Writer/Editor/Photographer

• Freelance author, children's non-fiction (more than 100 titles published or in production)
• Freelance editor, children's non-fiction, chapter book fiction and picture books
• Freelance editor, adult non-fiction, memoirs and fiction
• Events and venue writer and photographer, AOL Digital City/Seattle and other cities
• Sports editor, Bainbridge Review
• E-commerce product writing, editing, proofreading and quality control
• Wrote seven books for Unigraph, Inc., publisher of nationally circulated educational materials
• Wrote the first piece of original fiction to appear in Runner's World magazine
• Light verse in the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines
• Official writer/photographer for The Last Marathon, Antarctica
• History sub-editor, Gurubooks.com
• Additional credits include Seattle Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Running Times, Marathon and Beyond, Bike World, Seattle Weekly, Greece Travel Magazine, Newsday, North Kitsap Herald, Northwest Book Arts and many regional sports magazines

Editor/Publisher, Northwest Runner magazine (monthly)

• Responsible for ALL aspects of publication, often worked single-handed
• Prior to my taking over: annual revenue $10,000, paid circulation base under 500
• On my departure seventeen years later: annual revenue $250,000+, paid circulation 6500
• NWR named Outstanding Publication of The Running Network (24 regional magazines) by a panel of independent professional journalists
• Received Cal Ripken Ironman Award from fellow Running Network editors
• Established and maintained Northwest Runner website using HTML
• Supervised dozens of free-lance writers, created positive atmosphere of mutual respect

Teacher, Palos Verdes School District, CA

• Taught honors English
• Appointed newspaper adviser despite lack of any journalism background; my students were similarly inexperienced. Our newspaper received All-American honors from the National Scholastic Press Association after one semester. This rating is given to the top 5% of US high school newspapers
• Active in extracurricular activities