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What' s New
Press
- Profiled in Singular City online lifestyle magazine. More

Performances
- One-man show accepted by Portland, ME. and D.C. fringe theater festivals. Seven performances June/July 2013. Events calendar.

Fiction and Humor
- Essay "Top Secret Work Habits of the Successful Novelist," published in Calliope.

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

Lectures
- Self-promotion for writers.
- The Writing Life: Earning money in today's publishing environment.

On the Web
Self-Promotion for Writers Blog
Chronic Single humor Site
Travel Tips Site
Facebook Fan Page
Linked In Profile
Youtube Channel
Short Fiction for Sale
Twitter:
@rsquaredd
@chronicsingle
Contact: randy@randyrossmedia.com

The Lead
I am a Boston-area writer, performer, and digital content consultant. My fiction has appeared in The Drum, Black Heart, and Side B Magazine. For seven years, I was an executive editor at 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,” which I will circulate to agents in 2014. View video excerpts performed in front of a live audience.
 
Performing
Since 2009, I have read and performed excerpts from Planet more than 50 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 a poetry slam at New York's Nuyorican Poets Cafe. 
 
I am currently promoting my one-man show, "The Chronic Single's Handbook," which was selected for ArtBeat 2012, a Somerville, Mass-based performance festival, as well as summer 2013 fringe theater festivals in Portland, ME., and Washington, D.C.
 
Travel Writing and Seminars
I have guest-lectured on topics, such as "Voice in Non-Fiction" and "Travel Writing" at Central Connecticut State University, and taught memoir writing for the Boston Center for Adult Education.
 
I also taught a seminar on "How to Plan a Trip Around the World" at the Boston Center for Adult Education and at a local Eastern Mountain Sports store.
 
In addition, I wrote a tips column for TravelBeat.net and for two years published a travel Web site, www.rosstravels.com.

Currently, I lecture about "Self-Promotion for Writers" at venues around Boston. View Powerpoint presentation for lecture.


Web and 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.
 
Currently, I publish a humorous book-marketing blog.


Recent Readings
Harvard Square: The Day I Almost Became Gay

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.

Contact: randy@randyrossmedia.com
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