Portfolio
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Announcements
Congratulations to my client Fran DiVecchio, whose book, 5 Things to Know About Successful and Lasting Weight Loss, has been published by Turner Publishing! I worked with Fran as a coach and editor on her manuscript and the book proposal package she sent to potential agents and publishers. I'm thrilled to see her book available nationally and online. In it, Fran shares her story of losing 100 pounds and keeping it off for 12 years, all by replacing bad mental and physical habits with good ones. If you're in southwestern Pennsylvania, please come meet this inspirational author at her book signing on Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble in Greensburg. I hope to see you there.
Articles
Feature articles for Just Cause magazine
- Motor City Blight Busters (May 2009)
- Putting the Food Back into School Food (July-August 2009)
Feature articles for Pop City
- The Westmoreland Celebrates 50 (5/27/09)
- The Pittsburgh Project: Building Community, Building Lives (12/10/08)
- A Passion for All Things Wine (8/27/08)
- Beleza: A Story of Hope and Friendship and Social Justice (8/20/08)
- The Carnegie International: Life on Mars, Here in Pittsburgh (5/7/08)
- 250 & Fit: Power in Numbers (2/13/08)
- Land Use the Sustainable Way (11/28/07)
- Those Thoroughly Modern Libraries (9/26/07)
- Greening the Neighborhoods (8/15/07)
- The Afterlife of FORE Systems (6/20/07)
- The Great Adventure of Grassroots Racing (5/9/07)
- Greening Our Chemical World (12/13/06)
- Hatching Entrepreneurs (9/13/06)
- The Price is Right (8/9/06)
- Something Old, Something Green (6/28/06)
- Celebrating African American Culture (6/14/06)
Pet care articles for Care.com
- The BARF Diet: Is a raw diet right for your pets?
- Caring for Your Pet During Hard Times
- First Aid for Cats: All About Handling an Emergency
- Fluffy or Chubby? Pets and weight
- Have Pet. Will Travel? (Part 1)
- Have Pet. Will Travel? (Part 2)
- How to Choose a Pet Bird
- How to Choose a Pet Carrier
- Keeping Your Cat Healthy
- Kitty Litter Etiquette
- Moving Day with Pets
- Pet Food Recalls
- Petworking! Social Networking for Animal Lovers
- Turtles, Tortoises, and Snakes: Safety Tips for Reptiles
- Veterinarians: How to Choose a Vet
- Unusual Pets and Creepy Crawlies!
Business articles
- Selling Your Products on eBay
- Drive Traffic & Generate Sales with Google AdWords
- Strategic E-mail Marketing (.pdf)
- Internet Marketing and Sales: The Changing Landscape (.pdf)
- Roadmap to a $1 Million Business
- Small Business Insurance: Better Safe than Sorry
People Profile Articles
- For Us This is Real Life! (McGinnis Sisters Special Food Stores)
- Baking the Perfect Pretzel (Ann Benzel - Benzel's Pretzel Bakery)
- When Duality Equals Balance (Ava DeMarco - Little Earth Productions, Inc.)
- No Wall to Success (Eve Picker - no wall productions, inc.)
- Old Fashioned Ethics and Ethnic Food (Helen Mannarino - Pierogies Plus)
- A Positive Impact (Angie Singer Keating - Reclamere, Inc.)
- It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Dee Buchanan - America's First Christmas Store)
- Professional Pampering (Dorothy Andreas - The Sewickley Spa)
- Adventures in Law: Leaving the Rat Race (Elaine Cribbs Rizza - The Rizza Group)
- Telling Stories in a Digital Age (Martha O'Grady - Panta Rhei Media, Inc.)
- Here's to Simplifying Your Life (Patty Kreamer - Kreamer Connect)
- Success by Design (Reneé DeMichiei Farrow - Decorating Details, LLC)
- Moving Forward (Steve Clay, Lori Daniels, and Karen Sarabok - Momentum, Inc.)
- Variety is the Spice of Business (Trudy Barefoot - H. Fred Barefoot Trucking, Inc.)
Editing
- 5 Things to Know for Successful and Lasting Weight Loss by Fran DiVecchio
- The Power of Simplicity by Patty Kreamer
- Don't Toss My Memories in the Trash by Vickie Dellaquila
- Capture Your Power by Brenda Vester
- A Happier Life Now! A How-to Guide for Obtaining Abundant Happiness in Every Aspect of Your Life by Improving One Relationship by David Ross
- How to Convert Price Objections into Closed Sales (e-book) by Al Uszynski
- Dissertation by PhD candidate in Information Systems from Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh
Website Content
Newsletters
- E-Magnify Extra! (Editor/Writer, January 2001 to June 2006)
Video Scripts
- Westmoreland County Winners' Circle Awards Luncheon Program video script
- Westinghouse AP1000 video script