Sometimes you benefit from an article you’ve worked on.
A year ago the article I edited was simply an article. None of its content promised me immediate application. But that was a year ago.
This past week, I found myself really needing the writer’s step-by-step article about how to replace a Model A Ford radiator.
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In-person research engages your senses.
While historic re-enactments aren’t history, they convey vivid details that escape Wikipedia.
Two weeks ago I took a short flight on a Ford Tri-Motor, an airliner from 1928. Books and online articles had told me it was loud. But they failed to capture the roar of the 450-horsepower radial engines.
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Plant the seeds in advance.
It can’t be. I took a second look. Yes, it is. Driving toward me on a two-lane in western Nebraska came four familiar Model A Fords. I pulled to the side and waved as they passed, then followed them a mile into a hotel parking lot.
As soon as they told me,
the facts from several months ago
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