Category Archives: The Tom-Tom

The Battle Is Over Between Old and New Media

Tom-Tom rants, raves, rambles and ruminations are volunteered and express the opinions of the writer. Autowriters.Com invites readers to submit a tom-tom.  Your reward: a byline and an audience of your peers.  All submissions are acknowledged, queued and used at the editor’s discretion.        In a recent President’s Message posted within the Motor… Continue Reading

Jesse Bowers for the Tom-Tom

Jesse Bowers is a classic example of the Internet’s unlocking voices that otherwise would not be heard. He claims no experience or education as a writer but his passion for cars has raised his JustACarGuyBlogspot.com above The New York Times’ Wheels blog (14 to 16) in one survey, he proudly reports. Retired from the U.S…. Continue Reading

Accreditation and Anarchy

 As Linda Water Nelson notes, she has written about automobiles and trucks for almost 25 years, as a technical writer for manufacturers and suppliers, contributing editor for trade media such as AutoInteriors magazine, and a writer for the consumer press, including the Memphis Commercial Appeal and Bumper-to-Bumper. She is currently secretary of the Texas Auto… Continue Reading

Special Driving Deal for Autowriters.com Subscribers

Irrepressible PR Man and sometime journalist Doug Stokes  has come up with the kind of  “win-win-win” proposition promoters love. He writes: “Hey Glenn – Here’s a real deal that I conjured up for your faithful … Great fun and you get some “sunshine” for providing it! AN AUTOWRITERS SPECIAL DRIVING DEAL   Doug Stokes Special… Continue Reading

Back From The Edge

While saying this may qualify as heresy among dedicated autowriters, there are great numbers of car buyers out there who care nothing about how quickly a car can make it through an autocross course, or the difference between pushrod and OHC engine, or least of all, whether the writer has their own helmet, fire suit and SCCA license.