The writing samples displayed here are news and features articles, reference and profile entries, or creative nonfiction essays. Though I have written numerous business proposals and narratives, due to proprietary and confidentiality constraints, I have not posted them here.
My poems and short stories also are not posted here.
I'm a contributor to Great Lakes Scuttlebutt Magazine and reporter for Detroit Public Television's Great Lakes Now news site. From Sept. 2017 to June 2019, I contributed to Grosse Pointe News, covering news in Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Shores and Grosse Pointe Woods. Back in 2001, in addition to contributing to local magazines and The Detroit News as a freelance writer, I was a staff writer with Grosse Pointe News, covering schools and libraries. I have posted some of my earlier articles here.
I'm the recipient of the 2018 second-place award by the Michigan Press Association in the weekly media B news feature category. Link to the award-winning article
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt March 2021 Spring Issue 2021 (March-April)
Lakeland Boating January 2021 January 2021 issue, pages 32-35
Detroit River Living April 2020 "The Return of The Goat Yard"
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt March 2020 Spring Issue 2020 (March/April)
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt January 2020 Winter Issue, Jan.-Feb. 2020
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt November 2019 Getting Started In Ice Boating
Great Lakes Now August 14th, 2019 News and Issues page
Detroit Metro Times August 7th, 2019 Music section
Great Lakes Now July 15th, 2019 News and Issues page
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt July 2019 Summer Issue 2019 July/August
Great Lakes Now June 28th, 2019 News and Issues page
Grosse Pointe News May 23rd, 2019 News section
Grosse Pointe News May 9th, 2019 News section
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt May 1st, 2019 Summer Issue 2019 May/June
Grosse Pointe News March 21st, 2019 News section
Grosse Pointe News March 14th, 2019 News section
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt March 2019 Spring Issue 2019 (March/April)
Grosse Pointe News February 28th, 2019 News section
Grosse Pointe News February 21st, 2019 News section
Grosse Pointe News February 14th, 2019 Features section
Grosse Pointe News January 31st, 2019 News section
Grosse Pointe News January 3rd, 2019 News section
Grosse Pointe News September 27th, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - News section
Grosse Pointe News September 20th, 2018 News section
Grosse Pointe News August 30th, 2018 Pointer of Interest
Grosse Pointe News August 23rd, 2018 Business news
Grosse Pointe News August 16th, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - News section
Grosse Pointe News August 16th, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - OpEd section - 'I Say'
Grosse Pointe News July 19th, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - News section
Grosse Pointe News July 5th, 2018 Features section
Grosse Pointe News June 28th, 2018 Business news
Grosse Pointe News June 28th, 2018 News section
June 21st, 2018 Essays - Culture: Permeable Behavior
Grosse Pointe News June 21st, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - Features section
Grosse Pointe News June 14th, 2018 News section
Grosse Pointe News May 31st, 2018 Pointer of Interest
Grosse Pointe News May 17th, 2018 News section
Grosse Pointe News May 3rd, 2018 Pointer of Interest
Hour Detroit Magazine May 2018 An Hour with...
Grosse Pointe News April 26th, 2018 News section
Grosse Pointe News April 26th, 2018 I Say
Grosse Pointe News April 12th, 2018 News section
Grosse Pointe News April 5th, 2018 News: Woods chaplain hit the streets
Grosse Pointe News March 29th, 2018 News: Small business, big history
Grosse Pointe Magazine March 2018 MAC Grammys
Grosse Pointe Magazine March 2018 Dirty Dog Ten Years
Grosse Pointe News March 22nd, 2018 Judge declares mistrial in Day case
Grosse Pointe News March 15th, 2018 Pointer of Interest
Grosse Pointe News March 1st, 2018 I Say: American 'undragoned'
Grosse Pointe News February 22nd, 2018 Business news
Grosse Pointe News February 8th, 2018 Pointer of Interest
Grosse Pointe News February 8th, 2018 Feb. 8, 2018 issue
Grosse Pointe News January 25th, 2018 News section
Grosse Pointe Magazine January 2018 Grosse Pointe Magazine - Jan.-Feb. 2018
Grosse Pointe Magazine January 2018 Grosse Pointe Magazine - Jan.-Feb. 2018
Grosse Pointe News January 18th, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - Jan. 18, 2018 - I Say column
Grosse Pointe News January 18th, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - Jan. 18, 2018 - News section, 1A
Grosse Pointe News January 4th, 2018 Pointer of Interest
Grosse Pointe News January 4th, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - Jan. 4, 2018
Grosse Pointe News January 4th, 2018 Grosse Pointe News - Jan. 4, 2018
Grosse Pointe News December 28th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News December 7th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News December 7th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News December 7th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News November 23rd, 2017
Grosse Pointe News November 9th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News November 9th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News October 26th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News October 26th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News October 19th, 2017
Grosse Pointe News September 14th, 2017
Powerplay Communications July 2017 'Content Solutions' blog post - The Wild West of Automotive Technology and ‘White Hat’ Hacking
Melissa Walsh March 23rd, 2017
Pointe Media March 2016 Grosse Pointe Magazine - March/April 2016 Issue
Powerplay Communications March 3rd, 2016 Driverless Cars and the Cost of Active Safety
Pointe Media January 2016 Grosse Pointe Magazine - January/February 2016
Service Truck Magazine September 2015 The Reel Deal
Pointe Media July 2015 Grosse Pointe Magazine - July/August 2015
Powerplay Communications (self) February 5th, 2015 Blog post - History Channel's Sons of Liberty: Void of Common Sense
Pointe Media January 2014 Grosse Pointe Magazine - January/February 2014
Hour Detroit Magazine December 2013 Rivertown Survivor
Pointe Media August 2013
Powerplay Communications April 17th, 2013 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "The Fountain of Youth Is the Frozen Pond"
Powerplay Communications February 12th, 2013 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "How to Love Your Hockey Player"
Powerplay Communications February 6th, 2013 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "6 Great Truths that Disabled Hockey Brings to Light"
Powerplay Communications January 17th, 2013 Hockey Mom Sense: 10 Things Good Hockey Parents Know About Hockey
Gale Group
Gale Group
Powerplay Communications 2012 Rookie Hockey Mom website
Powerplay Communications June 2012
Gale Group
Gale Group
Gale Group Debra A. Powell
Gale Group Dorothy A. Terrell
Gale Group Kerry Washington
Gale Group Tony Perkins
Gale Group Kim Perrot
Gale Group Luscious Jackson
Gale Group Matchbox 20
Powerplay Communications May 2012
May 2012
April 2012
Pointe Media December 2011 Grosse Pointe Magazine - "A Goal-Scoring Visionary"
Rochester & Hills Magazine November 2011
Powerplay Communications November 2011 Slang: Colloquial Poetry
Pointe Media November 2011
Single Parent FUEL October 2011 FUEL Blog: "Single Mom Strong"
Powerplay Communications October 2011 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "Coaching Mites: A Great Balancing Act"
September 2011
Pointe Media September 2011
Single Parent FUEL September 2011 FUEL Blog: "Cast a Vision"
Powerplay Communications July 2011
Single Parent FUEL July 2011 FUEL Blog: "Ready, Set, Fly"
Powerplay Communications July 2011 Hockey Mom Sens blog: "The New Rules of Engagement"
Pointe Media 2011
Salem Press June 15th, 2011 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases & Conditions
Salem Press 2011 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases & Conditions
Powerplay Communications May 2011
Powerplay Communications May 2011
Powerplay Communications May 2011 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "Hockey Mom Day"
Powerplay Communications April 2011 That 'Rapscallion' Heart of a Boy
Powerplay Communications April 2011 What Can Buzz Do for Your Biz?
Powerplay Communications April 2011 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "Youth Hockey Nutrition: Keep It Simple"
Powerplay Communications April 2011 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "Hockey Mom Speak: How It Evolves"
Powerplay Communications March 2011 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "Religious Hockey"
Powerplay Communications March 2011 Hockey Mom Sense blog "Great Moments Are Born from Great Opportunities"
Powerplay Communications March 2011 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "Mini-Mites: It's as Good as It Gets"
Powerplay Communications March 2011 Hockey Mom Sense blog: "The Lesson of Puck Control"
Powerplay Communications February 2011
Powerplay Communications February 2011 The Hockey Club
Powerplay Communications February 2011 The Will To Win
January 2011
Powerplay Communications January 2011
Powerplay Communications January 2011 Detroit's Big Three Play the Game with Heart
Graphic Resource Group October 2010
Powerplay Communications February 2010 Democracy & the Power of Knowledge
Grosse Pointe News January 2010
Toyota Motor Sales 2007 TIS Techstream website
Snap-on OEM Group 2007
2007
2007
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) March 2007
Gale Group 2006 Alice Dunbar Nelson
Gale Group 2006 CeCe Winans
Gale Group Aaron McGruder
Self 2005 Essay - Detroit Music and Things that Start with 'D'
Frontier 3 Advertising 2005
Michigan House Calls Magazine 2005
Michigan House Calls Magazine 2005
Michigan House Calls Magazine 2005
Gale Group 2005 Andre Benjamin
Gale Group 2005 Antwan Patton
Gale Group 2005 Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre
Gale Group 2005 Ruben Studdard
Gale Group 2004 Sarah Streeter
Gale Group 2004 Muriel L. Feelings
Grosse Pointe News January 24th, 2002
Detroit News January 2002
Grosse Pointe News December 2001
Grosse Pointe News November 22nd, 2001
Gale Group 2000