WRITING
Download my resume
here.
See my writing experience
here.
Writing can be intimidating,
nerve-wracking, and miserable. And then you have to sit down and
actually start it! Trust me, I've been there. The blank page, the
blank stare, the blank mind....
If you're facing this situation and
would rather not, give me a call. I can take care of it for you and
you'll still get all the credit.
I can write abstracts, books,
newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, encyclopedia
entries, biographies, interviews, web site copy, and just about
anything else you can think of. I've even written love poems! From
science writing to romantic entreaties, I'm your Huckleberry.
Writing Experience
° Wrote
introduction, foreword, and article abstracts for Fueling the Future:
Biomass, part of a reference series.
Client: Greenhaven Press (an imprint of Thomson Publishing),
San Diego, CA (July 2006)
° Wrote
10 2,000-word entries for the Encyclopedia
of World Biography.
Client: The Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI (December 2005)
° Wrote 12
1,500-word entries for the Grzimek Encyclopedia of Birds and
Mammals.
Client: The Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI (May—June 2004)
° Wrote 3
1,500-word entries for the International Directory of Business
Biographies.
Client: The Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI (June 2004)
° Wrote
2,000-word biographies of 30 notable people for the Encyclopedia
of World Biography.
Client: The Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI (December
2003—January 2004)
° Wrote
articles for local newspaper.
Client: Tri-County Business & Technology Review,
Carpinteria, CA (April 2002—June 2002 [paper folded])
° Wrote
brief weekly news updates for scientists' biographies.
Client: The Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI (July 2001—May
2004)
° Updated
biographies of 250 scientists for various reference products.
Client: The Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI (November
2001—April 2002; April—March 2003)
° Researched
and wrote 23 entries for the World of Health Encyclopedia; 24
entries for the World of Chemistry Encyclopedia; and 50
biographical entries for Notable Scientists.
Client: The Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI (June 1999—July
2000)
° Wrote press
releases for ophthalmologist describing new corrective technique.
Client: Dr. Scott Schacter, Pismo Beach, CA (April 2000)
° Wrote all copy for new corporate web site.
Client: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. (August-September 1999)
° Author of
American Scientific Leaders, a CD-ROM and hardcover reference
source. Researched and wrote more than 400 1,500-word biographies using
Internet sources and university and public libraries.
Client: ABC-Clio, Inc., Books Department, Denver, CO
(published December 1998)
° Wrote
biographies of American social, political, and cultural leaders for
new CD-ROM resource products. Researched and wrote hundreds of
glossary terms and organizational profiles for hyperlinking within
another CD-ROM reference.
Client: ABC-Clio, Interactive Media Department, Santa
Barbara, CA (September 1989—September 1997)
