CV

2010

• Blog about sustainable packaging for Depot, a Sydney design and branding company.

• Become an official, card-carrying member of Paste, a design studio, heading up their content development division.

• Blog about green real estate investment for Ribbon & Gourd, a U.S.-based company.

2009

• Piece on lost, wonderful music, 'Four Records from the Almost Canon', published in Melbourne journal Stop Drop and Roll.

• Edit manuscript of 'The Muscle Retention Revolution', the fourth book by author and conditioning expert Ori Hofmekler.

• Magazine/journal editor (part-time) for The Royal College of Practitioners. Discover many terrible diseases I never knew existed.

• Begin position managing online content and blogging about music for GAGA, a Melbourne-based creative licensing company.

2008

• Principal proofreader for National Geographic book on world mythology.

• Edit autobiographical manuscript by celebrated American constitutional attorney Danny Sheehan, who was Chief Counsel during the Pentagon Papers, Karen Silkwood vs. Kerr-McGee, and Iran-Contra trials.

• Ghostwriter for a book on transcendental psychology for Paul Boutet, a French-Canadian psychologist.

2007

• Rewrite and extensively edit The Tao of Rejuvenation, a book on North Atlantic/Random House on holistic health, spirituality and Chinese medicine.

• Become Project Editor for California-based multimedia publishing company Dharma Café, an ongoing position that involves everything from rewriting and editing whole manuscripts to editing magazine features and interviews.

• While living in California, become Assistant Editor for New York literary journal Ballyhoo Stories' 50 States Project, selecting and editing stories for publication, and liaising with authors and other editors.

• After moving to Berlin, begin contributing music-related features, interviews and various copy to Exberliner, the Berlin magazine for English speakers.

• Become senior writer for Hair Entertainment, a Berlin-based experimental arts website, writing reviews, interviews, and features.

• Non-fiction piece 'NY, 1972' published in Berlin-based literary journal The Extra Room.

2006

• Short story 'A Raga Called Milk and Honey' published in Meanjin. It is then reprinted in Allnighter, another Cardigan Press anthology.

• While living and working in Japan, contribute articles on spirituality to M'arriv, one of Israel's most widely read newspapers.

• Short fiction piece 'Your New Husband' published in Voiceworks.

• Contribute regular fiction pieces to experimental journal Total Cardboard.

2005

• Complete study at RMIT's Writing and Editing course, achieving a High Distinction average across all units; invited into Masters program by faculty.

• Staff Writer for Easey Magazine, a Melbourne music and culture magazine, writing features, interviews, and reviews.

• Short story 'F#A# Infinity' published in New York journal Ballyhoo Stories, and later nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

2004

• Begin study at RMIT's Professional Writing and Editing course, majoring in Non-fiction, Editing, and Short Story.

• 'I Am Seeking a Casual Friendship to Integrate With My Studies,' a satirical work of short fiction, published in the Cardigan Press Anthology All Change Please.

• Become the editor of a combined autobiographical book and film project now being pitched to major studios and publishers in the U.S.

• Contribute regularly to Litmus Magazine, a now defunct Australian magazine.

2002

• Article on the Tasmanian forestry industry published in Yen Magazine, Australia's most popular independent magazine for women.

• Staff writer, writing both reviews and features, for Stylus Magazine, a popular American alternative music website.

2000-2001

• Staff writer, writing both reviews and news, for Pitchfork, then a funny backyard operation.

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