I'm an accomplished author, ghostwriter, and developmental editor. My favorite of these is ghostwriting, and I explain why elsewhere. I develop college textbooks and general nonfiction. I write and edit educational materials, blog posts, and newspaper articles. I'm passionate about transforming chaotic concepts into clear, well-organized prose for targeted audiences while meeting the objectives of … Continue reading Who I Am
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About That Photoshopped Image of Tech Entrepreneurs Visiting Brunello Cucinelli
Fifteen presumably savvy guys—they are Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, all successful—walk into an Italian village to visit Brunello Cucinelli, who designs expensive sweatpants. The next thing we know, Cucinelli runs a reality-bending photo of the group on his Instagram feed that includes two women not in the original, and GQ publishes the same photo as part … Continue reading About That Photoshopped Image of Tech Entrepreneurs Visiting Brunello Cucinelli
Banana Road
October 5, 2012 During the first presidential debate on October 3, 2012, the question of income inequality should have been front and center. It's the nation's biggest domestic issue (Income Inequality is America's Biggest Challenge: United Nations Economist). And it links to just about every other issue that is on the table: health, education, … Continue reading Banana Road
What Authors Say about My Work
Writing a book takes tremendous effort. Ernest Hemingway is often quoted as saying that to write all you need do is sit at a typewriter and bleed. According to Steve Paul, writing at The Hemingway Society website, there is no substantive evidence that Hemingway is the source of that quote. I think most of the … Continue reading What Authors Say about My Work
Merrily Rolling Home
Who could be upset about slipping and rolling down a hill backwards on such a beautiful day?
How I Edit: Let’s Collaborate
I help authors write books by collaboratively editing their manuscripts. Some people call this developmental editing. However, when an author doesn't have the time or the writing skills, I do more of the heavy lifting. I bring a variety of techniques to my work, including developmental editing, line editing, rewriting, research, and ghostwriting. The way … Continue reading How I Edit: Let’s Collaborate
This Is How It Starts
By Valley2city — Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12061409 I always wondered how it would start. I remember reading somewhere that these things start quietly. Looking at old newsreels, it didn’t seem to start quietly in Germany. I remember seeing large crowds of people listening to an impassioned Hitler speak, even scream, and responding with the Nazi … Continue reading This Is How It Starts
Humane in New York
Aerial view of Washing Square Village, Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8493062User Experience Can Bring Out Our Best Or Our Worst “Fuck off!” I shouted as I whipped around and looked the other driver in the eye. He shouted back at me, “So it’s going to be that kind of day, is it?” It’s going to be that … Continue reading Humane in New York
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"Orders are nobody can see the Great Oz! Not nobody, not nohow!" from The Wizard of Oz, 1939 "Dorothy was right though." Arctic Monkeys, "Old Yellow Bricks," Favourite Worst Nightmare, 2007
On Children with Bloodied Faces
Quotation from Rabbi Hillel I could look at his bloodied face for only a second or two. These images stick with me, and Omran’s now lives with the images of a naked Vietnamese girl running toward me and the foot of a German soldier coming down on the head of a baby, still alive, lying on … Continue reading On Children with Bloodied Faces