Journalism
Fresh out of college, I reported and wrote arts and entertainment articles for two community newspapers in Baltimore. After moving to Alaska, I wrote articles on wildlife and other outdoor subjects for Audubon, Defenders of Wildlife, Margin and Alaska magazines, and produced an environmental organization’s newsletter. Here are some excerpts and photos.
Book
Living in Alaska, I got interested in an Alaska pioneer and bear expert named Allen Hasselborg. I spent two years researching a biography of him on several grants, traveling to museums and libraries and interviewing sources in 12 states. The University of Alaska Press published “Bear Man of Admiralty Island” in 1996.
Praise for Bear Man of Admiralty Island
Read first chapter (with illustrations)
If you would like to buy Bear Man of Admiralty Island, I highly recommend that you buy a first edition (1996) copy, not the much more recent University of Alaska Press, digital print, on-demand edition that unfortunately has underexposed, blurry photo reproductions. Buying it on Amazon, beware of the prominently misleading “1996” under the main (headline) book title and the offer of a “new” version to be delivered “when available”; buy only “used” after contacting the bookseller to make sure you’ll get the 1996, offset-printed edition with high quality photos. Ditto buying it from any other online site or a bricks & mortar bookstore – make sure you get the original, 1996 edition (new or used).
Learn more about the book on Amazon.com
Web copywriting & content marketing
Web copy writing and content marketing (mostly writing for blogs) have been my bread and butter for the past 16 years, at times combined with Web information architecture (designing site structures and navigation). Here’s more about that on another website >