“…yours is the FIRST post that I have deemed worthy of above-the-fold placement in the newsletter. Ever. Period. I am thrilled at the prospect of sharing that spot with a fellow WRITER. You can write. I just love it! You are such a welcome addition to the team.
Marti Gorman – Publisher Buffalo Heritage and Citybration
I write online content for Emarketing, social media, websites and blogs, as well as narratives. These original essays and posts illustrate my writing ability.
My Publishing Credits Include:
An Expectant-Adoptive Mom for Adoptive Families Magazine.
Tiny Square Egg Noodles, an essay on nostalgia and family for the anthology Voices from the Herd: An Anthology For Buffalo, NY
There is No Substitute for the Friday Night Fish Fry; a first person essay for the September 28, 2001 edition of The Buffalo News
Infidels for the March 2001 edition of Underwire.msn.com —voted one of the five most popular essays
Radioactive Tumbleweeds an environmental essay for the anthology The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 02/01
Think Global, Act Local: The Cost; The Christian Science Monitor
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Assignment #1: Intro to Novel Writing
... finally getting around to writing that novel This is the first assignment in the course INTRODUCTION TO NOVEL WRITING offered by The Writer's Workshop • The class is taught by Jana Harris • [...]
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