Writing Books/Expert Profile

Expertise

I can answer questions on all aspects of writing memoirs, life stories, family histories, and corporate histories including handling sensitive issues, interviewing, editing, self-publishing, and setting up a business as a memoir writer.

Experience in the area

I have more than twenty-five years of experience as a radio and television news reporter, author, freelance writer, and workshop presenter. I present a free monthly class, "Writing Your Life Story." I'm a member of two speakers bureaus: Missouri Writers' Guild and Missouri Center for the Book. I have had three books published and I'm writing a fourth. My articles and book reviews on a variety of topics have been published in national magazines and on the Web. I was a senior-level college administrator for twenty-seven years, including nine years as a vice president, during which I wrote newsletters, brochures, magazine articles, and published and edited an alumni magazine.

Organizations

Missouri Center for the Book, Missouri Writers' Guild, Springfield Writers' Guild, Greene County Historical Society, Christian County Historical Society.

Publications

Books: Dumb Luck or Divine Guidance, The Pastor's Guide to Fund-raising Success, Levell-Drew Family History. National magazines including CASE Currents, Congregations, Ozarks Mountaineer, Your Community Hospice, Power and Light series of Sunday-school curriculum for adult learners.

Education/Credentials

Graceland College

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

"It is not enough that we write to be understood. We must write so we cannot possibly be misunderstood." Robert Louis Stevenson.