The words "for hire" bring to mind many thoughts. I spent many a year as an "employee," working for others, loathing the structure, the breaks at precisely 9:00 and 3:00, lunch always at high noon. At each and every opportunity, I would leave the building in which I worked and quickly make my way to the courtyard. There, I would sit in the sun for my allowed time, among huge planters of sweet, blooming jasmine, continually formulating plans. Plans of how I would escape and create income on my own time, with my own rules. Little did I know, I had that opportunity at my fingertips - literally - all the time. So, to me, "for hire" means I am here to create wonderful things with words. I will put all my energies into creating the perfect piece, ferret out ideas and photos, dig, network, research, until I get just the right piece of information to make a piece of writing the best I can make it.

I put no boundaries on my abilities, but prefer to stay away from highly technical writing. I can, however turn technical jargon into more easily understandable language. These are some of the projects I have done, and some I am working on currently. They are only what I have done. What I am capable of, is, I believe, limitless:

• * Freelance articles
• * Business letters
• * Testimonials (for web content)
• * Short stories (non-fiction)
• * Short stories (fiction)
• * Resumes
• * Memoirs
• * Editing
• * Other (open to new projects)