• Articles/Analytical samples
• Business Writing samples, including Grants & Correspondence
• Creative Writing samples
• Copywriting/Creative Nonfiction samples, including Web content
• Document Design/Formatting samples, including Resumes
• Essays, Editorials, & Reviews

Articles, Case Studies & other research-based Writing	Decline of the California Abalone Population- Blue Planet Quarterly fall 2005 issue Formatted view(1.3M PDF file) In my past life as a consultant, I wrote many new analytical pieces or revised old ones based on new data. You provide me with the facts or data, and I will distill them into a succinct, intelligble document. Or you can point me in the right direction and I will do the research, writing, and editing based on your specifications. "Moving Towards Collaborative Problem-Solving: Business and Industry Perspectives and Practices on Environmental Justice" (799K PDF file) A July 2003 report prepared for the U.S. EPA. Not only did I serve as one of the senior interviewers for subjects for this study, but I helped the project manager write and edit the body text of this report, edited a few of the case studies, and wrote the case study on PG&E.
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Business Writing	I can write a killer memo, letter, or other professional document meant to persuade or dissuade but that still plays by the rules of the game for business, politics, and dilpomacy. Letter in opposition to proposed development/destruction of a small park (64K PDF file) The link below is for a grant application I helped write for Body Awareness--a nonprofit organization to which I volunteer my time because I believe in their efforts to educate and help change the way women and girls view their bodies, and find ways to incorporate healthy eating and exercise habits into our ever-more-complicated lives. I have worked on a variety of grant and contract proposals, including writing text for the management chapter of a winning $25 Million government contract. Sample Grant (78K PDF file)
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Creative Writing	We all have some big whoppers in us. Some people's talents lie in telling a tall tale or a juicy tidbit. Others draw the reader in with carefully crafted words. Poems, stories, ghost writing--whether you're trying to be informative, wacky, heartfelt, or captivate an audience, I can help you make some magic! An excerpt from the short story "Resurrection Men" (2K HTML file) Betrayed - a poem Excerpts from published pieces can be found here.
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Copywriting & Creative Nonfiction	Sometimes you need to write something and you can't find the right words. Web sites, promotional copy, whatever it may be--if it has words, then it has impact. Need help making them BOOM? Web site content AllUltimate.com Sample party promotion copy (7K HTML file) Greeting Card ideas (5K HTML file)
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Document Formatting/Design	From notes. . . To nice . . .Resume (32K PDF) Promotional Brochure (41K PDF file)
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Essays, Editorials, & Reviews	Letter to the Editor regarding affirmative action (293K PDF file) Concert Review: Gordon Lightfoot (8K HTML file)
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