Those who love or are curious about the outdoors in North Carolina can check our directories of links to hundreds of parks and camping and hiking opportunities, or read under Adventures about our visits to specific sites. I also promote the site through Facebook.
In addition to pertinent information about more than 100 festivals, such as band lineups, ticket prices and camping options, as I get to festivals I add a page about what to expect at that festival. Click for my photos and essay about MerleFest, a large Americana music festival held each April in Wilkesboro.
I update the site weekly or as new information is available, and promote it thorough Facebook.
| Along the Way was a last-page travel feature.
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The News & Observer
After leaving The N&O, I wrote occasionally for its weekend features sections.
Your July music festival lineup starts strong with the Eno Fest in Durham
(The following three are scanned images of articles no longer online):
'Made to Order' exhibit celebrates Raleigh's kit homes
Dinner Belle: Dining room makeover creates cozy setting for family of five
An article for The N&O's Triangle Gives special section for the holidays:
Able to Serve participants get out, do good and learn skills
Our State Magazine
Good Hunting is a profile of the Liberty Antiques Festival and the Norm Conover family, one of the original vendors at the festival.
Down Under is a look at an archaeology workshop presented by the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum at Cape Hatteras, at which teens study one of the many shipwrecks that litter the North Carolina coast.
Carolina Parent Magazine
I edited the magazine's annual College Guide for two years, including compiling the college directory, and wrote a couple of other features for the magazine.I adapted a Carolina Parent article I wrote about how music festivals cater to families for my Carolina Music Festivals site.
The Slammer
The Slammer is a mug shot tabloid where I was managing editor for 17 months. Click on a story image for a larger version.
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Here is an unpublished magazine article about Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. |
Advertising and Marketing
Below are two tri-fold brochures I created while working as a human resource management consultant. Click on either image at left for readable versions.
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At right is a single-fold brochure I wrote copy for to promote a boat show put on by the Display Advertising Department of The N&O. Click on the image to see all four pages. |
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| Kannon's, a local women's clothing store, ran a small ad as part of a monthly shared page in The News & Observer. They provided a photo and often no other information.
The designer turned to me for copy. Click the image for six more examples of the ad. |
Copy Editing
IQVIA, a global health care technology and contract research organization. Copy editing internal and external communications, news releases, newsletter articles, policy manuals and additional material since January 2018.
Clean Inc., an ad agency in Raleigh, N.C. Proofreading / copy editing proposals, ads, ad concept treatments, social media campaigns, etc., for such clients as Lenovo, Builders Mutual Insurance Company, Wilmington (N.C.) and Beaches CVB, Hyster Company, Civic Federal Credit Union and others since September 2017.
Carolina Law Magazine. Copy edited the semi-annual alumni magazine for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law from Spring 2010 to Spring 2015 issue.
I copy edited two white papers for Center for Civil Rights at UNC-CH:
The State of Education in Halifax County
North Carolina Central University Undergraduate Catalog. Copy edited 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 editions.
The Kite Family, by Lai-chu Hon. Copy edited the English translation of Hong Kong writer's award-winning short story collection.
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books, edited by J. Peder Zane. Proofread final manuscript.
The Melmar Pottery of Ralph C. Erskine, by Leon E. Danielson. Edited monograph.
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