Reviewing:
- Regular contributor, Sacramento Book Review.
- Regular contractor, Apex Reviews.
- Harper Collins FirstLook program.
- Multiple book reviews for the New York Times Company's About.com site on freelance writing. Recent samples: Susan Shapiro's Only As Good As Your Word, Goodman's The Anti 9-5, and Hudgins' Crafting the Travel Guidebook.
- Website reviewer for The Webby Awards 2006, 2007, and 2008, the premiere web award sponsored by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. (Refereed categories: copywriting, corporate communication, family/parent, travel, youth)
- Delos Literary Magazine, Long Fiction Judge (2004-2005, magazine is now defunct).
Essay/Educational Reviewing & Grading
- Educational Testing Service, Independent Contractor, 2000- current. Grade high stakes tests and essays via online system.
- Pearson Educational Management, Independent Contractor, 2005- current. Grade high stakes tests and essays via online system.
- CAE.org, Council for Aid to Education. Independent contractor/scorer of the Collegiate Learning Assessment. Rubric-based scoring of college-level writing assessments.
The way to write well is to live intensely. (~Woolf)