GLJ Writing

• 1985-present Freelance professional music journalism. Frequent feature, review, instruction, and gear-related contributor to Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Teacher, and Play Guitar magazines. (Multiple reprints by String Letter Publishing in guitar anthologies.) Columnist for Guitarist (Minnesota Guitar Society). Other publications include Fingerstyle Guitar, Pacific Sun, Sound Choice, and Hot Ticket.
• 1972-present Creator and performer of spoken word and experimental theater pieces
• 2002, 2003 Performance poetry with original guitar music at the Spoken Fringe, part of the Fringe Festival
• 1999-2005 Columnist for The Volunteer Voice, Guthrie Theater, Mpls.
• 1999-2002 Creative writing teacher, The Loft, Minneapolis. (Performance, songwriting, monologue writing, review writing.)
• 1998 Judge, Zeitgeist Songwriting Contest, St. Paul
• 1997 Winner, Zeitgeist Songwriting Contest, St. Paul.
• 1990 Judge in Bay Guardian Playwriting Contest, San Francisco.
• 1989-1990 Script reader/analyst for Berkeley Repertory Theater.
• 1985 Winner in the Kenneth Patchen Picture-Poetry Contest (San Francisco Poetry Film Workshop).