Here are links to some of my “real” i.e., paid, writing and photography work. In case you’re interested.
My weekly Edgy Mama column at Mountain Xpress (every week since Aug. 2007–well, almost every week).
The good, bad & ugly of WNC in 2009 for WNC Magazine (Nov/Dec 2009 issue).
Hops farming in Western North Carolina (Mountain Xpress, Sept. 09).
Brewgrass 2009 plus updated information on WNC’s regional breweries (Mountain Xpress, Sept. 09)
Diamond Brand links community, outdoors: history of a sports retail and manufacturing business (Mountain Xpress, Aug. 09).
Pimento cheese, please: history of Carolina Caviar plus recipes (Mountain Xpress).
Move over mom, it’s dad’s turn: story about area stay-at-home dads (Mountain Xpress).
Story about young writers learning their craft in Thomas Wolfe’s boyhood home (Mountain Xpress).
Business profile on Women’s Wellness & Education Center (Asheville Citizen-Times, Feb. 09). From April 2006 until Sept. 2009, I wrote a weekly small local business profile for the Asheville Citizen-Times. Sadly, most of the on-line links to these stories are broken. I also wrote a number of feature pieces and contributed many photographs to the newspaper.
Cover story on Echo Mountain recording studio’s expanding entertainment empire (Mountain Xpress).
Business profile on Moog music (Asheville Citizen-Times).
Story about Asheville’s ghost tour pub crawl (Mountain Xpress).
Interview with fave writer, Steve Almond (Mountain Xpress).
Profile of graphic novelist, Hope Larson (Mountain Xpress).
Brewville, USA! More about WNC breweries and the annual Brewgrass Festival (Mountain Xpress).
Cover story on “365 Nights,” book by Asheville native about giving her spouse the gift of 365 consecutive nights of sex (Mountain Xpress).
Cover story on “Time for our power” women’s conference (Mountain Xpress).
Cover story on the making of the Asheville-based movie: Anywhere, USA (Mountain Xpress).
Article about childhood vaccinations (Mountain Xpress).
Guide to Western North Carolina microbreweries (Mountain Xpress).
Business profile on Asheville speed dating (Asheville Citizen-Times).
Photography work:
I photograph almost all the articles I write, including my weekly business profiles.
Other work includes:
Western North Carolina AIDS Project Raise Your Hand Benefit
The Range Rover school at Biltmore Estate for Virginia-Pilot’s Destinations Magazine (dead link).
