Experience
Present	Editor/moderator Texas Nameplate Company corporate blog: www.baldrigeblog.com Write craft column for Kerrville Daily Times every other week
July 2005-May 30, 2006	Hill Country Arts Foundation/The Point Theatre, Ingram, Texas: Box office manager, update Web site, PR, ad and playbill design, manage playbill content & layout, schedule TV interview, help with props.
November 2003-July 2005	Kerrville Daily Times, Kerrville, Texas: Feature writer and columnist. APME first place award for criticism and comment, 2004. The Mountain Sun, Kerrville, Texas: Feature writer
March 2002-Oct. 2002	Kerrville Daily Times, Kerrville, Texas: Newspaper proofreader/copy editor; some page layout. Currently independent contractor for the Daily Times in advertising and as a writer/weekly columnist
1997 – 2002	Freelance copy and content editor: The Coriolis Group, Scottsdale, AZ Copy edit computer books • Rewrite technical materials Custom Editorial Productions, Cincinnati, OH Copy edit computer books LANWrights, Austin, TX Copy edit computer books • Rewrite technical materials Powered, Inc., Austin, TX Copy edit material for online • Work directly with authors LeapIt.com, Baltimore, MD Copy & content editor
1996-1997	Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library, Kerrville, Texas: Library Secretary Recording secretary for Friends of the Library • Desktop design: flyers, signs, newsletter • Assistant to library director • General secretarial duties
1995-1996	Freelance editor/writer/design, Austin, Texas: Produced and/or edited PR and information materials for The Cathedral of St. Mary • Our Lady's Maronite Catholic Church • Catholic Diocese of Austin • LANWrights, The Taylor Co. • News writer for The Catholic Spirit (monthly diocesan newspaper)
1992-1995	G & S Typesetters, Austin, Texas: Proofreader/typesetter Full-time proofreader, 1992 - 1993 • Contract typesetter (Mac), 1993-1995
1991-1992	Freelance writer/consultant: Software reviewer for Computer Shopper, Macworld, MacUser, inCider/A+ magazines • Produced PR materials and software documentation for Casady & Greene and Baseline software companies
1990-1991	Marketing Manager, CompuAdd Corporation, Austin, Texas: Handled all national advertising and quarterly catalog for MacAvenue division • Managed marketing programs, press relations
1989-1990	Director, Corporate Communications, Aapps Corporation San Jose, CA: Handled press relations, PR functions, company communications, and advertising • Wrote first two product manuals (documentation)
1986-1989	Executive Editor, MacUser /Ziff-Davis, Foster City, CA: Responsible for overseeing staff move from NY to CA; staff growth from five to 22 • Member of senior planning team responsible for national magazine focus and product coverage • Second in command to editor-in-chief • Extensive travel as editorial support for advertising • staff • Responsible for all freelance contracts, deadlines, and payment • Columnist and feature writer
	During the 1970s, I worked on the editorial staff of several now-defunct computer games magazines -- Computer Fun, Electronic Games, Electronic Fun -- as copy editor, associate editor and managing editor, as well as feature writer and software reviewer. I also managed Shakespeare & Co. bookstore in New York City (Broadway location), and did the ordering for their theater and sci-fi sections.
Education	University of South Carolina: BA, 1974; MA, 1976 (Philosophy) McGill University, Montréal: 4 years Ph.D. program 1976-1980 (ABD; Philosophy) Circle in the Square Professional Theatre School, NYC: 1980-81

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