Experience

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  Freelance Writer

  • Author
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  Freelance Writer

  • Los Angeles (1991-2020), Boynton Beach, Florida...

  • Author

    • 1991 - Present
    • Los Angeles (1991-2020), Boynton Beach, Florida...

    Author of more than 60 published books, including Not So Normal Norbert with James Patterson, Last-Minute Kitchen Secrets, The Electric Pickle, Vacation on Location, Last-Minute Travel Secrets, Last-Minute Survival Secrets, Contrary to Popular Belief, Clean It! Fix It! Eat It!, the best-selling J...

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  Walt Disney World

  • Lake Buena Vista, Florida

  • Advertising Copywriter

    • 1989 - 1991
    • Lake Buena Vista, Florida

    Wrote television commercials, radio spots, and print ads for Walt Disney World—and excelled at riding Space Mountain and the Great Thunder Railroad at lunch time.

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  World Traveler

  • Earth

  • World Traveler

    • 1987 - 1989
    • Earth

    Backpacked around the world for two years on my honeymoon, traveling through South America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, China, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Eventually mastered the art of traveling light.

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  J. Walter Thompson

  • New York City

  • Advertising Copywriter

    • 1983 - 1985
    • New York City

    Wrote television commercials for Burger King and print advertising for Kodak, winning a Clio, which is a funky looking trophy.

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  National Lampoon

  • New York City

  • Contributing Editor

    • 1980 - 1983
    • New York City

    Wrote "Cliff-hanger Justice: Wiley Coyote vs. the Acme Co.," " Puppy Love," "The Sun Also Sets," "On the Road Revisited," "Mitch Springer: A Loving Tribute to the Man Who Played John Lennon in Beatlemania," and appeared in some Foto Funnies, weari...