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...is a fiftysomething American writer. In my first career I was a broadcast journalist; I've been a reporter, anchor, editor,
and producer for radio and TV news operations (mostly radio) big and small, including CNN and Mutual-NBC Radio News. Since
leaving broadcasting, I've kept my hand in with the written word by co-authoring "Live Simply in the City" with
Jonathan Allen.
But I've always wanted to write fiction for a living. And we're getting there! I have had short stories selected for
inclusion in all three Kevinswatch.com anthologies, and now two of those stories have been republished as e-books by Calderwood
Books. I'm hopeful that this is the start of my next career. As they say in radio, stay tuned...
My vast overeducation includes a B.A. in journalism (with a minor in Spanish) from Indiana University; an M.A. in fiction
writing from Johns Hopkins University; and a paralegal certificate from Denver Paralegal Institute. I absolutely loved Denver
and plan to move back there eventually, but for now, I live near Washington, DC. I have two daughters in college and two
cats. My main interests include reading, Irish trad music, and learning to speak Czech. (Hey, somebody's gotta do it.)
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What's the point of this, again?
One of the things I really miss about working in a newsroom is the back-and-forth with coworkers on the topics of the day.
I can't really do that at my current job. It's not that talking politics is frowned on. It's that my current coworkers
don't have that same sense of, oh, how should I put it? Snarkiness, I believe, is the word I'm after. And good ol' gallows
humor is remarkably scarce.
So you can probably expect some snarkiness and some gallows humor here. It's going to be pretty liberal-minded around
here -- I once did an online quiz on my political leanings, and they're about in line with Gandhi's. And I'll probably climb
on a soapbox or two, not all of them current-events-related.
And "alleged." I miss saying "alleged." It's such a fabulous CYA word! You can call anybody ANYthing
as long as you stick in "alleged"! "Alleged wife-beater John Doe was in court today...." *You're* not
saying he beats his wife, exactly; you're saying somebody *else* says he beats his wife. Which means you don't get sued for
slander.
Hence: allegedly, I have something to say.
Me, in June 2007, enjoying the scenery at Valles Caldera in New Mexico.
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