Projects Past and Present
I’m currently…
*Head Writer of the French Together Blog.
*a features writer for Chowhound.com.
*ghostwriting content, including blog posts, email announcements, and product descriptions, for a luxury fashion brand's website.
*author of the novel Hearts at Dawn, a Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice book.
* a writing coach who loves helping writers achieve their goals.
*blogging about anything and everything that inspires and intrigues me, including: the 1870 Siege of Paris, life in Paris as an expat, travel, history, books, pop culture, being a mom, weird news, and more.
I'm still...
*sooo excited to have been featured on a recent NBC News segment about Paris's rats because of this article/ blog post I wrote.
*honored that my novel Hearts at Dawn was selected as an Editors' Choice book by the Historical Novel Society.
*thrilled to have published a number of nonfiction books as a ghostwriter, as well as one with my name in the byline: Take Better Selfies (A Girl's Guide).
I’ve…
*done a reading of my novel Hearts at Dawn and given a lecture on the Siege of Paris, the unusual time when it takes place. The lecture and reading was held at the lovely Bill & Rosa's Book Room, on April 9, 2022. You can listen to it here.
*contributed feature articles to travel website Explore.com.
*worked as a writer and editor of aiaTranslations' blog, covering and curating language, culture, and health content.
*ghostwritten blog posts for a Tarot and New Age website.
*proofread portions of Anouche der Sarkissian's book Hôtellerie et restauration de luxe: Connaître, travailler, progresser.
*contributed articles to travel site Fareboom.com.
*had articles featured on to The Broad Side, a news and culture website founded by Joanne Bamberger.
*contributed articles to HamletHub.Com/Westport and Books, Ink's HamletHub.
*copy edited an influencer's blog post about visiting Paris.
*ghostwritten a book about women's fashion and dating.
*interviewed collage artist Margot de Korte for Paris Collage Collective's blog.
*ghostwritten articles about men's fashion.
*ghostwritten articles about meditation.
*worked as a Scribe at Scribe Media (formerly Book in a Box), helping authors create the best versions of their stories.
* copy edited a client's series of nonfiction e-books.
*had my essay, "Portrait of a Mom", featured on Mamalode.com.
*ghostwritten blog posts for a self-help program.
*contributed articles to expatriate newspaper The Bugle.
*served as M.C. of the Our Salon Weekend Fiction Club.
*had my essay, "Walking Lessons" featured on Brain, Child Magazine's website.
*had my blog post, "Life in the kingdom of the sky", featured on Life Tips., a Medium.com publication.
*had my blog post, "Lost: Two Magic Boxes", featured on The Lighthouse, a Medium.com publication.
*copywritten XVIDA.com's soon-to-be-released press kit and selected product descriptions
*served as Editor-in-Chief of Beguile, a literary and arts e-zine I founded in 2010. A revival is being considered.
*copy edited a fiction novel due to be published in the coming months.
*copy edited the book Unlocking Worlds: A Reading Companion for Book Lovers by Sally Allen
*ghostwritten a book about men's fashion.
*contributed articles to a student property rental company.
*ghostwritten a health center's newsletter.
*ghostwritten a client’s business-related blog.
*ghostwritten a client's esoteric blog.
*written product descriptions for an online clothing accessories store.
*created writing prompts and encouraged writers, as the M.C. of the Open Salon Weekend Fiction Club. I would gladly have continued, but the site unfortunately shut down in March 2015.
*proofread the first chapters of a history book.
* had two of my blog posts read on the Passionate Justice radio program (January 24, 2015 and February 7, 2015).
*written articles for The Franglish Blog.
*written articles for travel website BornToBunk.com.
*had my article, "4 Ways to Beat a Language Barrier", featured in Expatriates Magazine.
*written articles on cat health for the My Cat - My Friend! blog.
*written short articles about my relationship for Jathi.com.
*written an article about tips for traveling with a wheelchair, for Vitalise.
*ghostwritten an article about creative psychotherapy techniques.
*ghostwritten an e-book for a client who works in alternative medicine.
* ghostwritten articles about the power of words.
*written 5 articles about French culture for upcoming issues of an India-based magazine.
*edited and rewritten the English screenplay of a short promotional film for a client of IL EST UNE FOIS, a French production company.
*copy edited and contributed small additions to the MOVE Guides Paris City Guide.
*proofread the English version of a Swiss website.
*worked as a Paris Expert for Libertrip.com.
*proofread the English version of a French-Canadian website.
*contributed to BurgundyGirl.com.
*ghostwritten web copy for a green coffin website.
*helped a French student with various English sections of his baccalauréat exam.
*helped a French student prepare for the CAE (Cambridge Advanced English test).
*helped numerous French clients translate or write English CVs and cover letters.
*translated a cover letter and CV (resume) for Arevik S.
*given walking tours of the Latin Quarter, Montmartre, and other Parisian neighborhoods.
*had my short story “City Lights” published in the e-zine Long Story Short.
*helped Vicki F. write three graduate school admissions essays.
*done copywriting and consulting work at a Paris-based film production company.
*helped Louise, a French student in the sciences, study for the English portion of her baccalauréat exam.
*done content writing and translations for Chicline.com, a Paris tourism website.
*given guided tours of Paris museums, including the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Musée Marmottan Monet.
*written reviews and other content, typed transcriptions, and conducted celebrity interviews for The Cinema Source.com.
*worked as an interpreter for Tennessee-based sculptor John Henry.
*taught English to French people of all ages, most notably elementary school students (as an assistante de langues vivantes étrangères for L'Éducation Nationale) and adults in French businesses (as an English teacher with Telelangue).
*graduated With Honors from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with a B.A. in Art History (minor: French).
*copy edited fine art books during an internship at Parkstone Press, Paris (2003).
*translated the screenplay Les Oubliés, a film by Hervé Freiburger.
*won the 2002 New York University French Department Book Award.
* What can I do for you? *