Articles, Book Reviews, and Interviews

This is not a complete publication list, just excerpts of some of my favorites. I primarily write about arts/crafts, technology, and writing.

Anthologies | Articles | Book Reviews | Interviews

Anthologies

	Content and Workflow Management for Library Websites: Case Studies "Website Maintenance Workflow at a Medium-Sized University Library" Case study on library website maintenance.
	A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science "Web Marketing Coordinator" A day-in-the-life description of a previous job as a web developer at a publishing company.
	The Successful Academic Librarian: Winning Strategies From Library Leaders "Time served is time well spent: making the most of your service commitments"

Articles
I love to explain how to do stuff.

Get Crafty: 7 Tips for Success in the Craft Market, Women on Writing (WOW) newsletter, June/July 2011.

Photo Finish: 7 Common Photography Mistakes—and How to Fix Them, Creative Jewelry, 2010.

Perfect Endings: How to Choose the Right Clasp, The Best of Step by Step Beads, 2010.

Take Two! Breathing New Life into Old Designs, Stringing, Spring 2010.

The More You Read, The More You Write, WritersWeekly.com, December 2009.

Five Keys to Successful Flash Fiction, Write Stuff newsletter (Northern Colorado Writers), September 2009.

Your Holiday Beading Survival Guide, Simply Beads, December 2007.

Task Management System to Cure Your Webmaster Blues, Computers in Libraries, Nov/Dec 2002.

The Service of Server-Side Includes, Information Technology and Libraries, Dec 2001.

Book Reviews
I write occasional reviews for PieceWork magazine. It's fun and challenging to try to write a book review in 75-100 words. Two samples:

The Sunbonnet: An American Icon in Texas
Rebecca Jumper Matheson
Inexpensive, durable, and quick to make, sunbonnets protected American women at work and at play, especially in the South, from heat, cold, wind, and sun. They were worn as long ago as the eighteenth century and persisted well into the twentieth century as a utilitarian head covering, long after they had fallen out of fashion. This first book-length study of the sunbonnet analyzes the design, construction, and use of slat and poke-style sunbonnets in Texas. Thirty color photographs depict museum examples while twenty-four black-and-white photographs primarily show sunbonnets being worn. Four recent oral histories, three generic patterns, and tips on the care of sunbonnets round out this appreciation of an underrated piece of Americana.— PieceWork, March/April 2010

Every Mother Is a Daughter: The Neverending Quest for Success, Inner Peace, and a Really Clean Kitchen (Recipes and Knitting Patterns Included)
Perri Klass and Sheila Solomon Klass
This dual memoir introduces Perri, the daughter who knits but doesn't clean or cook, and her mother, Sheila, the nonknitter whose house and cooking sparkle.  The other-daughter pair take turns candidly discussing their shared and opposing views on everyday concerns such as work, families, housework, cooking and travel.  Brimming with laugh-out-loud humor, honesty, and love (plus six family recipes and two knitting patterns), this book speaks to mothers and daughters everywhere.— PieceWork, January/February 2007

Interviews/Profiles

Since April/May 2011, I've been writing the "Bead Artist" department for Beadwork magazine. I've interviewed a number of fascinating bead artists and beadmakers, including Katie Dean, Sara Lukkonen, and Betsy Youngquist.

Profile: Dora Ohrenstein, Interweave Crochet, Spring 2011.

Fittingly Feminine: Mari Lynn Patrick, Interweave Crochet, Fall 2010.

The Circles of Life: A Portrait of the Artist Norma Minkowitz ", Interweave Crochet , Spring 2006.

Beading Daily interviews with bead artists, jewelry designers, book authors, and instructors