Freelance writing and editing, AI prompt engineering, music instruction, performance and production, and CG art

Freelance Corporate and Technical WritingSoftware and Hardware DocumentationCreative WritingMusic ProductionCG ArtClients:Seno Medical Devices (Technical Writing)Drafted maintenance and assembly manuals for cutting-edge medical scanner - Prototype technology entering first round of human clinical trials - Completed regulatory requirements gathering and submitted deliverables in less than three weeks under intense deadline pressureNita Lou Bryant (music production)Jen Blackert (book editing)Studio S (editing, copy writing)

Mentorship for writers, including mindset, career, and writing advice.

Short-term contract to write updated content for internal technical systems and procedures, and consult on building a documentation library and content management system.

Researched, developed and published 400-page Mil Std satellite equipment technical manual in first three months with the company. Lead writer on one major program of record (tech manual, 2k pages), associate writer on 2 pilot programs (400+ pages each), pinch hitter for everything else on the contract. Part-time logistics analyst (LORA, MAC, PPL, RPSTL) as needed. Which is often.

Create and maintain customer-facing support documentation for the Profisee Master Data Management Platform: Help manual and reference, module guides, installation and compatibility guides, and release notes. Create marketing web copy, white papers, and skyscrapers.

Wrote and edited proposals, technical documentation, and marketing copy.

Created procedural documentation for over one hundred components - Improved editing process – halved time spent in rework, increased delivery rate by 30% Edited ICBM Prime Integration Contract documentation for the Department of Defense - 400+ pages of deliverable material presented to customer four days ahead of schedule

- Wrote and edited five technical manuals for U.S. Army supply software program -- Twenty years of team experience - immediately integrated with eight-man team to produce comprehensive reference manuals for three software revisions in eight months -- Writing work praised by Pentagon-level project manager as "best seen"- Earned CTT+ certification in first six months1987 - 2007 Technical, Corporate and Articles Writing- Developed, wrote and fielded technical and tactical training programs for team of 50 -- Improved job performance evaluation pass rate by over 20 points- Authored Pentagon-level reports detailing security evaluations of START treaty inspections - Created computerized administrative program for one-man quality control office -- Local operating instruction, local supplement to DoD regulation, 300-question test banks

Established “style guide” with writing team to simplify standards and guidelines for text, layout, and graphics - Reduced editing, proofing, and layout time by eight hours for manuals of 1000+ pagesWorked closely with project leads, subject matter experts, and training developers to research usability of automated student exam for TACOM Retail Supply Course - Created and delivered three days ahead of schedule

Designed and produced four issues of Spacesuits and Sixguns, a short fiction webzine – all online contentEstablished circulation of 2500 readers in first year of publicationhttp://www.spacesuitsandsixguns.com

Awarded Outstanding Performer for training documentation support during Nuclear Surety Inspection, Ghedi, ItalyTrained and evaluated two munitions support units preparing for inspection through assistance visits - Received Commendation Medal for training and evaluation support from Security Superintendent Developed, wrote and taught technical and tactical training programs for 50-man flight - over 1,000 hours of classroom timeAuthored Pentagon-level reports detailing security evaluations of START treaty inspections Created computerized administrative program for one-man quality control office - Local operating instruction, local supplement to DoD regulation, 300-question test banks