Professional Experience
Versatile copywriting professional with more than fifteen years of experience creating effective, engaging copy for both digital and print media. Specializing in: Work-for-hire and ghostwriting projects; digital writing; games; app scripts; articles; blog posts; cover copy; e-book copy; marketing and promotional copy; presentations; web content; reading group guides; catalog copy; and nightlife, bar, and restaurant reviews. Clients include Marvel Press, Disney Press, Disney Publishing Worldwide, Harlequin, Penguin Random House, Tor.com and American Greetings.
Expertise
Copywriter
15 Years
Writer
15 Years
Other, Specify
15 Years
Specialty
Books & Literature
15 Years
Fiction
15 Years
Other, Specify
15 Years
Industries
Book Publishing Consumer
15 Years
Video Games
2 Years
Other
2 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Tor.com (10+), Time Out New York Kids (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Disney Publishing Worldwide (10+), Harlequin (10+), Kirkus Media (10+), Quarto Publishing (10+)
Other Work History
WRITING: Children's work-for-hire for Marvel Press and Disney Press; children's app scriptwriting for Disney Publishing Worldwide; articles for TIME.com and Time Out New York Kids; reviews, recaps, posts, and articles on science fiction and fantasy sites such as Tor.com and Suvudu.com; essays in Direct Brands' annual Stephen King Library Calendar; greeting cards for American Greetings
COPYWRITING (including back cover, e-book, marketing, catalog, calendar, stationary, caption, and promotional copy): JABberwocky Literary Agency, Penguin, Harlequin, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Pocket Books, Hachette Book Group, Kirkus Media, Race Point Publishing, Quarto Publishing Group, Kensington, Zagat, and Shecky's
CONSULTING (including editing, reading, marketing, and social media): DirectBrands (SFBC), Minted Prose, and individual authors
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Firebrand/TMM, SiteCatalyst, WordPress, and basic HTML and Adobe Photoshop
Associations
Science Fiction Writers Association; Authors Guild; Children's Media Association