I've spent more than two decades writing and editing across genres, industries, and time zones — fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose, immigration law and Italian art. I've worked in-house and for agencies, freelanced for American and international clients, and published widely along the way. Now based in Florence, I bring that range to bear for authors, publishers, and organizations who want editorial work done with real literary intelligence. Let's talk.
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In Memory of Lourdes Ernestina Carroll | November 7, 1948 – December 1, 2025 I. The Mystery Lourdes Ernestina, how you found yourself in Edmond,
(The women pictured above is most certainly American, and the only person on the planet who really ought to be wearing Wranglers, unless she is
Friends, Romans, lend me your ears! I am almost done with the Shakespeare project! More than eighteen months later and after a few false starts
My Shakespeare Project is nearing its final assignments. I’ve got four more plays to go now that Othello is complete: Coriolanus and King Lear, neither
Last week I returned from a trip to Upper Michigan, a place I hadn’t set foot in since the summer of 1992 when I was
All’s Well That Ends Well is a late-phase work from 1604-1605, well toward the end of Shakespeare’s career. Queen Bess had been dead for some
