The magazine feature article, Idaho’s Basque Tables, written by Patti Murphy for Sun Valley Magazine, recently received two awards. The historical feature was honored with the First Place Award of Excellence in the Idaho...
Magazine Writing / Work / Writing Tips
by Murphy · Published February 23, 2011 · Last modified May 3, 2014
(graphic source) “There are, it seems, two kinds of editors. The first kind cares mainly about himself, about how his editing performance reflects on him and getting ahead or getting stroked or getting to...
Magazine Writing / Work / Writing Tips
by Murphy · Published February 10, 2011 · Last modified May 3, 2014
“Why write in a few words what you can write in many.” ~ Patti Murphy Over the years I’ve fretted over meeting, as close as possible, the word count my editors give me when...
Magazine Writing / Work / Writing Tips
by Murphy · Published February 2, 2011 · Last modified May 3, 2014
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ~ Sylvia Plath...
Patti Murphy was recently recognized in the 79th Annual Writer’s Digest international writing competition for her feature article, “Memories of Minidoka.” Murphy’s article was selected to be among the top 50 magazine features submitted from...
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