The Check Book is an online portfolio of commercial writing  samples.

I began working professionally in the publishing field in 1989. My credits include editorial and production work with Athlon Sports Publications, Jerry McCoin Sports Communications, Rand McNally Books Division, The Easton Press, The Danbury Mint, PrintNet, The Black Belt Press, NewSouth Books, Harte-Hanks, the Jacksonville Business Journal, Rhiannon Press, and others. The listing provided online is only partial and can be supplemented upon request.

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Professional Portfolio

 Selected Introductions and Prefaces

• Publisher's Preface for The Arabian Nights (Easton Press, 2009)

• Introduction to The Birds and Other Stories (Easton Press, 2006)

• Introduction to The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre (Easton Press, 2006)

• Publisher's Preface for The Poetry of Robert Frost (Easton Press, 2005)

• Publisher's Preface for Silas Marner (Easton Press, 2005)

• Publisher's Preface for Frankenstein (Easton Press, 2005)

• Publisher's Preface for Dracula (Easton Press, 2005)

• Publisher's Preface for The Sound and the Fury (Easton Press, 2004)

• Publisher's Preface for Les Miserables (Easton Press, 2004)

• Publisher's Preface for The Count of Monte Cristo (Easton Press, 2003)

• Preface for The View from My Ridge (Canopic Publishing, 2003)

• Publisher's Preface for The Time Machine (Easton Press, 2003)

 Selected Marketing Pieces:

• Collector Notes for Washington and Arnold (MBI, Inc., 2008)

• Press release for Leatherneck Sea Stories (Canopic, 2007)

• Press release for Bothering the Coffee Drinkers (Canopic, 2006)

• Press release for Between the Bones (Canopic, 2005)

• Collector Notes for Spies in the Himalayas (MBI, Inc., 2005)

• Collector Notes for Theodore Roosevelt's The Naval War of 1812 (MBI, Inc., 2005)

• Collector Notes for Black Hawk Down (MBI, Inc., 2004)

• Collector Notes for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (MBI, Inc., 2004)

• Collector Notes for Seven Pillars of Wisdom (MBI, Inc., 2003)

• Collector Notes for The Presidency of Benjamin Harrison (MBI, Inc., 2003)

• Collector Notes for Blind Man's Bluff (MBI, Inc., 2003)

• Collector Notes for Forts Henry and Donelson (MBI, Inc., 1996)

• Collector Notes for We Were Soldiers Once . . .And Young (MBI, Inc., 1995)

 Selected Miscellaneous Professional Compositions:

• Super Bowl Histories (Danbury Mint, 1999)

• NFL Mini-bios (Danbury Mint, 1999)

• Introduction for Earl Anthony's Bowling Guide (Athlon, 1990)

 Selected book and magazine production credits:

• The 521 All-Stars (1999; production manager)

• The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (1999; production manager)

• Encounters by Kathryn Tucker Windham (1998; production manager)

• Cracker: Florida's Enduring Cowboys by John Kral (1998; production manager)

• The Baseball Hall of Fame Leather-Bound Library (1996; book producer)

• The Leather-Bound Library of the Civil War (1996; book producer)

• Jerry McCoin's Stock Car Preview (1992, assistant editor)

• Athlon Baseball '91 (1990-91, editorial assistant)

• Athlon Pro Football '91 (1991, editorial assistant)

• Athlon Southeastern Football '91 (1991, editorial assistant)

• Athlon Baseball '90 (1990-91, editorial assistant)

 To view creative writing samples, please visit The Porch.