Ad copy, brochures, press releases, trade journal articles, technical reports, company newsletters, presentations, training and instruction manuals, computer documentation, proofreading, copyediting, how-to articles, magazine filler, desktop publishing and SMGL coding.

           Print and publishing companies, general contractors, construction managers, architectural and engineering companies, advertising agencies, medical centers, small businesses, management consultants, library programming, community relations.

For Adults, Parents, Teachers, Librarians: Wonder Years, Country Lines, Simple Joy, Michigan Learning, metroParent, All Kids Considered, Children's Writer, Better Homes & Gardens, Executive Female, The ALAN Review, BookPage, Christian Library Journal, Once Upon a Time, Authorship, Cleaner Times, Facilities Planning News, FM Data Monthly, PCM, Compute!, Compute's PC, New Writer's Magazine, Writing Concepts, Communications Manager, Parenting Today's Teen, Thinline, Streamline, Winning Weighs, MPVA Pipeline, Cellar Roots, The Community Crier, Voices on the Wind, Thy Word, and others.

For Children: Hopscotch, Fun For Kidz, My Friend, Touch, Good Apple Newspaper, On the Line, R-A-D-A-R, Bridges CX, Clubhouse, Learning Through History

For Teens and Adults:
The New Deal and Great Depression in American History (Enslow)
Endangered Animals & Habitats: The Ocean (Lucent Books)
For Children:
Danger on Ice: Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (Steck-Vaughn)
Nature Recovers and Firefigthers!
Childcraft update. Volume 9: How Things Work (World Book, Inc. 2000)
PowerKids Press (Rosen Publishing Group)
                       Kids in Ancient Greece
                       Kids in the Middle Ages
                       Kids During the Renaissance
                       Kids in Colonial Times
                       Kids in Pioneer Times
                       Kids During the Civil War
                       Kids in the Roman Empire
                       Kids in Ancient Egypt
                       Kids During the Industrial Revolution
                       Kids During the Great Depression
Out of Print (Capstone Press):
           Astronomy
           Natural Science
           Space Science

Nobel Prize Winners (Salem Press, pending)
Magill OnScience Internet database (Salem Press, 2001)
Great Athletes, revised ed. (Salem Press, 2001)
Magill's Guide to Military History, revised ed. (Salem Press, 2001)
Encyclopedia of World Geography (Salem Press, 2001)
International Dictionary of Library Histories (Fitzroy-Dearborn, 2001)
Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Salem Press, 2001)
Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture (Fitzroy-Dearborn, 2001)
Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001)
Magills' Survey of Science: Earth Science, revised. (Salem Press. 2000)
Natural Disasters (Salem Press, 2000)
Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues (Salem Press 1999)
World Philosophy, rev. ed. (Salem Press 1999)
Great American Court Cases (Gale Research 1999)
World Leaders (Salem Press 1999)
World Conflicts (Salem Press 1999)
St. James Guide to Children's Writers (St. James Press, 1998)
St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers (update) (St. James Press, 1998)
International Dictionary of Modern Dance (St. James Press, 1998)
Native American Tribes (Gale Research, 1997)
Dictionary of Hispanic Biography (Gale Research, 1996)
British Children's Writers 1914-1960 (Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1996)
Notable Native Americans (Gale, 1995)
Something About the Author (Gale, 1993).
Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers, 1st Ed. (St. James Press, 1994)
Twentieth-Century Children's Authors, 2nd Ed. (St. James Press, 1994)
Meeting Challenges, reading anthology 5 (Kendall/Hunt, 1993)

Biographical Resource Center (Gale)
A Complete Guide to Young Adult Literature (Boynton/Cook CD-ROM)
Law and Society CD-ROM (Gale)
Searchasaurus (Ebsco Host database)
SIRS Discoverer CD-ROM and Sirs Discover Deluxe (Sirs, Inc.)
General Reference Center Gold (Gale)

Developed and Taught Following workshops:
      Creative Writing
            Collier-County Community Education, Naples, Florida
      Kid Biz: Writing for the Children's Market
            Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Adult Enrichment, Canton, Michigan
            Edison College, Continuing Education, Naples, Florida
      Writing from the Heart (memoirs/personal experience)
            Elderwise Program (Elder Hostel), Ann Arbor, Michigan
            Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Adult Enrichment
            Edison College, Continuing Education, Naples, Florida
       Writing for Pleasure I & II (creative writing and advanced creative writing)
            Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Adult Enrichment
      Management Communications Workshop
             Veterans Administration Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
            Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Adult Enrichment
            various small businesses in southeastern Michigan
      Fact Finders, Nonfiction Workshop
            SCBWI-MI, Haslett, Michigan
      The Elements of Writing Stories for Children
            Mentorship Program (At-Risk Teens)
            Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI
      Nonfiction Query Letters and Book Proposals
            SCBWI-MI Spring Workshop, Kalamazoo, Michigan
      Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels Critique Workshop
            SCBW-MI Fall Mini-Sessions, Plymouth, Michigan
      Critique GroupFreelance Writing in the 1990's Program
            Livonia Civic Center Library, Livonia, Michigan
      Freelance Writing and Graphic Design (guest session)
            Schoolcraft Community College, Livonia, Michigan

School/Library Visits and Presentations: 
	Sly as a Fox, Strong as an Ox
	Michigan Council of Teachers of English fall conference
		Lansing, Michigan
	Fun Facts from Kids Throughout History workshop/author visit
		Jane Addams Elementary, Redford, Michigan
		Crary Middle School, Waterford, Michigan
		Monroe Road Elementary School, Bedford, Michigan
	Reeling Them in with Historical Facts and Games
		Michigan Reading Association Winter Conference
		Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan (alternating years)
	Chardon Schools Foundation's Book Festival
		Auburn Career Center, Chardon, Ohio
	"Stampede into Reading" Reading month program
		Grand River Elementary School, Lansing, Michigan
	Children's Literature: Reading It, Writing It
		Ladywood Catholic High School, Livonia, Michigan
	Writing: professional staff and freelance opportunities
		Ladywood Catholic High School, Livonia, Michigan
	Freelance writing and printing industry (Winter Art Expo)
		Jane Addams Elementary School, Redford, Michigan

Contemporary Authors, vol. 203 (Gale, 2003).
Something About the Author, vol. 134 (Gale, 2002).
Authors Among Us: Librarians as Children's Writers website 
Michigan Authors and Illustrators database 
International Authors and Writers Who's Who, 13th ed. (Int'l Biogr. Centre, 1993).
Biographical Resource Center (Gale)
Who's Who of American Women, 20th through 23rd editions.
Who's Who in America, 52nd through 58th editions.
Who's Who in the World, 16th through 20th editions.
Who's Who in the Midwest, 26th through 28th editions.
Dictionary of International Biography, 28th ed. (Int'l Biographical Centre, 2000)