Over the past decade, I’ve contributed to various daily, weekly, local, regional, national, and trade publications. Here’s a look at print publications past and present that have donned my byline:

• Elizabethtown Magazine
• The Weekender
• The eBiz Insider (published by Solid Cactus)
• The Independent (formerly the Westsider)
• Games Magazine (Kappa Publishing)
• Bylines Writer’s Calendar
• The Times Leader
• The Northeast PA Rainbow Journal
• Wilkes (Alumni Magazine)
• Career College Association Journal, The Link
• Oatmeal Studios (Greeting Cards)
• Penny Press

Select writing samples:

Since I’ve primarily written for print, it’s a little harder to share the nice-looking clips online. I do have several scanned version which I converted to PDF. Nothing beats a print layout of a feature story. I have hundreds of clips in dozens of plastic tubs. But, here are some more recent clips which also were posted online:

The Weekender

The Weekender is Northeast Pennsylvania’s #1 alternative weekly. The Weekender is published by Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company, which also owns the daily paper, The Times Leader. The Weekender is distributed to over 1000 locations across five counties, with a total readership of 174,415.

I’ve been contributing to the Weekender since 1999 and usually pitch my own story ideas. I’ve been a go-to correspondent for the “issue” issues, which take a step away from covering bands and the art scene to focus on business and community concerns. I’ve covered music and plays to cosmetic surgery and transportation.

Select Weekender stories from 2008-2010, available in the online archives:

Tracking the Twitter Trend – Cover Story, February 25, 2010

Listen to Your Body Talk – Cover story, January 6, 2010

Fitness for the Lazy Person – Sidebar to Cover Story, January 6, 2010

Turning Back Time With Surgery – Cover Story, July 28, 2009

The Bus Stops Here – Cover Story, March 10, 2010

Getting into the Groove – Cover Story, December 2, 2010

Confronting Wilkes-Barre’s Crime Problem – Cover Story – June 2, 2009

Earth-friendly in NEPA – Cover Story, December 16, 2008

The eBiz Insider

The following links are PDFs to the entire magazine; I’ve indicated the page number on which you can find my stories.

Boundary Scanning: Putting on Your P.I. Hat - February 2008 (p. 8)

Spring Cleaning Your Website: Combat the Clutter and Debunk the Junk – March 2008 (p. 9)

Congratulations! You’ve Grown. Now Pack Your Bags – Cover Story – May 2008 (p. 8)

Tales from the Trenches: A Boot Camp Recap – Cover Story – July 2008

Tis the Season: Seasonal Selling is a Year-Round Business – Cover Story – October 2008 (p 10.)

Keeping the Customers After the Holidays: How to Turn First-Time Shoppers into Repeat Buyers – Jan./Feb. 2010 (p.10)

Preventing Credit Card Fraud: How to Save Money… and Your Reputation — Cover Story – March/April 2010 (p. 8)

Sharpen You Scissor Sense: More Shoppers Looking to Cut Costs with Coupons — March/April 2010 (p. 6)

The Independent

The Independent (formerly The Westsider) is a quarterly publication with the tagline, ‘a magazine of creativity, culture and change’. Since 2005, the glossy, colorful magazine has covered local, independent businesses, issues affecting the community and the creative scene.

I’ve been contributing to The Independent since its second issue, primarily writing feature-length stories I pitched. I also write on assignment, generally business profiles.

A Healthy Dose of Customer Service -  June 2007

Kingston Turns 150 – September 2007

Solid Cactus on the Move – November 2007

Business Profile – Rebennack’s Appliance

Business Profile – Tom Value Kitchens

Business Profile – Marty’s Blue Room