city’s North Side. He developed and taught Creative Writing Workshop at several Windy City colleges. He worked for years at The Chicago Tribune and numerous other Chicago-area newspapers and magazines before becoming a syndicated columnist in more than 1,100 papers with a combined readership in excess of 20 million. Herda has worked with numerous high-profile corporate CEOs, media celebrities, politicos, and sports personalities, from Jim Liautaud (Jimmy John’s), Jack Link (Jack Link’s Jerky), and Marc Emory (Heritage Auctions’ European Operations Director) to George H. Bush, Art Linkletter, Lawrence Welk, and Sammy Davis Junior. In addition to conventionally publishing more than 250 books and tens of thousands of articles and columns on topics ranging from award-winning Young Adult titles to adult fiction/nonfiction works, articles, short stories, and scripts, he donates his time to the writing community through his professional mentoring and occasional workshop appearances. He also provides editing, ghostwriting, and book doctoring for a select number of serious writers. Writing in virtually all fiction and most nonfiction genres, Herda is one of the most versatile and talented full-time freelance writers working today. A meticulous researcher, he is a contributor of gardening articles to numerous print magazines and newspapers and has been a test grower for Jackson & Perkins, the Rodale Institute, and others. He has also authored seven books on indoor and outdoor gardening. He presently lives, works, and tends his gardens in the southwestern United States and is represented by The Swetky Literary Agency.
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Freelance
De Pere, Wisconsin, United States