Portfolio

Selling what I write had been my goal through several different day jobs, in two different countries.

I still remember the thrill of my first sale, a profile of French caterer Gaston Lenotre. This piece led to a number of assignments for France Today. The editor commissioned a cover article on all the English-language bookstores in Paris, then promptly left the magazine.

Upon return to the USA, I shared my bookstore query with a writers’ group.

“Don’t give up,” said the leader. “Try an inflight. Send it email.”

The very next day I received a response, expressing interest in 350 words on one specific bookstore. The editor must have liked my style because she snapped up the piece. I earned $350. My first $1 a word had become reality.

Now I write more important stuff. Recent articles include op-eds warning of toxic chemicals in the environment. I write books and blog about beautiful Wellfleet. Since I started innkeeping, I no longer need to make a living from what I write.

But I still write, because write I must. It’s who I am. I’m a writer.

PROSE

Fiction:

Out Of This World

Five On The Fifth: The Errand

New World Writing: Buried Treasure

Sybil Journal: The Visit

Non-fiction:

Next Avenue: Barbara Chase-Riboud: Novelist, Poet, Sculptor

Washington Post: Whose ‘Romanoffs’? Not mine.

Better After 50: A Mother Faces The Music At Her Daughter’s Wedding

American Profile: Mustard Seed Kitchen