An example of my academic writing is available here in pdf format.

My research is rigorous and my writing style is to-the-point but engaging. If you are writing a document or article and need constructive criticism, I can provide that as well as research support.

If an assignment involves research or fact checking, I provide full annotated citations, and I guarantee the accuracy of my work. That is, you will know exactly where I found the information I am using, and why I am using it. For academic and detailed research work I use EndNote or Zotero to maintain an up-to-date list of sources. The full bibliography will be included in the final package of materials I deliver to you.

Some topics I have researched and written about:

• WWI and WWII prisoners of war, conditions and outcome
• The early history of lacrosse
• African-American maroon societies prior to the Civil War
• Christian churches of the modern day South
• Title VII national origin complaints and trials
• Urban renewal
• European car manufacturers in the U.S.
• Kinship structures in alpine communities
• Orphans and orphanages in Manhattan in the early 19th century
• The evolution and manufacturing of the pencil
• The life and work of Martha Ballard, 18th century Midwife
• The Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812
• Albrecht Duerer's written word
• Native American foods and food reparation prior to the European influx
• Recent innovations in textile artsOrphans and orphanages in Manhattan in the early 19th century
• The evolution and manufacturing of the pencil
• The life and work of Martha Ballard, 18th century Midwife
• The Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812
• Albrecht Duerer's written word
• Native American foods and food reparation prior to the European influx
• Earliest methods in large-scale vaccinations

For the past twenty years I have been involved in the writing, mentoring and editing of fiction of all kinds and lengths. Memoir, which is considered creative non-fiction, is also something I can help with. If you are looking for someone to assist you with a manuscript in progress, a phone consultation will establish whether or not we are a good match.

Mentoring always involves editing, but I often edit other's work without their input. When I mentor or consult, I provide in depth constructive criticism on every and any aspect of fiction from sentence structure and dialog to plot and theme. Dialog is one of my parrticular strengths.

Depending on your wishes and the nature of the project, I can provide written and/or verbal feedback.

My letter of agreement stipulates that I cannot promise or guarantee that the final product of our collaboration will ever be purchased or published, nor can I be held responsible for the nature of the reception by editors, publishers, reviewers or readers.

As a professor I was deeply involved in curriculum administration and development; I wrote classroom materials and supervised and advised graduate students who were developing materials of their own. In the normal course of my responsibilities I wrote funding and grant proposals, reports to the administration, promotional material, vision statements, class and program descriptions.