Publications

Most of my professional writing in ur takses is not stuff I can put up on a blog as examples of my mad writing skeeelz.  I can provide examples of KSAs, ECQs, web content, policy memoranda, SOPs, and other kinds of bureaucratic documents upon request.*  But I hope that blogging under my real identity will help me build a public portfolio.  So far, this is what I have.

Mom On The Run (Columbia Patch)

• “My Kwanzaa Wish, ” December 31, 2011.
• “Waiting for Christmas (Spirit),” December 19, 2011.
• “HoCo Karaoke Scene Provides A Stage For My Inner Singer,” December 5, 2011.
• “Hoping Thanksgiving Won’t Be A Turkey,” November 21, 2011.
• “Do You Mind The Grind?” November 7, 2011.
• “DysFUNction,” October 24, 2011.
• “Where Bullies Come From,” October 10, 2011.
• “Why My Sister Lights The Night,” October 3, 2011.
• “I Do Know How She Does It,” September 27, 2011.
• “Chicken Pox and HPV? Both Should Be Vaccinated,” September 19, 2011.
• “9/11 Is Not July 4,” September 12, 2011.
• “Five Tips for Parents on the First Day of School,” August 29, 2011.
• “Year-Round School? Yes, Please,” August 22, 2011.
• “The Back-To-School Supply List Blues,” August 15, 2011.
• “Facing Facts About Parenting Online,” August 8, 2011.
• “Family Dinners? Not Here, And That’s Okay,” August 1, 2011.
• “My Five Weeks As A ‘Stay-At-Home’ Mom,” July 25, 2011.
• “Smoking Ban At Parks Thwarts Puffing Parents,” July 18, 2011.
• “Sleepless And Smarting In Suburbia,” July 11, 2011.
• “Mommy’s Going To Live, Now Get Off The Computer!” June 27, 2011.
• “Kids’ Visit to Nursing Home Was an Eye Opener,” June 13, 2011.
• “Cool Mom? A Little Bad Influence …” May 31, 2011.
• “The Mean Streets of Columbia?” May 16, 2011.
• “Osama bin Laden Is Dead: What Do I Tell My Kids?” May 2, 2011.
• “Spring Break with Extended Family and a Generation Gap,” April 29, 2011.
• “Government Furlough of the Salary Mom,” April 8, 2011.
• “About That Stock, And Starting ‘The Talk’ While Kids Are Still Listening,” March 25, 2011.
• “Between Kids and Work, Where Does The Time Go?” March 11, 2011.
• “Commuter Conversations With My Kids,” February 26, 2011.

Wikipedia entry: Mark Jacobs (author) (August 31, 2010)

“Closer to Home: PD Bureaus Move to Foggy Bottom,” State Magazine, September 2009.

* All sample documents will be provided without personally identifiable information, subject to review by senior management officials in my organization.  Also, if you are trying to hire me for help with stuff I actually do in my day job?  No WAY.  That would be ethically inappropriate, putting it mildly.