Writing

Nonfiction

In addition to my work as a journalist, I have written extensively for B2B magazines, websites, and other media outlets. Click through the drop-downs for samples of each; stories without hyperlinks are available upon request.

Content Writing

This includes blogs, newsletters, social media posts, and other forms of writing meant to build brand awareness and credibility in specific topics. Please contact me for availability, pricing, and samples.

Ninety
Why Founders Get Stuck, and How Ego Development Can Help

Why Alignment at the Top Matters: First Teams Build Enduring Companies

What Cross-Functional Collaboration Looks Like at Ninety

The 5 Habits of Effective Leadership Teams

7 Proven Frameworks for Evaluating New Business Opportunities

Michigan Wine Country

When the Winery is the Teacher (May 2021)

A Century of Michigan Winemaking (April 2021)

Oakland County Prosper

Global Learning: Universities Attract — and Educate — International Engineering Students

Game Changes: Professionals Who Are Breaking New Ground

In the Pipeline: Early Relationships Help Foster Long-term Careers

‘The Only Place to Be’: Lots of Reasons to Choose Oakland County

The American Dream in Oakland County: Helping International Newcomers Make Themselves at Home

Experience Troy

Outside the Box: Troy High Schools Foster Entrepreneurship with Innovation Learning

UAW-Ford Community

‘Doing Wonders’: Job Security Program: The name says it all

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Journalistic Writing

This includes either deeply reported pieces or opinion pieces regarding language, culture, and politics. Please contact me for availability and pricing.

BuzzFeed News

“Transgenderism” Is Just the Latest Example of Anti-Trans Rhetoric (March 2023)

The US Is Becoming More Multiracial. Here’s What That Means for Our Language. (February 2023)

Talking About Climate Change Is Depressing. Does It Have To Be? (April 2022)

So Much Modern Slang Is AAVE. Here’s How Language Appropriation Erases The Influence of Black Culture. (September 2021)

Model D Media

King Solomon Baptist Church seeks to canonize its roots, broaden its scope (February 2020)

Hour Detroit

Ferndale Cat Shelter Helps Felines With Special Needs Find Forever Homes (October 2018)

Growing Together (October 2018)

A Deeper Look into the Racial and Ethnic Tensions Dividing Metro Detroit (July 2018)

What You Need to Know About Oil and Gas Drilling in the Suburbs (December 2017)

The South End

Even from far away, renowned poet fondly remembers the Motor City (July 2012)

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Personal Essays

Unbreaking: Journalism and the Ethics of Community Care (February 2026)

Editing is a dialogue, not a dictatorship (ACES Tracking Changes newsletter, Fall 2018)

Fiction

I write fiction because it’s fun, and I specialize in speculative genres. I have been a full member of the SFWA since 2024.

Short Stories

“Roar, Sweet Child, Roar”Fireside Magazine, November 2021

“The Mystical Art of Codeswitching” — Tor, October 2020

“It Should Have Been You” — io9, October 2018

“The Paladin Protocol”Fireside Magazine, May 2018

“Toward the Sun” — Sundown Towns, Fiyah Lit Magazine, July 2017

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