My Work
I’ve been a writer and editor for over 15 years. I have experience in magazines and newspapers, and I am the youngest-ever writer for the legendary J. Peterman catalog. You can find me on LinkedIn and Twitter too.
Along the way, I amassed priceless experience copy-editing. I also write for select retailers, and copy-edit and write for a local newspaper. Currently, I’m working on fiction projects and ensuring that I keep the side of me that loves marketing happy by ensuring that corporations communicate the way they want to.
In August of 2010 I became an MFA candidate at the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA program.
Here is some of my recent work, tangible work.
The Origins of Everything
This project was so much fun. We were asked to submit lists of things we’d want to know the origins of, and I ended up with the following:
- brassieres
- fountain pens
- Kool-Aid
- chocolate truffles
And one or two others I don’t remember. At any rate, I spent a fair amount of time and heart looking these things up and talking to people who had really great stories to tell about their experiences with the origins of these things. This was a project that really took the cake in terms of assuaging my innate sense of curiosity. It’s in bookstores all over now–go and get yourself a copy!
100 Days of Monsters
This book is so close to my heart. Graphic designer Stefan Bucher created a web project whereby he laid down a random inkblot every day, used an air can to blow it out, and then created a monster from the resulting splotch–in real time. In short order, people just like me were cashing in on the potential to jump-start their creativity and giving the monsters backstory. I was lucky enough to be a consultant for Stefan on this final result–he even asked me to write a foreword!– and I’m proud to call him an acquaintance, and have his work on my resume.
“Tangophony”
94 Creations is the journal that published my most recent short story effort, “Tangophony.” I loved this project. I started it in my head, watching an Argentinian composer talk about his craft at the Chicago Symphony one night, but I was only able to complete it, three long months later, as I watched one of my favorite bartenders close up for the night. It was a lesson in just how mercurial the writing process can be, and how important it is to remain observant.
