Author of Gone Pro: North Carolina, published April 2014 / Regular guest on Asheville FM's "Steve Sax Syndrome" / Graduate of the University of Alabama and lifetime Bama football fan
Dozens of profiles, concert, and album reviews published / Local music advocate / Hosted "The Listening Room" radio show on WVRU
Senior Acquisitions Editor at AdventureKEEN / Former Editor of Canoe & Kayak magazine / Published in Blue Ridge Outdoors
Travel pieces published in Suburu's Drive magazine and The Roanoke Times / Motorcycle owner
From entrepreneurs to artists to restaurateurs / Past President of the NRV Elite chapter of BNI, Inc.
Co-author of Weaverville (Images of America), published September 2015 / Familiarity with architecture and antiques / Worked for Antique Monthly and Southern Living House Plans magazines
Copyedit and fact-check AllRecipes.com, Recipe.com, and BetterHomesAndGardens.com / Former copy chief for Cooking Light magazine
Tim W. Jackson's career in publishing started at age 17, when he began writing sports for his hometown newspaper, The Franklin County Times, in Alabama. He went on to the University of Alabama where he became Assistant Sports Editor for the school paper. Since then he's worked for Southern Living, Cooking Light, and Canoe & Kayak magazines, and is currently Senior Acquisitions Editor for AdventureKEEN. Based in Weaverville, North Carolina, (just a few miles north of Asheville) he enjoys riding his motorcycle on the nearby mountain roads, watching sports, playing and/or listening to music, and spending time with his family--wife Taryn, daughter Anna, dogs Holly and Timber, cat Juniper, and rabbit Kiwi.
The web is a scary place. Here’s the good stuff.
Sports & Outdoors:
– ESPN
– Yahoo Sports
– Rolltide.com
– GoHeels.com
– AllTrails.com
– Trekalong.com
News & Information:
– The New York Times
– The Washington Post
– Al Jazeera America
– The Atlantic
– The Guardian
– The Nation
– Mother Jones
– Utne Reader
I love music. I enjoy everything from composer Erik Satie to standards and crooners to current artists Having come of age, so to speak, in the 1980s, music from that decade holds a special place in my musical interests. Having grown up near the Shoals area of Alabama, a special shout-out to some current Alabama musicians: Jason Isbell, John Paul White, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, The Alabama Shakes, and The Secret Sisters, to name a few.
All-time favorites include The Beatles, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Prince, Hall & Oates, Luther Vandross, R.E.M., Alice in Chains, Beck, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Lyle Lovett, and Bonnie Raitt.
I have an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College, and nonfiction is pretty much all I read, including books but also a bunch of magazines.
A few of my favorite authors include:
– Rick Bragg
– Bill Bryson
– Timothy Egan
– A.J. Jacobs
– Chuck Klosterman
– Mary Roach
– David Sedaris
– Matt Taibbi
– Sarah Vowell
You can purchase copies of my books, Weaverville: Images of America and Gone Pro North Carolina, via online retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, and Powells. As always, I’d encourage you to check with your local independent bookstore first.
Work History // AdventureKEEN, The Asheville Post, The Laurel of Asheville, Radford University, Canoe & Kayak, Cooking Light, Southern Living, Antique Monthly
Game of Thrones Wedding
Meet the Makers
Bluegrass Bros
SimpleShot
Tiny Houses
Jane Kramer
13 Best Small Towns
Jon Stickley Trio
Weaverville
Rensselaerville Inst.
Gone Pro NC
PVA Wheelchair Games
EHC Hermesian Society
Honeycutters
B&B Tobacconist
Polyamory
Allison Weeks Thomas
Highland Brewing
The Hop Ice Cream
ActionFest
AVL Hot Air Balloons
Echo Mountain
Chuck Beattie
Navitat
Paddling Appalachia
The Crooked Road
Child Psychology
Laughing Through Life
Where's Tim? // Stay tuned here for for book signings and events!
Join me at 7 p.m. on April 25 for a signing at The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC.
I’m excited to report that I’ve got a book-signing event scheduled at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, North Carolina.
Join me on Saturday, April 26, at 3 p.m. for a Tribute to UNC Athletes and Their Pro Careers. Hope to see you there!
On Saturday, April 12, at 3 p.m., you’ll find me at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville, NC. Come find out about UNC stars, the pro careers, and where they are now!
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