Senior citizen in body, 20-something in enthusiasm and spirit. Retirement is not an option!

I dreamed of being a daily newspaper reporter from the time I was 14 and wrote for a weekly in suburban New Orleans. My University of Alabama journalism degree took me in a different direction until I was 65. During those intervening years, I worked in hospital and medical public relations and fund raising, managed conventions, edited (and did most of the writing and ad sales for) a feature publication related to the off-shore oil industry, helped manage local political campaigns, and worked for advertising/p-r firms.

In 1997, I joined the staff of Dabora, Inc., a Shelbyville, Tenn.-based publisher of two show horse newspapers and a slick feature magazine. I left their full-time employ and joined the staff of the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, where I covered the police beat, criminal courts, hospital beat and other general assignments. I also helped found a free clinic and volunteered with several other non-profit agencies.

Family issues necessitated my moving closer to my children. I continue to write for Dabora and for one of the Houston-area suburban weeklies.

On the personal side, I continue to go to horse shows, and occasionally 'cover' them for Dabora. Hobbies: competitive bridge, fishing, reading - and work!

Life is good. Retirement - bah, humbug!

Work Terms

Hours: Prefer 8 a.m. until ??? central time. However, I usually am 'at it' until 9 or 10 p.m. Clients' convenience comes first.

Payment terms: negotiable, depending on the assignment. Most within 10 days of acceptance. Long projects, such as book editing/rewrite, in increments TBD with client. Use PayPal.