We're working on converting clips into PDF readable format. Meanwhile, the clips posted here offer a breadth of my freelance writing with some  notes that freelancers might find helpful/useful.

I seized the opportunity and asked if All American Girls could be included in guests' 'goody' bags. There is no end to 'marketing our wares'.

My first experience with the paparazzi feeding frenzy. A Robin Williams moment worth remembering: a young boy asked him a question but was cut off by a pushy reporter. Williams answered the boy and 'dressed down' the reporter for interrupting the 'cub' reporter.

My first piece on AIDS was published in 1990 when Ryan White died. Once I became a society columnist, I made it my business to promote AIDS related non-profits. My reasoning was practically based: plagues indiscriminately kill. Back when, some folks in the OC didn't want to believe this so it was important to shed light on this killer. Thank God for celebrities who came to these OC events. Their support helped to attract OC's A-List crowd.  

My impressions: a no nonsense woman.

We found him.

How does she access her muse? Ms. Higgins Clark told the audience that when she becomes frightened or hears something that's disturbing, she takes it to the next level by asking herself this question: What if.....?

Jonathan Winters, Maria Shriver, Jack Canfield & Anita Shreves support nonprofit events and sell books, too. 

This piece spotlighted a food bank that offered fresh produce picked by volunteers. My youngest (then 10) and her friends enjoyed the experience and appreciated that farm work is hard work.