published works
 
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Print Publications
The Sun:
“Moving In,” May 2009
 
Metropolis:
 “Ogasawara: Tokyo’s Secret Paradise,” November 21,  2008
Blue Hawaii product review, June 2008
 
Being a Broad Magazine:
 “Finding Peace on Koya-san,” (Page 2) March 2008
“A Broad in the Boonies: Hachijo-jima,” April 2008
 “A DIY Guide to Saketinis and Chuhai,” May 2008
 “Someone Else’s Shoes,” June 2008
“Getting Green Tea to Go [author interview/book review with Leza Lowitz],” July 2008
 “Ghostly Ladies,” (page 2) October 2008
 
Tokyo Families Magazine:
“Soaking Up Hachijo-jima,” February, 2009
 
Avenues Magazine:
 “Say Hello to Hachijo,” Autumn, 2008
 
Kansai Scene:
“More Bangs for Your Baht, Bangkok on $2 a Day,” July 2008
 “Kuala Lumpur on the Cheap,” December 2008
 
Weekender Magazine:
“Tokyo Tropics, Discovering Hachijojima,” May 2008
 
Japanzine:
 “Movies for Nothing and Books for Free,” July 2008
 
Online Magazines/Sites
 “10 Websites that Will Help You Find a Job in Japan” for Transitions Abroad
 
“Sanity Survival Tips from the Middle of Nowhere” for The Professional Adventurer
 
“Kicking it in Kota Kinabalu” for The Professional Adventurer
 
 “Items That Will Make Your Travels Greener” for Matador Goods
 
 “10 Multi-use Items to Consider Packing” for Matador Goods
 
 “How to Get a Job Teaching in Japan” for Matador Study
 
“Five Common American Gestures That Might Insult the Locals” for Matador Abroad
 
“Staying Svelte in Game Land” for Cerise Magazine, August 2008 issue
 
 “Finding Paradise in the Perhentian Islands” for Iloho.com
 
 Various Blogs on Travel and Life in Japan for Seek Japan
 
 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Show Reviews
 
 CD Reviews for aversion.com (Additional music review samples are available upon request.)
 
 
Creative Writing
Poetry and Haiku appeared in “Hot Flashes 2: Sexy Little Stories and Poems”
 
Essay entitled “If Only I’d Known” to appear in The Kyoto Journal, 2009.
 
 
Photography
 Photograph “Kiyomizu-dera from a Distance” chosen to be featured in the 2009 JET Programme Desk calendar. Click here to see a copy of the original photo.
 
 Photograph “Local Flavor” chosen for Japanzine’s “Gaijin Eye 2009” issue, January 2009.
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