I am a freelance writer with expertise in news reporting and journalism, technical writing, web content, and e-books.
My first literary efforts were undertaken while I was still a child. I recall typing short stories on my father’s Smith-Corona electric typewriter. I would then “sell” my short stories to any nearby relative for five or ten cents. Several years later I began work on my first novel, Treasure Mountain. I count it among my many blessings that the Treasure Mountain manuscript is long since lost as I would no doubt be horrified to actually have anyone read it!
Despite my long interest in writing, and strong encouragement from college writing professors, my writing career developed almost accidentally as a result of my computer career. My first professional writing project came about while I was working as a computer programmer for a “dot com” start-up during 1999-2000. I was tasked with co-authoring the user manual for the software program we were developing. The manual ended up being more than 200 pages long when it was finished, and I discovered that I enjoyed technical writing more than computer programming! Following the dot com bust, I went on to pursue a career in web design where I found myself writing content for nearly every site I designed. Once again, I enjoyed the writing more than the technical work. I finally started writing for fun (and very little profit) in 2006 when I discovered simple web publishing thanks to WordPress. Soon afterward I compiled my best clips and applied for a writing job with a community newspaper. The rest, as they say, is history.
I have written articles and e-books on a variety of topics. My writing experience includes news reporting, technical writing, web content, and e-books. Areas of expertise include religion, health care, technology, and community news.
I currently work as a staff writer for a newspaper in Central Montana. You can read what others have to say about my writing on my credits page.