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Regular contributor for Random Lengths (circulation 56,000) in San Pedro, CA, 2001-present. Columns "Life in Long Beach" and "Life After Mother" pub. in Senior Reporter of Orange County. Manga reviewer: LA Alternative (circulation 150,000), 2005-2006. Some manga reviews also ran in NY Press around this time. Entertainment reporting: Music Connection (circulation 75,000), 1983-1906. Travel writing: Oakland Tribune (1998) and Life After 50 (2006). Other bylines: Goldmine, Star Hits, Los Angeles Reader, Los Angeles Times, Long Beach Press Telegram, Blade, BAM, Daily Breeze, LA Weekly. Specializations include community news reporting, writing reviews (book, theater, concert, film, music), copywriting, resumes, editing, travel writing, publicity, screenwriting, lecturing, and content development. Education: B. A. Theater Arts, UCLA. Post-grad work, Education, Chapman University.

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Sixteen Books to Begin 2022

I'm starting my reading list for 2022 in a small way--this list originally contained 12 books, I've updated it with four more. I'll probably be reading 20, 24, maybe 25 books over the course of the year, but I'm starting with these sixteen. Books are available at Anaheim Public Library except where noted: 

1. Formatting and Submitting Your Manuscript (several eds. and I'm not sure which one I want--available at both Anaheim and Los Angeles County libraries)

2. The Last Campaign:  Robert Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America by Thurston Clarke

3. The Anti 9 to 5 Guide by Michelle Goodman

4. Getting Things Done:  The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David Allen

5. The Dark Side:  The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer

6. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

7. Upstream:  The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath

8.  A Strong Right Arm:  the Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson by Michelle Green (at Los Angeles Co. library)

9. 175 High-Impact Cover Letters by Richard H. Beatty (at Los Angeles County Library)

10.  California's El Camino Real and its Historic Bells by Max Kurillo (there's a 2nd ed. available but Los Angeles Co. Library may just have 1st ed.)

11.  The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

12.  The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu

13.  Walking With the Wind by John Lewis

14.  Meetings With Remarkable Musicians by John Densmore

15.  Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon

16.  Like Crazy:  Life With My Mother and Her Invisible Friends by Dan Mathews


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