Anthony Barthel is a professional writer and editor and nerd who has been writing news, features and copy since 1978. Presently, Tony regularly provides content for The Curbside automotive website, the Pomona Swap Meet's automotive newsletter and writes lots of press releases for local events and organizations.
Anthony has also written the book Wedding Horror Stories and How To Avoid Them.
Anthony is a skilled writer who understands deadlines and style sheets. He has served as Editor of several community newspapers and as Editor-At-Large of Mobile Beat, a magazine that caters to mobile DJs.
One of the most popular features Tony writes is on old cars telling the specific history of the make as well as the story of the owner of the vehicle.
Tony has been a writer and super nerd since the 1980s when he and a friend ran an on-line dial-up chat bulletin board system called Chat Line. Chat Line was a nine-line dial-up bulletin board system, a very very early precursor to today's social media experiences like Facebook.