Writing - articles, books, and marketing copy 

My heroes have always been writers.  Really, growing up, the ability to craft a phrase, a paragraph, a page, a book - those were and still are remarkable qualities.

I have, gracioiusly, had the pleasure of seeing my articles in a number of publications - both online and in print - and getting paid for them (always a plus).

In 2004 I self-published a book, The IT Career Builder’s Toolkit and sold it via Paypal on my own private website. Later that year it was purchased by a woman in San Francisco, who turned out to be Mary Beth Ray, an Executive Editor with Cisco Press.  She contacted me and said, “You are a good writer.”  That phrase literally brought tears to my eyes.

I have this opinion that most writers have a strange confidence issue.  We believe we have something to say but are shockked as hell when someone actually reads and enjoys it.

In 2005, The IT Career Builder’s Toolkit: Your Complete Guide to Building Your Technology Career In Any Economy (see Amazon Link below) was published under the Cisco Press imprint.  I am currently slated to write two e-books for the same publisher and just found out that another book of mine - entirely different genre and focus - will be published in the Spring of 2008.