My website (under construction) will include:The Movie Lovers, a kaleidoscopic memoir of love, death, and friendship that explores the definitions of self & family, intimacy, and the transformational nature of relationship.The Movie Lovers roams from wearing my first pair of men's underwear at eighteen to my ex-Marine husband dishing with drag queens, not to mention an inflatable love doll. The larger story focuses on the 90s, the holocaust of AIDS, and considers how we mediate between love & loss and what effect desire & memory have on the "truth."

It's me: LITERARY ESSAYIST meets PULP FICTION while cruising in a hot car on a HUNTER S. THOMPSON junket. "I drive real fuckin' fast. Keep up."The Sins of the Eldest Daughter, which is a meditation on the nature of “other” as a refection of our deepest, most denied self, looks to the nature of family bonds. Those who love and harm us are our greatest teachers, that is if we can bring ourselves to look in the mirror and gaze into the eyes of the monster who lives within us all.

Editing and Writing Coaching for professionals. I specialize in working with scientists, engineers, non-native speakers of English, doctoral candidates, and those wishing to publish in professional journals.

Coordinator, PSU Writing Center, fall 1993 to spring 1994. Full charge of the training of volunteer and graduate assistant tutors, staff, and yearly budget. Full charge of the Writing Center assessment for the PSU English Department's Triennial Review.Writing Coach. I tutored PSU grad students and professors, specializing in work with scientists, engineers, non-native speakers of English, doctoral candidates, and those wishing to publish in professional journals. 1990 to present.Graduate Assistant, English Dept, PSU, fall 1988 to spring 1990.