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writing, speaking, digital content consulting

What' s New
Press
- Profile in Singular City online lifestyle magazine

Performance
- Coordinator and opening act for spoken-word event at Somerville Open Studios.


Fiction
- Finalist in local fiction contest; publication in the Drum and Side B literary magazines.
 

Digital Content Consulting
- Completed three-year project for an e-commerce site.

On the Web
Humorous Blog
Travel Tips Site
Facebook Fan Page
Linked In Profile
Youtube Channel
Short Fiction for Sale
Follow on Twitter @rsquaredd

The Lead
I am a Boston-area writer, performer, and digital content consultant. My fiction has appeared in The Drum and Side B Magazine. My non-fiction has appeared in the Boston Herald, the Boston Phoenix, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. For seven years, I was an executive editor for PC World magazine and PCWorld.com.
 
Novel-in-Progress
In 2007, I took a four-month, solo trip around the world and can now say in three languages: “Do you speak English?” “How much is the Pepto-Bismol?” and “Excuse me, is this the evacuation helicopter?” I am writing a novel inspired by the trip with the working title: “The Loneliest Planet: A Handbook for the Chronically Single.” I will circulate the 75,000-word manuscript to agents in 2012. View video excerpts performed in front of a live audience.
 
Performing and Public Speaking
Since 2009, I have read and performed excerpts from Planet more than 40 times at venues in Boston and New York. The readings have included headlining at Four Stories in Cambridge, winning a MassMouth story-telling event in Boston, and performing at an open mic poetry slam at New York's Nuyorican Poets Cafe. A performance by my story-telling troupe, The Roving Raconteurs, was mentioned in the Boston Globe.
 
I have also taught creative writing seminars about topics, such as "Voice in Non-Fiction" and "Travel Writing" at Central Connecticut State University, and "Memoir Writing" at the Boston Center for Adult Education.

Travel Writing and Seminars
I wrote a tips column for TravelBeat.net and for two years published a travel Web site, www.rosstravels.com. Currently, I publish a humorous blog called www.theloneliestplanet.com. I taught a seminar called "How to Plan a Trip Around the World" at the Boston Center for Adult Education and at a local Eastern Mountain Sports store.

Digital Content Consulting
I have written marketing communications, assisted with site launches, developed how-to articles, product reviews, and SEO content. Over three years at my most recent client, Daimer Industries, I wrote, edited, and search optimized more than 1100 articles.


Recent Readings
Harvard Square: The Medicine Cabinet

Harvard Square: Over 40 and Still Single

Other Stories
The Most Annoying Hotel Clerk in Athens (Travel Tale)
"George Bush is best president since Spiro Agnew," he said.
 
One Day in Thailand (Travel Tale) Published in The Drum literary magazine. Audio clip of me reading.
 
More travel tales and spoken-word performances.

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