Resume

Professional/Personal Overview
As a versatile and energetic writer, I've driven a dogsled team through the Canadian Rockies, visited some of the world's best resorts, raced an open-wheel race car and investigated domestic violence among the elderly. I am passionate about music, health and fitness, and I love finding (and telling) a good story. Don't let my lifestyle experience fool you; I also cover business and technology issues. My personal blog, http://www.onwheelsinheels.com, covers luxury cars from a female perspective

Summary of Qualifications
Creative, energetic writer, editor and author with proven skills in generating and executing fresh story ideas, developing newsletters and magazines, and creating innovative, visually exciting publications.

• Proven ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
  
• Experience in motivating freelance writers/photographers for maximum results
  
• Proficient at handling multiple tasks simultaneously without sacrificing attention to details
  
• Utilize strong interpersonal skills and highly effective communication techniques to consistently meet and exceed project objectives
  

Professional Experience
Freelance editor/writer 1998-present

• Cover travel, lifestyle, pop culture and home design for high-end magazines including Private Clubs, Better Homes & Gardens, Texas Driver and others
  

• Cover high-tech issues for business and academic communities in the magazines Synnovation and University of Texas - Dallas' School of Management Magazine

• Review music on Billboard's Top 200 for Walmart.com
  
  
• First book, Lone Stars & Legends: The Story of Texas Music, published 2001 (Republic of Texas Press); Unshakable (Advantage Books), released November 2005; The HeadHunter (Impello Publishing), due out December 2007.
  
  

• Wrote screenplay for the full-length motion picture "Evil Hours" (Hot Genre, Inc.) 2006

• Wrote screenplays for the full-length motion pictures "Sticks" and "Unshakable" (DreamVision Motion Pictures) 2005; Worked on the screenplay for "The HeadHunter" for Impello Films, 2006; won honorable mention from Writer's Digest for the short screenplay, "Shotgun," 2006.
  
  

• Wrote television treatment for "Memphis Mafia" February 2006
  
  

• Produce health & fitness magazines for InforMed Custom Publishing

• Managing editor of Where Dallas and Where Fort Worth magazines, 1999-2003; senior editor of sister publication, Dallas Home Design, 2000-2003
  

• Stories included in Shards: An Anthology of Women Writers (DLSIJ Press, 1999) and Interpretations: Writing, Reading and Critical Thinking (Pearson Longman, 2004). Editor of Green Weenies and Due Diligence by Ron Sturgeon (Mike French Publishing,2005)
  

A.M. Journal Express, Dallas, Texas2003-2004
Assistant Managing Editor

• Responsible for staff management, story assignments, copy editing, writing headlines, coordinating page design, and managing production flow for free daily newspaper.
  

Performance Magazine, Fort Worth, Texas, 1997-1998
Managing Editor

• Responsible for weekly trade magazine covering the international music industry
  
• Managed staff of international freelance writers and photographers as well as 12-person in-house staff
  

Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, Texas 1991-1997
Entertainment Editor

• Created weekly entertainment publication, Entertainment Chronicle, to build readership loyalty in the young adult market for daily newspaper
  
• Planned and executed of all aspects of magazine operations, including staff and freelance assignments, writing, editing, layout, headlines and art design
  

Belo Corporation, Dallas, Texas1989-1991
Weekender Editor 1990-1991

• Launched weekend entertainment guide for seven newspapers in Belo's D/FW Suburban Newspapers chain
  
• Won national award for Best Entertainment Section from Suburban Newspapers of America
  

• Duties included staff assignments and copy editing
  

Denton Publishing Company, Denton, Texas 1985-1989
Staff Writer

Community Hi-Lighter, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma1985
Editor

KTFX-FM, Tulsa, Oklahoma1984-1985
Copywriter

Awards/Honors

• Honorable Mention for "Shotgun" screenplay, Writer's Digest, 2006
• Best Cover Design, Where Dallas magazine, Abarta International, 2001
• Second Place, Comment and Criticism, Associated Press, 1995
• Honorable Mention, Comment and Criticism, Associated Press, 1994
• Katie Award nomination, Arts Feature Story, Dallas Press Club, 1993
• First Place, Comment and Criticism, Associated Press, 1993
• First Place, Layout and Design, Associated Press, 1993
• First Place, Best Entertainment Section, Suburban Newspapers of

Freelance Writing/Editing

• Private Clubs, contributing writer, 2002-present;
• Woman's World contributing writer, 2005-present
• Better Homes & Gardens, contributing writer, 2002-2004;
• Sally White Company, resume writer, 2003;
• Where Dallas magazine, editor, 1999-2003;
• Dallas Home Design Magazine, senior editor, 2000-2003;
• ChildTimes magazine, contributing writer, 2000-2003;
• The Dallas Morning News, contributing writer, 1998-present;
• Fort Worth Weekly, contributing writer, 1997-2002;
• University of Texas-Dallas, Network and School of Management magazines, contributing editor, 1999-present
  

Digital media
Walmart.com; DFWLifeonthenet.com; GetConnected.com; APBOnline; Neighborhood America; Cyclopz.com; KidsHealth.org; unGroom'd.com

Education
McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas1981-1984
Major: Journalism
Minor: Theater