FEATURE
The Clackamas Print November 15,1989 Page 3
With several novels: writing is no mystery for Haynes
By Tootie Smith
Staff Writer
Speaking faster than his brain
can think, he offered sound advice
on a career path journalism stu
dents can take, but not necessarily
one he took.
“My career path was illogical; I
made stupid mistakes. I never did
an internship. Now it is the only
way to get a job.
“Journalism is a smart and good
major, but it’s not the only way to
go,” he said.
Haynes graduated from Le
wis and Clark College in 1985 with
a BS in Political Science after
attending CCC for four years. He
was also editor of The Print.
Haynes did some freelance writ
ing for smaller weeklies, a couple
of features for the Oregonian, then
landed a reporting position at the
Lake Oswego Review. Just re
cently, he became editor of the
West Linn Tidings.
“... The only otherpiece of furni
ture, equally old and tarnished, was
Henry Bishop, who sat slouched
sideways in his chair like the ca
daver in a mystery novel, his head
resting on his forearm on the green
desk blotter. Before him sat an
enormous ceramic coffee mug deco
rated with the stylized initials J J AC
and the college’s insignia, and a
finger-foil of whiskey..."
“Bishop’s Gambit Declined"
. by Conrad Haynes
Is it a plane? Is it a bird? No,
it’s super-sleuth, journalist, mys-
tety writer Dana Haynes — or
Conrad Haynes, depending on
which of his works you happen to
be reading at the time.
Haynes is a former student from
CCC, and currently is the editor
of the West Linn Tidings, and au
thor of five mystery novels.
This energetic ball of wit flew
into Linda Vogt’s Reporting 1 class
last week and spoke to students
about his experiences as a jour
nalist and writer.
“I always knew I would be a
newspaper reporter,” said Hay
nes.
“It’s the neatest possible job; I
wouldn’t want to do anything else.
Journalism is great training ifyou
want to be a fiction writer,” he
continued?
Former student, Dana Haynes, is writing mystery novels and he
is also the editor of the West Linn Tidings. Haynes was on
campus last week speaking to reporting students.
Photo by Lane Scheideman
“...Who at this school isn’t
Caucasian?" she wondered silently.
“Fornow, we’re sayih’it was rob
bery, becausehiswalletisgone, and
there ’s no wristwatch. College offi
cials are
aidin’us in our investigation, which
the West Linn Police Department
has handed over to Portland PD’s
Homicide Department. It looks
like I’m the case officer... ’’
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"... She looked very calm and
wistful Harry knew she had exor
cised her demons... ’' •1 • ■
“Bishop’s Gambit Declined' ’
by Conrad Haynes
Haynes adopted his wife’s
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“...Tucker is convinced the se
cret behind this murder is in the
computer and the computer access,
code Wasserman had, and what
ever he saw in the terminal It
wasn’t hard to find out whose code
he possessed. According to Helli-
gan, that time slot on Mondays is
reserved computer time for the
Publications Department. Tucker
assumed Wasserman hacked into
someone’s private files.?. ’’
maiden name, Conrad, and uses
it for his mystery novel series,
PROFESSOR HARRY BISHOP
MYSTERIES, published by Ban
tam Press.
Peggy Conrad Haynes, his wife,
remains his staunchest critic and
most ardent supporter. She helps
in editing, typing, and is currently
employed as an executive secre
tary in Portland.
“It’s a good thing I’m a femi
nist, because I like being kept,”
said Haynes when referring to his
wife’s lucrative employment that
kept him alive financially through
lean times as a writer.
Giving advice on how to de
velop a story, Haynes said some
stories are word driven and some
are image driven. The writer should
know which type of story it is, and
focus in oh that.
: When asked if he ever experi
enced writer’s block, he said, “In
journalism, the word for writer’s
block is unemployment.”
A lack of words is not a prob
lem for our not so mild-mannered
Clark Kent, super-sleuth^ journal
ist of mystery novels. Now; is it
Dana Haynes or Conrad Haynes?
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