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I have been writing and publishing since high school. I write in a variety of genres from creative non-fiction, academic pieces, reports, essays, and fiction. My first paid publication was a review of Van Halen’s Monsters of Rock concert (Foxboro, MA) in 1988 when my local newspaper paid for my $30 ticket. My very first publication was a letter to Dragon Magazine in 1984. My interest in writing erupted when I scored the highest in a town-wide (fiction) writing evaluation in fifth grade. My writing goal is to accelerate society’s transition to sustainability. See Worldview Change Project.


Statistics

Total Life Published Pieces
209
Total Different Publications (Periodicals)
80
Total Published Pieces in Spanish
17
Appearances in books and manuals (authored 4 training manuals) 2 book chapters.
9
Letters to the Editor (including Newsweek)
13

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Subjects of my Writing

Interpretation / Conservation / Recreation / Environment / Academic / Spanish / Manuals /Worldview / Miscellaneous / Creative / Park Planning / Communities

Serials in which I have been published

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Genres

  • Popular magazine articles, English & Spanish
  • Essays
  • Training manuals
  • Academic, peer-reviewed
  • Trade publications
  • Fiction (flash fiction, storybook panels, novellas)
  • Book reviews
  • Columns
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Writing Highlights

  • Wrote major photojournalistic report for The Summit Foundation, 31 photos used. 48 pages.
  • First academic book chapter in Quality Assurance & Certification in Ecotourism published by CABI in 2007.
  • Public Use Planning Manual, Park Planning for Life, won second place in the interpretive training category of the National Association for Interpretation’s 2003 Media Awards competition.
  • Wrote a column in Legacy magazine called the “International Interpreter” for 1.5 years.
  • Named contributing editor to the same publication in September 2002, the position shifted to The Interpreter in 2004 as associate editor. No longer.
  • Won Honorable Mention for best feature article in Legacy in 2002.
  • Won Gloria Barron Wilderness Essay Contest (sponsored by the Wilderness Society and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) in 1998. $2,000. Published in the International Journal of Wilderness August 2004.
  • Earned an A- or greater for every research paper written at both Dartmouth and Yale.
  • Won the Hart Memorial Writing Contest in high school, 1988. $500.
  • Won Voice of Democracy Scholarship Contest (VFW/Ladies Auxiliary). 1988. $100.
  • Published three cover stories in The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Oceanus, and Legacy.
  • Researched and wrote, “Marine Biomedicine: Past, Present, and Future.” This paper was used to design the “PharmaSea” module of Ocean Planet, a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit. 1993.
  • Under guidance of master conservation trainer, Paul Butler (VP of Rare), I co-wrote the five-volume training manual for the Nature Guide Training Program and solo wrote the training manual of the Public Use Planning Program. Also in Peace Corps I wrote a teacher’s guide based on a children’s story, illustrated by museologist Deirdre Hyde. The Minister of Education of Costa Rica inaugurated the project in 1996.

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February 18, 2011