Current/Recent Projects

Lately, I have been working on a 15,000-word novella to submit to Harlequin's "Nocturne Bites." These are supernatural, suspense romances. I've never done anything like this before so I'm considering it a challenge.

The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.
~Raymond Chandler

Published Works and Writing Samples

Atriad Press
Haunted Encounters: Departed Friends and Family, "White Birds," January, 2005.

Betty Magazine
How I Got Out From Under a Sexual Abuser, and How You Can, Too, May, 2003.

Birmingham Weekly
Ms. Fat-So, October 16, 2003.

Colorado Springs Independent
Ms. Fat-So, October 9, 2003.

ELLE Magazine
Book Reviews, July 2004.

Garden and Hearth Magazine
Autumn Activities from A to Z, October, 2004.
Five Smart DVD Picks for Fall, October, 2004.
Summer Movie Roundup, August, 2004.
Keeping Kids Busy During Summer, August, 2004.
Family Movie Review: School of Rock, December, 2003.
Family How-To: Preparing for a New Arrival, December, 2003.
Software Review: The Sims, October, 2003.
Software Review: Zoo Tycoon, October, 2003.
Software Review: Dark Age of Camelot, October, 2003.
Mothers' Moments, November/December, 2003.
Mothers' Moments, October, 2003.
Halloween Fun With Your Family, October, 2003.
Mothers' Moments, September, 2003.
Taking Your Kids to the Office, September, 2003.
Family Movie Review: Bruce Almighty, August, 2003.
Family Movie Review: Ghosts of the Abyss, August, 2003.
A Restaurant Outing With Your Kids, August, 2003.
Mothers' Moments, August, 2003.
Taking the Dread Out of Your Family's Dreaded Family Car Trip, July, 2003.
Family Movie Review: Bend It Like Beckham, July, 2003.
Mothers' Moments, July, 2003.
Surviving the Grocery Store With Kids in Tow, July, 2003.
How to Throw A Shark Party, June, 2003.
The Birthday Beagle, 2003

The Hartford Advocate
Ms. Fat-So, September 18, 2003.

The New Yinzer
The Wearings of a Favorite Sundress, May, 2003.
The Great WD-40 Experiment, February, 2003.

Pittsburgh CityPaper
Pittsburgh's Best Middle Eastern Restaurant: Kassab's, December 13, 2005.
Brothers In Arms: The Finn Brothers, February 24, 2005.
Pittsburgh's Best Elevator: The Cathedral of Learning, November 11, 2004.
Pittsburgh's Best Family Restaurant: Eat N Park, November 11, 2004.
Rant: Garfield's Nightmare is Mine Too, June 25, 2004.
Rant: The Homogenization of Halloween, November 13, 2003.
Rant: Smoker Entitlements Must Go, August 28, 2003.
COVER STORY: Ms. Fat-So, July 31, 2003.
------->Reader Feedback
Rant: I'm Jaded, and I Vote -- For Myself, May 28, 2003.
Rant: Freedom Fries are Deep-Fried US Arrogance, March 20, 2003.
Rant: Sea World Now A C-Minus, July, 2002.
Rant: I'm Glad the Steelers Lost, January, 2002.
Local Vocal: Hypnotherapist Mark Wolynn, January, 2002.
Local Vocal: Salem from Hocus Pocus, November 14, 2001.
Local Vocal: Artist Corey LeChat, Fall, 2001.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Shutterbugs Make Serious Wedding Pests, July 5, 2005.
Mom's Little Tax Deductions, March 31, 2004.
Not Fit For a Dog, September 30, 2003.
------->Reader Feedback
Rage Against the Machine, March 11, 2003.

Rutger Hauer’s Official Web Site
Still Angel, January, 2003.

Editorial

Video Gaming Website Content
IGN (The Internet Gaming Network); Humor Editor, 2001 - 2004
IGN: Anarchy Online Vault, (Humor)
IGN: City of Heroes Vault, (Humor)
IGN: Dark Age of Camelot Vault, (Humor)
IGN: Eve Vault, (Humor)
IGN: EverQuest Vault, (Humor)
IGN: Horizons Vault, (Humor)
IGN: Imperator Vault, (Humor)
IGN: The Sims Online Vault, (Humor)
IGN: WISH Vault, (Humor)
Mythic Entertainment's Camelot Herald (Content Contributor for Map-a-Lot Feature)

Dorrance Publishing
Freelance Editor, 2000 - 2003.

Community College of Allegheny County, Literary Magazine
Prose Editor, 1993 - 1995.

The Woodlander, Woodland Hills High School Yearbook
Editor, 1988.