
Writer, Editor, Content Developer & Technical Marketer
Orange County, California Area

Writer, Editor, Content Developer & Technical Marketer
Orange County, California Area
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Long-time writer/editor with broad experience in all aspects of online and offline content, including copy writing and editing, technical, business, marketing, academic and journalism. Background in IT as SysAdmin, Project Manager, DBAdmin. Past principal in in companies specializing in software development, media and advertising, technical services and business consulting.
#1 Goal: To see a bestseller of mine in fiction on the shelf in Borders.
#2 Goal: To see a movie I scripted on the big screen.
#3 Goal: To develop a website that is in the Top Ten in its class.
Web content, business communications (traditional and online marketing collateral, PR, sales- and product-oriented copy writing and editing); technical writing and editing; academic editing; creative writing and editing for scripts, books, eBooks, blogs.
Technical marketing strategies (SEO/SEM), distribution list development and eNewsletters; coordinated PR, SEM and advertising campaigns; XHTML with CSS; XML; various scripting languages; manuals, training materials, and program development.
Words and communication on all levels: from technical to creative. Philosophy and world spiritual traditions. Hiking, kayaking, cycling, darts. Movies, books, computers, pets.
Society of Technical Communicators, American Society of Indexers, American Zoological Association, OC Writers Group, International Association of Space Entrepreneurs, The Content Wranglers, TechSoup NetSquared, Web Standards Design + Development