If you're like me, writing is your passion, your rock and your refuge. You would no sooner give up writing than you would breathing, but sometimes you hit a stumbling block or suddenly seem to lack motivation. Or you're just starting out and want to master the basics. Or you want to create business communications that allow you to pursue profit because your readers aren't chasing your meaning. Or your non-profit wants to expand its public awareness and fund-raising capabilities without busting its budget.I can help. I bring 40 years of experience to the table, having successfully worked in just about every medium there is. If you're just starting out or a seasoned professional, I can provide you with first-rate instruction and/or expert coaching.
Among those I've helped are:
- Novelists and short-story writers
- Memoirists and non-fiction authors
- Scriptwriters (feature, short films, documentary)
- Business writers
- Non-profit and NGO organizations
- ESOL students
- People coming to journaling as a writing discipline
How does it work? I consult with you one-on-one, either via e-mail or phone. We agree on goals and a timetable. The work begins, and you become a better writer in the process. I won't do the writing for you or act as your agent. What I will provide is honest input and a deep desire to see you succeed. Sound good? Click on the contact section and let's get started.
I've been in awe of the power of words ever since. Writing is my passion, my safety valve and my salvation. I've been a professional writer since 1972, and have been a scriptwriter/producer, magazine correspondent, radio reporter, TV newswriter, playwright and copywriter, among other things. My work has been seen by audiences both large (national television) and small (a group of five bemused Maori chieftains). Somewhere in my closet is a carton of awards. I think the Dead Sea scrolls are there, too. The great sportswriter Red Smith once observed: "There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." As long as that's the price of admission, I believe we should make it as painless as possible.
For PBS
- KidHealth, a 13-part series on children's medicine with Peggy Fleming
- The Fall and Rise of Germany, a two-hour exploration of the German nation since the end of the Second World War
- Chincoteague, a celebration of the wild ponies and human inhabitants of this island off the coast of Virginia
For The Discovery Channel
- The New Detectives, a series about crime-fighting advances in forensic science, and The Spirit of Punxsutawney
- Groundhog Day, a documentary about the western Pennsylvania town made world famous by a weather-predicting rodent
For CNBC
- numerous episodes of Today's Environment, a survey of ecological success stories hosted by actor Ed Begley, Jr.
For European Television
- Weimar: A Modern-Day Renaissance City, an historic look at the one-time home of Goethe and Schiller and its latter-day efforts to become a cultural center once more
In my 35+ years as a writer, radio reporter, TV news writer, playwright, director and producer, I have worked for many government agencies and non-profit organizations, among them the Smithsonian Institution, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Trust Historic Preservation, the Sierra Club, the Jane Goodall Institute and the American Institute of Architects. I served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Washington Independent Writers, the country's largest writers' group, and was twice elected vice-president of the organization.
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