Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

My successful writing career has spanned over 20 years. Before my career in journalism, I lost jobs as an insurance salesperson, a funeral director, a singing/dancing waitress and an ice-cream bingeing weight-loss counselor. Currently, I am a freelance travel journalist, and I create blogs for credit unions, dabble in copywriting and speechwriting, and I am...a humor writer. I have also been a ghostwriter for a former president, which I really can’t talk about.So, I've published more than 5000 business features, personal essays and travel articles in newspapers and magazines including; The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Christian Science Monitor. I recently took my own advice and sold my expensive California home and moved to a cabin on Lake Chelan in Washington.
Thank You for Firing me! How to Catch the Next Wave of Success After You Lose Your Job!

Work History

• Journalist
• Writer/Editor
• January 1990 to January 2010

• Write for LA Times, New York Times, tons of other magazines, newspapers and blogs as well as various non-profit organizations. Co-Author of Thank You for Firing Me!