Senior-level proofreader/editor & community moderator

Summary of Experience

*/**** – Present

Founder|owner

JDO | Independent Writer

Founded in May, 1996, JDO|Independent Writer ~ specializes in collaborating with clients to create custom content that communicates, including: articles, blogwork, business-to-business (b2b), business-to-consumer (b2c), consulting, copywriting, editing, ghostwriting, keyword, marketing strategies, newsletters, NPO, press releases, proofreading, researching, social networking, speechwriting, web content development; and, a tad more mischief.

"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." ~ Mark Twain

|collaborate|communicate|create|(c)

9/1988 - 5/1996

Adjunct Professor, Department of English

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI

Taught creative writing, the essay and the contemporary novel to undergraduates, including: developing syllabi, selecting texts, conducting classes, administering exams, assigning and grading all work generated; and, submitting grades in a timely manner.

9/1988 - 5/1992 & 9/2008

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English

Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI)

Providence & Lincoln campuses, RI

Teach Fundamentals of Writing and College Writing at this public Community College, with similar responsibilities and requirements as noted above.

5/1986 - 9/1987

Collaborator|Writer|Coordinator

Brown University

Providence, RI

Collaborated with George Houston Bass, Director, Rites & Reason Theatre, for the play MALACOFF BLUE; researched and created a commissioned poem titled: "Meditations on the Contents of the Rabbit's Hold"; and, coordinated the work of 12 visual artists for the “Outer Space”.

Visiting Artist /Lecturer

* The Cambridge School (Weston, MA)

* Providence College, Department of Political Science (Providence, RI)

* Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, Providence, RI)

* Carrabelle Public Library (Carrabelle, FL)

* Writer's Workshop (Apache Junction, AZ)

PUBLICATIONS | READINGS | AWARDS & HONORS (selected list)

Publications

* NIMROD, International Journal of Fiction & Poetry

* MIRROR - a publication of the University of Rhode Island

* THE NEWPORT REVIEW

* RHODE ISLAND WOMEN SPEAK: An Anthology of Artists and Writers – published by the RI Chapter, National Museum of Women Artists

* THE ENTREPRENEUR STORY – published by the Hundred Dollar Business – featured author – released as a PDF, December 26, 2007 – What’s your story?

Readings

* Brown University (Providence, RI)

* Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)

* Villa Serbelloni (Bellagio, Italy)

* Writer's Harvest, Bryant University (Smithfield, RI)

Awards & Honors

* for Script Supervisor for the film Frailejon -

- Best Feature Film, Heartland Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN)

- Best Australian Short Feature, Australian Film Critics Award

- Emmy, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

- Oscar (nominated), Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

* Phi Beta Kappa

* Phi Kappa Phi

* Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry

* California State Poetry Competition

* Pawtucket Arts Council Annual Poetry Competition

* Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Poetry

COMMUNITY SERVICE

I have been involved at various leadership levels as a volunteer since 1969, including: Planned Parenthood, Save the Bay, Island Aid, Extreme Games, Gravity Games, BrightNight Providence, Pawtucket Arts Council, Rhode Island Blood Center, Writer’s Harvest, Little Rhody Bottle Club, Rhode Island Women’s Political Caucus … and more.

EDUCATION

Brown University | Master of Fine Arts (MFA) | Graduate Program in Literary Arts Providence, RI - Thesis: HELEN

University of Rhode Island | Bachelor of Arts (BA) | Department of English

Kingston, RI - Dean's List, Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi

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