Category: Writing Sample
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Writing Sample: Informative Blog
From YALSAblog, Career Prep for Teens with Disabilities: Employment for teens with disabilities is notoriously low, with 16.6% of teens with disabilities ages 16-19 having jobs. On the other hand, 29.9% of teens with no disabilities are employed (“Youth Employment Rate”). Libraries can help local teens land jobs—for the summer…
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Writing Sample: Business Blog
Shade Sails for Outdoor Learning Spaces Schools across the country are trying to figure out the safest way to reopen their doors for students this fall. In addition to covid health screening precautions, many school buildings are discovering that they need more space to properly adhere to the 6 feet…
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Writing Sample: Library Volunteers
This writing sample is part of the preface of my nonfiction book Library Volunteers: A Practical Guide for Librarians. Library Volunteers: A Practical Guide for Librarians is a complete handbook to starting, restructuring, or maintaining a volunteer program. Volunteers are one of the most overlooked and underused resources available to…
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Writing Sample: Bread Crumbs
This writing sample is a flash fiction story from my chapbook Won’t Be By Your Side. Bread Crumbs A photo of my mother on her wedding day: nineteen, ready to marry, eager for something new. My father now: widowed, two eyes looking older than the man who takes my hand…
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Writing Sample: Green Light
This writing sample is from my hybrid chapbook Green Light: A Gatsby Cycle. It’s Chapter VII, one of my favorites. “Nope.” After a pause, he added “sir” in a dilatory, grudging way. That he even thought to say sir was something. You’d think that would have been ripped from him…
Lightning Flash Writing 