My Writing


My specialty is the written word. 

I have written copy on a wide variety of topics, some very specialized, for clients in many different professions and industries. I have written book proposals, articles, museum text panels, calendar text, grant proposals and reports, brochures, and other forms of marketing communications. I have done extensive rewriting, and some of the substantive editing I've done pushes the boundary that separates editing from writing.

And I have published work under my own name, featured on this page.



BOOKS

Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing the Family Home, coauthored with Linda Hetzer. (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2004)
 
 


ESSAYS, ARTICLES, BOOKLETS, AND MONOGRAPHS

Snapshot: The Champagne Region, smithsonian.com, July 2008

ON EDUCATION ABROAD


“Supply and Demand: Building a Fluent Workforce,“International Educator, Sept/Oct 2008 (cover story) http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/ie_sepoct08_fluentwork.pdf


"Faculty Abroad: What Do These Innocents Need to Know?" International Educator, May/June 2008 http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/mayjune08_ea.pdf

"Educating for Global Business," International Educator, Sept/Oct 2007 www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/cover_iesept_oct.pdf 
 
What Parents Need to Know! Before, During, and After Education Abroad.  (NAFSA, 2007) www.nafsa.org/publication.sec/education_abroad_students/what_parents_need_to



Proceedings of the Lincoln Commission Forum on Study Abroad and Economic Competitiveness.  (February 15, 2007)

“Orienting and Coaching Parents,” International Educator, Jan/Feb 2007

“Education Abroad on the Fast Track,” International Educator, May/Jun 2006
http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/education_abroad_fast.pdf

“Beyond Anecdote: Research in Study Abroad Comes of Age,” International Educator, Jan/Feb 2006 
http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/InternationalEducator/EAJanFeb2006.pdf



ON DOWNSIZING THE HOME

“Preparing for a Move: On Your Mark, Get Set…” coauthored with Linda Hetzer, Guide to Retirement Living, Spring 2006
http://www.retirement-living.com/article.asp?aid=199

“Emptying the House:  Impossible Task, or Joyful Rite of Passage?” coauthored with Linda Hetzer. Guide to Retirement Living, Summer 2005.

“Proactive Downsizing,” coauthored with Linda Hetzer. OnlineOrganizing.com Newsletter, Aug. 2004
http://www.onlineorganizing.com/NewslettersArticle.asp?newsletter=go&article=362
 
ON THE ARTS

"Sculpting 9/11,” St. Albans Bulletin, Winter 2002-03
http://staweb.sta.cathedral.org/ePubs/cArticle.asp?article=481&comesFrom=bu

"Experiencing the Arts Live:  The Arts in New York City,” co-authored with Dennis Paoli.  Humanities Education, Spring 1991

PERSONAL ESSAYS

“Love Blooms When Opposites Attract,” Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 14, 2006 
 http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0214/p18s03-hfes.html

“A House Filled with Clutter—and Love,” Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 9, 2006  http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0109/p18s04-hfes.html
 
CALENDAR TEXTS

Antiques Roadshow Wall Calendar (Workman Publishing) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Antiques Roadshow Page-a-Day Calendar (Workman Publishing) 2002

America’s Backroads and Byways Wall Calendar (National Audubon Society) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

The Incredible Pop-Out Butterfly Activity Kit and Calendar (National Audubon Society) 2001, 2002, 2003

Wildflowers Wall Calendar (National Audubon Society) 2001