What’s New in April

April 4, 2007

I have a short piece in this month’s issue of Parenting about why babies like to twirl their hair. (My son is five and he still does this, right before he falls asleep or when he’s waking up. Funny the stuff these kids do!)
Oxygen magazine continues to run its nutrition/food series called “Build a Better [...]

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Spring Classes/Speaking Engagements

January 3, 2007

I’ll be teaching my popular magazine writing class, Freelance Magazine Writing for Fun & Profit, though Chelmsford Community Education again this spring, starting on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. The class runs for three weeks from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. A few of my students have gone on to write for magazines including Parenting, Woman’s [...]

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What’s new this month

January 3, 2007

My feature on only children is in the February 2007 issue of Parenting. And check out the February issue of Oxygen magazine … I did a recipe makeover for hummus. Yum!
The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters That Rock got a nice review in the December 2006 issue of The Writer. Reviewers Erica Dreifus and Chuck Leddy [...]

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November articles

November 17, 2006

Well, it looks like my Parenting feature on only children got bumped this month. It happens. But I did write the short piece on baby constipation.
Oxygen magazine published five of my recipes in a special issue called Clean Eating. (Gorgeous photographs!) I’ll post the PDFs on my clips page next week.
I’ve long been fascinated by [...]

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Barnes & Noble Talk, Warwick, RI

November 1, 2006

I’ll be speaking about crafting the perfect query letter with my co-author, Linda Formichelli, on Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Warwick, Rhode Island. We’ll also be signing our brand new book, The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters That Rock, which is coming out this week. While we have a [...]

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I’m on CNN.com!

September 29, 2006

Well, sort of. My article on childcare safety is their lead health story tonight, a pickup from Parenting, part of the Time-Warner family (for the moment). Cool!

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Need a career makeover?

September 15, 2006

You want to go from a 9-5 job to full-time freelance. Or you wonder how you can build your writing career while taking care of your kids at home. Or you want to go from health writer to travel writer or break into a certain publication, but have had no luck so far. What you [...]

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New this month

September 12, 2006

I’ve got a few things coming out this month.
The October 2006 issue of Oxygen magazine has two recipes I developed for a story on healthy pizzas (which happens to be written by my Renegade Writer co-author Linda Formichelli!)
Also in October, I’ve got a feature in Parenting that asks “How safe is your childcare provider?” And [...]

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Fall 2006 Classes and Appearances

September 11, 2006

Here’s my schedule for fall 2006:
September 22 – 23, 2006
Connecticut Coast Writers Retreat, Milford Yacht Club, Milford, CT, $199.
*Speaking with Linda Formichelli on how to write the perfect pitch letter.
October 3, 10, & 17, 2006
Chelmsford Community Education, Chelmsford, MA
*Teaching Get Published!: Magazine Writing for Fun & Profit, $60, on Tuesdays beginning Oct. 3, 6:00 – [...]

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