Writing, that’s what I live for. (That, and really good pasta.) I’m fanatic about writing that cuts through. Whether it’s nonfiction or fiction, I strive for the unexpected. Writing that reaches out and grabs the reader. That stretches people’s thinking and lets them reconsider possibilities.
I’m also a member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
I’m also a member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Nonfiction
Law & Advertising – A Guide to Current Legal Issues
Rowman & Littlefield, New York 2017 (4th edition)
Amazon.com
Rowman & Littlefield, New York 2017 (4th edition)
Amazon.com
Law & Advertising –
Current Legal Issues for Agencies, Advertisers and Attorneys
Bendinger Press, Chicago 1995
Yellow Cat Press, Los Angeles (2nd edition, 2000; 3rd edition, 2007)
Cited in Petitioner’s brief to the United States Supreme Court in
Nike, Inc. v. Kasky, 537 U.S. 1099 (2003)
Current Legal Issues for Agencies, Advertisers and Attorneys
Bendinger Press, Chicago 1995
Yellow Cat Press, Los Angeles (2nd edition, 2000; 3rd edition, 2007)
Cited in Petitioner’s brief to the United States Supreme Court in
Nike, Inc. v. Kasky, 537 U.S. 1099 (2003)
Xerox Ventura Publisher Sourcebook
Dow Jones-Irwin, New York 1989
Dow Jones-Irwin, New York 1989
“But the People in Legal Said...” -A Guide to Current Legal Issues in Advertising
Dow Jones, New York 1989
Dow Jones, New York 1989
Literary Nonfiction
Always Leave Room for the Mouse
Yellow Cat Press, Los Angeles 2007
Yellow Cat Press, Los Angeles 2007
Eleven Hundred Ninety-Seven Times
GNU Literary Journal, Spring/Summer 2017
GNU Literary Journal, Spring/Summer 2017
It's All Just a Game
Memoir based on the experiences of Jade Garrett, who embarked on a career as a private investigator after a life-changing event. The San Francisco corporate businesswoman set out on a new and unexpected path that took her on a search for justice for victims who couldn’t fight for themselves. Along the way, she learned more about herself than she did about the victims or the perpetrators.
Manuscript in process.
Memoir based on the experiences of Jade Garrett, who embarked on a career as a private investigator after a life-changing event. The San Francisco corporate businesswoman set out on a new and unexpected path that took her on a search for justice for victims who couldn’t fight for themselves. Along the way, she learned more about herself than she did about the victims or the perpetrators.
Manuscript in process.
Fiction
Living in the Margin of Error
A feminist reimagining of a classic noir mystery. Darby, a successful businesswoman in her forties wants revenge against Clarence Blount, the man who assaulted her dementia-afflicted mother. Before that can happen, Blount dies in jail of an apparent heart attack and Detective Charles investigates. Signs begin to point to Darby's lover, Daniel, as having arranged Blount’s death, and the discovery of her mother’s hidden-away diaries reveals the truth that Daniel had also been her mother's secret lover. The revelations pile up and all point to Daniel. It's a mystery about the dualities of society, about characters struggling between two worlds and two lives, about trust and the abuse of it. Darby uses the terroir of their relationship to bring Daniel down in the end. No one gets everything they want, but everyone gets what's coming to them.
Manuscript complete (68K words).
The Insignificant Other
Colin, a successful L.A. advertising executive, finds himself thrust into an unexpected romance with Mary, an interior designer. Like any good Hollywood love affair, they’re soon happily married. Or so it would seem. Despite Colin’s optimism signs soon begin to point to trouble in the relationship. When Colin is hit by a sudden stroke, Mary wastes no time filing for divorce because he’s “not the man I married.” During a bitter court battle Mary’s behavior spins out of control. Colin’s attorney, David Jacks, retains private investigator Alexandra Munroe to dig into Mary’s finances and quickly uncovers Mary's role in an international art-fraud ring. Mary is ultimately convicted of wire and mail fraud and sentenced to seventeen years in federal prison. It’s an edgy noir thriller about treachery and inevitable betrayal, and runaway narcissism that ultimately collapses under its own weight.
Manuscript in process (75K words).
A feminist reimagining of a classic noir mystery. Darby, a successful businesswoman in her forties wants revenge against Clarence Blount, the man who assaulted her dementia-afflicted mother. Before that can happen, Blount dies in jail of an apparent heart attack and Detective Charles investigates. Signs begin to point to Darby's lover, Daniel, as having arranged Blount’s death, and the discovery of her mother’s hidden-away diaries reveals the truth that Daniel had also been her mother's secret lover. The revelations pile up and all point to Daniel. It's a mystery about the dualities of society, about characters struggling between two worlds and two lives, about trust and the abuse of it. Darby uses the terroir of their relationship to bring Daniel down in the end. No one gets everything they want, but everyone gets what's coming to them.
Manuscript complete (68K words).
The Insignificant Other
Colin, a successful L.A. advertising executive, finds himself thrust into an unexpected romance with Mary, an interior designer. Like any good Hollywood love affair, they’re soon happily married. Or so it would seem. Despite Colin’s optimism signs soon begin to point to trouble in the relationship. When Colin is hit by a sudden stroke, Mary wastes no time filing for divorce because he’s “not the man I married.” During a bitter court battle Mary’s behavior spins out of control. Colin’s attorney, David Jacks, retains private investigator Alexandra Munroe to dig into Mary’s finances and quickly uncovers Mary's role in an international art-fraud ring. Mary is ultimately convicted of wire and mail fraud and sentenced to seventeen years in federal prison. It’s an edgy noir thriller about treachery and inevitable betrayal, and runaway narcissism that ultimately collapses under its own weight.
Manuscript in process (75K words).