Writing creative nonfiction is a passion of mine. Some of the below writing samples have been published, while the others are pieces that I feel demonstrate my versatility.
Published Clips
The following article, Goodbye Skinny Jeans, Hello Saturn, was sold to a nationally circulated publication called "The Mountain Astrologer," for publication in their June/July 2007 issue.
PDF: Clip Published in The Mountain Astrologer (1mb, 4 pages)
The following column, The Second Time Around, was published weekly from April 4th through May 30th, 2007 in Columbus State Community College's independently ran newspaper, The Cougar News.
PDF: Clips Published in The Cougar News (5.5mb, 10 pages)
Creative Nonfiction Writing Samples
To Give or Not to Give - I pushed open the heavy glass door and the thick summer heat hit me in the face like I'd opened an oven door. My stomach turned cartwheels as I stumbled across the parking lot, fumbling in my purse for my car-keys. My ears started to ring--quietly at first--then the sound of honking geese from a nearby pond faded, and the ringing took over. A dark tunnel closed in around me. Then hot, hard concrete hit my right shoulder, and the side of my face...
PDF: read more of To Give or Not to Give (52kb, 4 pages)
My Oasis - Her luminescent ripples absorbed my deepest secrets and kept them. She never exposed the truth about me--the little bits of myself I only revealed when I was alone with her. She was my confidant. I became anxious when others would use her deck to congregate and watch her tranquil water. Sometimes they would fish. Casting their hooked lines out into her center--pulling and throwing. It made me mad. She was my pond, my salvation...
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My Oasis (44kb, 4 pages)