: About Me

I  AM NO LONGER ACTIVE ON HELIUM - MY BIO and MY WORK REMAIN HERE UNDER PROTEST AND REFUSAL OF HELIUM TO REMOVE MY WORK. ORIGINALLY POSTED HERE WHEN WRITERS HELD THEIR RIGHTS - NOW WITH CHANGES TO HELIUM THAT IS NO LONGER TRUE AND I REFUSE TO GIVE AWAY MY RIGHTS. ALL MY ARTICLES POSTED HERE BELONG SOLEY TO ME, POSTED BEFORE THE RIGHTS CHANGES AT HELIUM. ALL COPYRIGHT BELONGS TO ME AS THE CREATOR and MAY NOT BE USED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.

Michelle Greysen is a southern Alberta-based professional freelance writer whose work appears in national magazines and publications. This past newspaper publisher now enjoys her three block walk commute to her unique Nanton antique store, Inktiques, for the writer and reader in all of us. She writes daily from the back office, is also a knowledgeable and respected vintage and collectible book dealer, and passionate about all things in the ink world. Her unique shop office allows her to surround herself with vintage writing furnishings and funk from an era gone by while enjoying a unique writer's lifestyle. Michelle is currently developing an inspirational book for emerging writers', travel guide books for antique shoppers, dabbles in poetry and is working on her first fiction novel.

Michelle has a newly released POETRY BOOK:
First new forbidden true ... by Michelle Greysen
at http://www.lulu.com/content/7550664

Michelle blogs on both writing and antiques and can be reached via her websites or blogs at:

http://www.greysenink.com/
http://apps.greysenink.com/Blog/

http://www.inktiques.com/
http://apps.inktiques.com/Blog/

My passion is ...

writing and all things in the 'ink' world

Politics, News & Issues > News Industry Why the print media will survive the Internet

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Touted as one of the fasted growing media products in North America the weekly community newspapers have come a long way in their strong survival in spite of the Internet. With the busy lifestyle of late, reading a daily paper is often out of the question as most time-challenged readers catch little more than a web-glimpse of global events. The weeklies on the other hand are thriving against corporate daily counterparts and still remain a strong mainstay of many homes offering a connection to local lifestyle. It's a long way from CNN's latest world crisis to the weekly paper's announcement...

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