I write to educate, persuade, and entertain. Below are writing samples from print and web.

Reviews: Movies, restaurants, and books
Features and profiles
Fiction and Creative non-fiction
Persuasive and educational writing
Entertainment
Newletter features

Movie, restaurant, and book reviews

• Henry V Revisited (C'ville Review)
• Memory and Company (C'ville Review)
• Camille Claudel: A Sculpted Gem from Bruno Nuytten (C'ville Review)
• Crozet-style Pizza (C'ville Review)
• Something's Brewing at Blue Ridge (C'ville Review)
• A Rave for Dave (Live Wire)
• I Love You to Death Shows a Deadly Kind of Love (C'ville Review)
• National Geographic videos (allmovie.com)
• National Geographic Kids videos (allmovie.com)
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, Her Lover, and the Sickness (C'ville Review)
• Cappuccino Heaven (C'ville Review)
• Opportunity Flops (C'ville Review)
  
• Dogs Never Lie About Love (Wayfarer's News)
• Shelter Cats (Wayfarer's News)
• Moon Tiger: The History of the World According to Whom? (VCU Award)

Features and profiles

• Good Question (Richmond Parents Monthly)
• Juggling Lessons (Fifty Plus)
• Choose Your Own Adventure (Fifty Plus)
• An All-Star Couple (Fifty Plus)
• Everything to Win (Richmond Parents Monthly)
• Reverse Mortgages (Fifty Plus)
• Global Bebé (Richmond Parents Monthly)
• Not the Retiring Type (Mercator's World)
• How Far We Have Come (American Profile Magazine)
• Stacey's Music Shop Has Served Generations of Local Musicians (Albemarle Observer)
• Banks Chase: Spirituals in a Classic Style (Albemarle Observer)
• A Competitive Frame of Mind (Careers and the Disabled)
• ARANESP™ Requires Lower Dosing to Treat Anemia (Pharmacy Practice News)

Fiction and Creative non-fiction

• Finding the Right Key (Skirt!)
• Evening (Style Weekly Fiction Contest)
• A Good Old Boy
• Lady of the Night
• Tales from Down Under
• Just a Wee Thing
• From Gnarly to Cool

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Persuasive and educational writing

• Building on Buzz (Style Weekly)
• The Marriage Myth (Style Weekly)
• Avoid Exclamation Marks! (american-book.com)
• Creating Paragraphs (american-book.com)
• Let's End the Killing
• Pit Bulldogs: the Misunderstood Breed
• Just Got One?

Entertainment

• Interview with Steven Soderbergh (C'ville Review)
• A Survival Kit for the Childless (Agenda: The Magazine of Politics and Culture)
• The Sounds of Summer Music (C'ville Review)

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Newsletter features

• Creative Spring
• The Best Seats in the House
• Magician Dog Nabs Crook
• Strong Neighborhood Showing
• Circle School
• Whooping Voter Turnout
• 821 Cafe
• TT Lounge
• Homeless Animals during the Holiday Season
• The Stock Option: Beneficial to All
• Bringing Back Their Bloom
• More Richmonders Adopt Homeless Pets