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Thomas James Martin
E-Mail: tjmartin777@yahoo.com
Website:
Writings of Thomas James Martin
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
 | Over fourteen
years of writing experience (journalism, creative and technical) |
| Senior Managing Editor
and Contributing Editor/Writer – Suite101.com |
| Produce columns,
creative non-fiction, commentary, book reviews and technical
documentation for various audiences |
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Webmaster--Designed, wrote and maintained corporate web site |
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An accomplished writer with an
exceptionally broad background, capable of creative or technical
output |
OBJECTIVE:
Writer/Editor, including web
content and design, computer-based training (CBT), copy writing,
journalism, columnist and technical writing
BOOKS
| Real Gifts: Selected
Essays and Stories
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| A Southern
Line and Other Poems |
ONLINE WRITING
|
Contributing Writer/Editor - Suite101 – 2/01 to Present
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Publish articles
and stories regularly, review books, maintain links and
discussions for several topics:
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Topic -
Crossings and Reflections - Perspectives on life and living
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Topic -
Oregon People,
Places and Travel
- A look at Oregon's history, culture and natural beauty |
| Topic -
Urban Naturalist - Nature study from an urban viewpoint |
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Simple Planet Magazine
- Feature articles |
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The Oregonian
– Op-ed columns |
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Magazine Rack - Online columnist |
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Essays and stories have appeared on many websites and in various
anthologies, e-zines and newsletters |
BOOK REVIEWS
| Regularly review
books from Harper Collins, Watson-Guptill and other publishers |
| "Truly captured
the spirit of the book. . ." stated one author |
TRAINING
| Wrote and
produced PowerPoint training presentations and CBT modules for Intel |
| Created training
materials for Stream International E-Mail team |
| Designed lesson
plans for accountants and technical support professionals |
TECHNICAL
WRITING AND EDITING
Designed and wrote Windows Help files, software manuals, technical
scripts, and programming guides for:
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Intel |
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Tektronix |
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Que Books (technical editor) |
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Stream International |
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Doane
Software |
MARKETING/BUSINESS
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Wrote direct marketing letters and other marketing copy for Doane
Software and others |
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Designed display adds and brochures for various companies |
NEWSPAPERS
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Editor - Mitchell Ledger |
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Reporter -
Sanford Daily Herald |
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Published photographs with articles for newspapers and websites |
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Exhibited photographs several times |
PRINT ARTICLES
Published in a
wide variety of periodicals, including:
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Weekly columns for Urban Organic
Newsletter |
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Journal of Commerce |
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The Spectator |
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Reflections |
BUSINESS
WEBSITES
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Designed, created content and maintained corporate website for Doane
Software |
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Wrote and produced content for Intel and Tektronix intranets |
EDUCATION
| Postgraduate -
Business Curriculum - University of California - Berkeley |
| Certificate in
Computer Business Applications - City College - San Francisco,
California |
| Postgraduate -
Education - University of North Carolina - Asheville, North Carolina |
| BA - English -
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
BOOK REVIEWS
| Regularly review books from:
| Harper Collins |
| Watson-Guptill |
| And other publishers |
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TRAINING
|
Wrote and produced PowerPoint
training presentations and CBT modules for Intel |
|
Created training materials for
Stream International E-Mail team |
|
Designed lesson plans for
accountants |
TECHNICAL WRITING
| | Designed and wrote Windows Help files, software manuals and
technical scripts and programming guides for :
|
Intel |
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Tektronix |
|
Que Books |
|
Stream International
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|
Doane Software
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TECHNICAL EDITING
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Que
Books - Edited Netscape Gold 3.0 |
MARKETING/BUSINESS
|
Wrote direct marketing letters for Doane
Software |
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Designed and wrote
marketing
copy for Doane Software |
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Designed display
adds for various companies |
NEWSPAPERS
 |
Editor - Mitchell Ledger
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Reporter - Sanford Daily Herald |
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Produced wide variety of photos for Suite101 |
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Varied experience in
photojournalism for newspapers (taking photos to accent articles) |
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Exhibited photographs several times |
PRINT ARTICLES
Published in a wide
variety of periodicals, including:
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Weekly
columns for Urban Organic newsletter |
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Journal
of Commerce |
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Carolina
Quarterly |
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The
Spectator |
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Reflections |
PERSONAL
WEBSITES
BUSINESS WEBSITES
| Designed, created content and
maintained corporate website for Doane Software |
| Wrote and produced content for
Intel Intranet |
WRITING SAMPLES
| For a quick look at four samples, go to the
writing samples
page.
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| Technical Writing Samples (Under construction). |
| Additional writing samples are available upon request (also on
this website). |
EDUCATION
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Postgraduate - Business and Accounting
- University of
California - Berkeley |
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Certificate in Computer Business
Applications - City College -
San Francisco, California |
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Postgraduate - Education - University
of North Carolina -
Asheville, North Carolina |
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BA - English - University of
North Carolina -
Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
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