Freelancing is a hard hike in a tough terrain of competition. This is by way of saying don’t expect a lot here. One advantage of freelancing is following your passion – writing about what moves you, not just what’s assigned by an editor (the disadvantage is lack of a steady paycheck). It’s said a good writer writes about what s/he knows, but I’ve always written about what I want to know. Like, life, the universe, and everything -- but especially forests, because forests should rule the world if the world was sane.
06/19/2025
Ben Fox of Shepherd Media, a group devoted to books, helping readers find them, and providing authors with exposure, invited me to describe five books that highly influenced me in writing The Appalachian Forest.
04/26/2025
For my PowerPoint presentation at the 2025 Brocks Gap Heritage Day in Broadway, VA, near where I live, I included the most local historical photos and information that I could find.
02/03/2025
The Emergency Response Station under construction in my rural community will be equipped with both ambulances and fire trucks. This is a huge benefit to our very rural community in the western mountains of Virginia.
11/12/2024
I gave a PowerPoint presentation for Rocktown History’s Coffee Mill Talks, (Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, VA), which used photos I’ve taken over decades of observations to show how the forest remembers its past.
10/19/2024
I was thrilled to be invited to the first Queen City Word Fest, a large gathering of writers in Staunton, Virginia, from the Shenandoah Valley and beyond, with their books on display and for sale.
10/13/2024
I was one of 5 local authors invited to discuss how I became a published writer, at Plains District Memorial Museum, Timberville VA.