Writing Samples
Following is a selection of sample pieces I have written for various purposes over the years, from clients to classes.
Sales Copy
The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz
For ChessCentral.com, edited October 2003.
Wilhelm Steinitz was the first World Chess Champion, the founder of modern chess, the inventor of scientific analysis-- and a prolific writer. This collection gives you access to The Great Theorist in a way that has never been possible before-- in his own words, and in the chess games he played. Over a thousand of them, in fact. All presented to you in interactive ChessBase format, so that you can watch the matches as they unfold, and gain an unprecedented insight into the mind of the greatest theoretician of them all.
Informational Essay
The Great Highland Bagpipe and Other Fascinating Creatures
The Great Highland Pipes remain the most distinctive and popular performers at highland and Celtic festivals around the world, and the uilleann pipes are being gradually absorbed into the mainstream of global culture.
Local Interest Article
Area Seniors Feel Bite of Rising Prescription Costs
She shrugged. "After all, what can you do? You get old, you accept it, what can you do? But that doesn't mean you don't want to be healthy and active as long as you can."
News Feature Item
Underage Drinking at the University of Rochester
George Flevares, 22, alumnus of the class of '99, had a carefully considered answer. "Regardless of... the legal drinking age... as long as alcohol is viewed as some forbidden fruit and children are not taught that it is not something to be abused but to be enjoyed, drinking laws will always be out of line."
Comparative Essay
H.G. Wells: War Of The Worlds and The Time Machine
But the War of the Worlds succeeds in that it seems so credible a tale; it is being told for obvious reasons. It is an epic tale of humankind being put through some sort of ultimate test. Time Machine remains a solitary adventure with ultimately little effect on the rest of humanity.
Theoretical Essay
What classifies humans as such and makes them better than their creations? A look at the relationships between robots and their creators in Isaac Asomiv's I, Robot and C.L. Moore's No Woman Born. Approx. 2,750 words.
Where is the boundary between that which we consider human, and therefore hold as entitled to basic human rights and considerations, and that which we consider not human, and therefore can disregard as we will?