Today on My Finest Work we welcome Vicki Glembocki, an award-winning journalist, editor, and consultant who has worked inside both the ivory tower and in the commercial world. 

Her work has been published in a number of places including Parents, Reader’s Digest, and Women’s Health. Vicky is also the author of The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the Real Truth about Being a Mom.

Vicki’s career started at The Penn Stater magazine before she headed to Philadelphia Magazine, where she wrote the piece she will discuss today: What Katrina Gave Michael, the story of a man with a failing heart and the tragedy that gave him new life. 

Join hosts Maureen Harmon & Dan Morrell as Vicki discusses the jump from higher ed to commercial, mixing the personal with the professional, her writing process, and the art of being flexible as you approach a story.

My Finest Work is a production of Dog Ear Creative and is produced by University FM.

On choosing a writing environment

20:38 - I'm an “anywhere” writer. Except in an office where people knock on your damn door. Nobody likes to write in their office, right?!

On where stories start

15:04 - You know those moments where you're interviewing someone and they say something that you have never considered in your experience or your life—words or something that truly blows your mind. And every story might not be like a huge, massive, mind-blowing - but in this case it was. But you know, those moments when you're talking to someone and you go, “Oh my God.” And that's always where the story starts to me.

On her methods for interviewing

14:13 - I'm not sitting there writing notes the whole time when I'm talking to them. I'm at their dinner table. I have a tape recorder on and I'm eating, you know, potatoes.

Guest Profile:

• Vicki Glembocki’s Website
• Vicki Glembocki on LinkedIn
• Vicki Glembocki on Twitter

Her Work:

• Articles on Reader's Digest
• What Katrina Gave Michael
• The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the REAL Truth About Becoming a Mom. Finally.