Major Awards
2002
Washington State 2002 Book Award (for Swimming Toward the Ocean)
1991
National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowship
1991
Washington State Governor's Arts Award
1987
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Other Honors
1994
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
1992
Artist, Metro's Artist's Regional Transit Project (ARTp)
1990
Washington State Artist-in-Residence
1989
Fellow, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
1988
Essay Prize, Croton Review
1987
Fellow, MacDowell Colony
Readings and Talks
1998
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
1995
Jewish Women's Resource Center, New York City
1995
Capitol Hill Book Fair, Seattle
1994
Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington
1992
Writers-on-the-Sound Conference, Edmonds, Washington
1992
Writers for the Homeless, Seattle
1991
New York Public Library
1991
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
1991
Sitka Public Library
1991
National Writers' Club, Seattle Chapter
1990
University of Notre Dame
1990
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
1990
Manhattan Theatre Club
1989
Monroe State Reformatory, Monroe, Washington
1989
Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle
1989
Centrum Writers' Conference, Port Townsend, Washington
1989
Bennington Writers' Conference
1989
The New School, New York City
1989
State University of New York, Binghamton, New York
1989
North End Jewish Community Center, Seattle
1989
Elliott Bay Books, Seattle
1988
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
1987
Auburn Public Library, Auburn, Washington
1987
MacDowell Colony
1986
Elderhostel, Port Townsend, Washington
Teaching Experience
2000 to 2001
Instructor
University of Washington Creative Writing Program,
Literary Fiction
1990 to 2000
Instructor
University of Washington Writers' Program,
Literary Fiction
June 1995
Instructor
Olympic College Writing Workshops
Bremerton, Washington
Nov 1991
Artist-in-Residence
Davis High School
Yakima, Washington
Oct 1991
Fiction Workshop Leader
Auburn Writers' Conference
Auburn, Washington
Jan 1991
Instructor
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
May 1990
Instructor
Western Michigan Writers' Conference
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Jan – June 1990
Writer-in-Residence
Interlochen Arts Academy
Interlochen, Michigan
Education
Hunter Graduate School, New York
English Literature
City College of New York
B.A., Languages & Literature
Syracuse University
English Literature
School Awards
New York State Regents' Scholarship
Full-tuition scholarship — Syracuse University
Research paper awards, junior & senior college years
National Merit Finalist
Other Professional Experience
1999
Panelist, Artist's Trust
Artists Grants
1996
Panelist, Seattle Arts Commission
Artists Fellowships
1994
Panelist, Centrum
Artists' Residencies
1993
Judge, Oregon Book Awards
1982 to present
Free-lance Writer and Editor
Freelance Writer and editor
- Coaching, editing writers; working with writers on fiction and non-fiction books and book proposals.
- Critiquing fiction manuscripts.
- Editing books, manuals, articles.
- Writing brochures, speeches, press releases, promotional literature.
- Creating advertisements for print and electronic media.
- See also my Editorial Services page.
Since 1982 I have been a free-lance writer and editor, editing articles, books, speeches, brochures, and press releases. I have written publicity and marketing materials. I have also worked with people, helping them to write books. My clients have included government agencies, health professionals, ballot issues, elected officials, candidates for office, and aspiring writers. To give you an idea of the range of my work, here are a few of the more than hundreds of clients I have served:
- Seattle City Light (edited the 1990 Energy Report, 7 volumes)
- Washington State Department of Ecology (wrote a slide show)
- Aldus Corporation (edited a technical manual)
- The NBBJ Group (edited architectural proposals)
- State Insurance Commissioner (writing and editing health insurance brochures);
- Dr. Anne S. Hastings (editing books and articles)
- Legislative, judicial, Congressional, and mayoral candidates seeking election or re-election wrote and edited campaign materials)
- Linda Farris Gallery (wrote a brochure)
- City Profiles (editing a directory of Seattle attractions)
