Freelance Writer 1989 – present

Articles and essays published in Ohio Magazine, Writer’s Digest, Sesame Street Magazine, Ohio Writer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Lake Erie Living, Lake County News-Herald, Lake County Business Journal, Today’s Family, Epitome and others.

Regular contributor to Northern Ohio Live, Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, Lake Erie Living magazines.

Writing instructor at Lakeland Community College, and the Poets’ & Writers’ League of Greater Cleveland. Director of the Western Reserve Writers & Freelance Conferences, Founder/Director of the Women Writers Winter Retreat, Chairperson, Cleveland Entertainment Coalition

Author of Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection (Kent State University Press 2002). Finalist for the 2003 Ohioana Book Award in Nonfiction.

Finalist for Excellence in Research for the 2003 ARSC Award (Association of Recorded Sound Collections). Nominated for the 2008 Andrews Distinguished Alumna Award

Contributed article on the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the 2007 Encyclopedia of the Midwest.  . Included in the Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in the Midwest, and Who’s Who in the World

Affiliations:

Author’s Guild

Poets & Writers League of Greater Cleveland

International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG)

Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

Pennwriters, Inc.

Chautauqua Writers’ Center

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Cleveland Entertainment Coalition

Speaking Presentations and Workshops [*Upcoming Ones Highlighted)

·        Rock Music Presenter for the Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) 2004 Conference 

·        Writing for Money Conference, sponsored by Poets and Writers League of Greater Cleveland

·        Western Reserve Writers’ Conference

·        Wayne College Writers’ Workshop

·        CSU Student Journalism Project

·        Cleveland State University

·        In the Company of Women Workshop (an IWWG Program)

·        Cleveland Entertainment Coalition – Education Series

·        Northwest Ohio Writers’ Group

·         “Write On” Series

·        Lakeland Community College

·        Northwest Ohio Writers’ Conference

·        Galleria 324, Cleveland, Ohio

·        Skyline Writers’ Conference

·        Pennwriters’ Conference and Workshop

·        Library Presentations throughout Northeast and Central Ohio

Book Signings and Readings

·        All major, and many independent, bookstores throughout Ohio

·        Guitar Center, Cleveland and Florida

·        S & K Music Store signing, Las Vegas

·        Guest Appearances in book and music stores in Naples, and Cape Coral, Florida

Radio and TV Appearances

·        Most Local Stations including PBS and NPR

·        Regular guest on Denny Carlton’s “Cleveland Music Connection”  radio show

·        96 K-Rock, Southwest Florida

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