I'll give myself 10 minutes, while listening to music.
Miss Crackinstepp stomped her flamenco heels into the floor and cracked her whip, three times, to the beat.
One, two, three. . . . more
An article of mine, 'On Marriage, Life, Death and Remarriage' was published in "Blended Families (Social Issues Firsthand) by Greenhouse Press."
I'm a journalist published in fiction and non-fiction.
Majored in English with a Master's in Journalism.
Employment:
Current: Teacher, Global LT, ESL Tutor, Global Arena, ESL Tutor; freelance writer, fiction writer
Former: Gather.com, member editor, Gather Essentials: Writing, Wednesday. (volunteer member position). Was also hired to write some specific articles.
Book reviewer: Amazon Vine Program, Vine Voice
Was a finalist in Borders/Gather.com Mitch Albom contest;
Previous:
Book reviewer, Montreal Gazette
Arts Reporter, The Globe and Mail
Political reporter, Ogden Standard Examiner, (from Washington, D.C)
Staff writer, senior editor and features editor for Digital News Publishing, Inc. (IDG)
Freelanced for Newsweek
IDG, SunWorld Online
Wrote a 200 page database manual for The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (Harvard-MIT affiliated)
Freelanced for PCWorld
Wrote end user manuals on database systems for clients
Copyedited "Raggett on HTML 4.0, Second Edition" by Dave Raggett, Jenny Lam et al published by Addison-Wesley Longman
Worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. at the W3C. Laboratory for Computer Science in marketing communications and press relations
Freelanced stories for Belmont Citizen Herald
Substitute teacher, grades K-8
Tutoring ESL students in English
Freelance writing, tech articles
Freelance writing, fiction writing; Fiction published in Pieceworks, a small literary magazine
Delivered an academic paper at the North East Modern Languages Association on One Hundred Years of Solitude
Specialties:
I am an independent writing and editing professional and ESL tutor.
I work as an ESL Tutor/Teacher for Global LT and Global Arena
Reporter and editor for major newspapers, business/tech publications. copy edited a book on HTML, and worked for MIT.
Substitute teacher .
Published writing experience includes education, arts, culture, business, politics, tech, science, health, books.
Editor, senior editor, copy editor, proofreader.
Political correspondent, Washington, D.C.
On Gather, I'm Looking For ...:
An opportunity to Gather with like-minded literary mavens.
Spread some sunshine! 
Spread some sunshine! 
