Nonfiction

Here’s a selection of true things that I’ve written over the years as a writer on the arts, movies, city life and online communication:

The Washington Post

• Something Found in the Ashes
• Finders Keepers

The Pink Line Project

• Have Fun with iPhone Photo Apps
• West Wing Writer Opens ScriptDC
• Local Films Shine in DC Shorts
• DC Shorts: What’s New for 2011
• Fringe Festival Survival Guide
• Vitaminwater Uncapped Live: Tips from Local Photographers
• Book Talk: Prohibition in Washington, DC
• It’s Not Instagram: The Polaroid Retrospective II
• Silent Code Features Debuts Slate of Short Films
• DCist Exposed Photography Show FAQ
• How to Get Your Movie in Local Film Festivals
• Sneak Peek: Man with a Bolex Movie Camera
• iPhoneography: We’re Just Getting Started
• Great Gifts for Local Photographers
• Gift Ideas for Future Filmmakers
• Fall Fringe: What to See
• So, Who’s an Artist, Anyway?
• The Best of DC Shorts
• How to Rock DC Shorts
• DC Shorts – Tickets Now On Sale
• Pick of the Fringe
• Does Art Matter? A Capital Fringe Discussion
• Kerry Skarbakka, The Struggle to Right Oneself: A Survey
• Interview with Julianne Brienza, Executive Director of the Capital Fringe Festival
• Interview with Jon Gann, Founder of the DC Shorts Film Festival

nthWORD Shorts

• The Washington Literary Inferiority Complex

HAI Tech Talk

• The Software is Wrong, Not the People

Black Heart Magazine

• Lessons from The West Wing

FlackRabbit

• How Do You Measure PR?
• Adventures in Book Marketing
• Do You Have a Minute for…
• When Looking for a Job, It’s Not About You
• Make Your WordPress Blog Look Good on the iPhone
• Reel Lessons in Marketing

National Museum of Women in the Arts

• The National Museum of Women in the Arts is Not Just for Women

DC Shorts Film Festival

• DC Shorts 2011 Blog (strategy, editing, writing)
• How to Rock DC Shorts
• How to Win the DC Shorts Screenplay Competition

CultureFlux

• Big Screen Dreams
• Making Movies and Doing Good

The Hill Rag

• Romantic Comedy Films at Park Cafe (PDF)

e.politics

• Park Ranger Photo Kerfuffle
• Will Obama Empower Government 2.0?

GovLoop

• The Parks and Rec Effect
• Why I’m Not at SXSW This Year
• The TSA Blog and 1984
• Will Open Government Lead to a More Rational Electorate?
• The Commissar Vanishes
• Why Doesn’t the Government Use the Web to Organize its Work?
• Chris Anderson on “Delivering on the Promise of Gov 2.0″
• Government Web Sites Grapple with YouTube
• Ocean.gov – A Modest Proposal

onPhilanthropy

• Seven Easy Steps to Content Development
• Why Have Design Guidelines for Your Nonprofit Site?

InternetDay

• Go Hollywood! What’s the Logline for Your Web Site?

Smoky Mountain News

• Book Review: The Highroad Guide to the North Carolina Mountains