Writing, Marketing, Promotion

I’m a former newspaper reporter of 10 years, now writing and marketing, freelance.

I’m also a comedy producer, and three-year student of improv and writing with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, New York. I’m an ingenious thinker, with word skills honed by deadline journalism, and the best comedy training in New York City.

Based in Brooklyn, I’m available for long-term hire or short-term projects. Click the links on the following posts for my resume, rates and writing samples.

Skills:
Strategy
Promotion for artists, businesses and groups
Event planning, including concerts, shows and readings
Blog posts
Social media maintenance
Press releases
Web content, SEO
Newspaper and magazine writing
Humor
Editing, proofreading
Newsletters
Essays and reviews

RESUME

resume 6-20

Indie Improv Scene

Indie Improv Scene

Published online by NewYork2Night.com, a nightlife and events site. Click the above link to view a PDF of the entire post.

Excerpt:

On any Tuesday, the standby line of improv comedy fans yearning for $5 tickets to watch the Upright Citizens Brigade house teams, and drink $2 PBRs, and laugh their faces off, stretches the length of the Gristedes supermarket on 8th Ave.

Urban Exploration: Hunting Ghosts with a Camera.

Ghost Photo

Published on The Occult Section, a New York-based paranormal blog.

Excerpt:

Dennis Minner Jr. says he’s not looking for ghosts, but his portfolio looks like a real estate guide for the dead and displaced. Abandoned asylums, prisons and a private school, an empty cemetery, all in and around New York City. He sneaks in, sometimes through holes in chain link fences, for the beautiful decay. Peeling paint, dark doorways, graffiti, cracked windows.
His lens takes us to places we wouldn’t want to go alone.

Click “Ghost Photo” above to view a PDF of the entire post, or visit it online at http://theoccultsection.com/2010/07/15/the-untrodden-ways.

Trails in Gunnison

Gunnison Trails

A description of ATV trails near Gunnison, Colorado. Trails.com is an online guide to outdoor sports, with 1.6 million members.

Excerpt:

The Lake City ATV trails near Gunnison, Colorado, offer 360-degree panoramas of the San Juan Mountains, according to the Bureau of Land Management. The trails offer mudholes and rocky terrain to challenge experts, but also provide miles of beginner-friendly roads shared by dirt bikes, jeeps and other off-road highway vehicles.

Click “Gunnison Trails” to see a PDF of the entire article, or read online at http://www.trails.com/list_35830_atv-trails-gunnison-colorado.html

Trails in Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg Trails

A description of ATV trails near Harrisonburg, Virginia, published online by Trails.com.

Excerpt:

Rocky Run ATV Trail is an out-of-the-way, local favorite, according to Christian Canary of the U.S. Forest Service. Most of the trail’s visitors come to the area for hunting and fishing, with ATV-riding as a secondary pursuit.

Click “Harrison Trails” to view a PDF of the entire article, or visit http://www.trails.com/list_35837_atv-trails-harrisonburg-virginia.html.

Twenty Trees in Brooklyn

Trees

Blog post. An artist gathers Christmas trees to her Brooklyn rooftop, to bid them a ceremonial farewell. An essay on art, symbols and fire safety.

Excerpt:

Brianna Lutz is dragging Christmas trees up to her rooftop in Prospect Heights. It’s the second week of January, and the trees are all out on the curb for pick-up.
They’re kelly green, and full of the dark places birds hid in, once. They’re beautiful and, I suspect, that’s why she had the urge to take them.

To see a PDF of the entire post, click “Trees.”