Composition

Quality Content for Websites

Green Link SEO

I am a content creator for the Austin Company Green Link SEO. In this contract position I analyze companies' products as well as their audience in order to provide quality articles for their websites.I coordinate the voice and direction of entire websites as well as individual articles.

Austin, Texas. November 2013.

Magazine Articles

"Jeremiah Newton: The Mind Behind the Mustachio"

A realty company hired me to write a magazine article for the November issue of LOCALE magazine. For the article, I interviewed Jeremiah Newton who is the founder of The Bearded Bastard: Fine Grooming Products, wrote the surrounding story, and polished the content into its final form.

Austin, Texas. October 2013.

Onboarding Handbooks

Info Within Reach

I wrote the onboarding handbook for a fast-growing software consultant firm. Content includes index, chapters organized by departments, and appendix. The handbook went with an onboarding course development, which you can read more about on my Instruction page.

Austin, Texas. August 2013.

Journal Articles

"Traditional Terms and New Technology: The Supplemental Relationship between Composition Courses and New Media"

This paper explains two composition assignments I created that use social media to teach newer digital genres. I presented it at International Technology, Education, and Development Conference (INTED), and their association published it in their proceedings

Valencia, Spain. March 2013.

Journal Articles

"A Fantasy of Otherness: The Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender to Solidify Self in Henry Selick's Coraline"

This paper was published by Red Feather Journal. The paper is about how Henry Selick's Coraline uses the minor characters to establish the character's adult identity.

Red Feather Journal. Vol. 3.2. 2012.

Book Reviews

"Book Review of Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them"

As a specialist in detective fiction, I reviewed John T. Irwin's excellent book, Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them, on hard-boiled classics for South Central Review.

South Central Review. Vol. 27. 194-196. 2010.

Interviews

"Interview with John T. Irwin"

I also interviewed Irwin for the same edition of SCR about his book, Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them.

South Central Review. Vol. 27. 194-196. 2010.

Technical Manuals

Photodex ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer Manuals

I edited the manuals for two versions of the ProShow product. ProShow is an award winning slideshow software from Photodex.

Austin, Texas. 2007 and 2008.