Versatile Journalist
I am a seasoned writer/editor as well as a former baker, street
musician, ship painter, cannery worker, delivery driver, lifeguard and
newspaper reporter. I use that rich diversity of experiences to connect with
all kinds of people and develop compelling, informative, memorable articles for
publication in print, online, as marketing materials and more. During 21 years
on staff at Southern Living magazine I wrote extensively for the Travel
and Feature departments and coordinated state-by-state supplemental
sections that focused on travel destinations, personality profiles and community
interests. Whether I'm interviewing chefs or anglers, digging up news stories, or editing other writers' work, I bring a creative energy to any project.
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Excerpts...
Islands, those natural metaphors for
isolation, tickle the imagination like a sea breeze on the back of your
neck.
from my story about
the South's best secret islands
The
first time I saw Myrtle Beach, I tried to eat it. Parked at the high
tide line in my two-tone convertible, a '58 stroller, I licked at
plastic shovelfuls of sand.
from my story about
revisiting a childhood beach
In the
beginning, mankind could fly no better than bricks.
from my story about
a hang gliding pioneer
Skiers pile up in tangles of gear as alien to them as
socket
wrenches to salamanders.
from my story about
a ski school for beginners
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SKILLS
writing, editing, interviewing, researching, coordinating
INTERESTS
photography, baking, traveling, canoeing, hiking, music, motorcycles, building with
Habitat for Humanity
ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT
Starting
as a teenage hitchhiker toting a guitar and a notebook, I've always
enjoyed adventuring. I'd traveled to all 50 United States,
Canada
and a dozen European countries by age 25. Since then curiosity and
writing assignments have taken me to Costa Rica, Belize, the Caymans,
the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Puerto Rico.
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