Friend of the coast and adopted son of the mountains, now working in the Carolina flatlands.

I’ve taken a navy blue 1990 Volvo 740 SEL off-roading. It was my first car and that was its last month. Since then I’ve grown up and gotten smarter. Were I to take a Volvo sedan off-roading today, I would not bring it home muddy.

From the age of fifteen, I’ve washed dishes, waited tables, carried bags, tutored (dunked on) kids in an after-school program and held doors for money. Now, I write. Currently working in advertising and public relations, one day I’ll publish a mediocre novel and retire to some beach to survive on cereal and dreams.

Idols include Cormac McCarthy, Pat Conroy, David Foster Wallace and Tim Riggins.

Associations

North Carolina Writers Network, Member (probably expired)

Work

“Remembering Road House“
BroBible.com
May 2013

“RDU Baton Brings the Triangle a Collaborative Photo Relay“
NewRaleigh.com
December 2012

“Lumina Clothing Company Opens Flagship Store in Downtown Raleigh“
NewRaleigh.com
November 2012

“Little Raleigh Radio Gives Downtown Raleigh a Big Voice“
NewRaleigh.com
July 2012

“Local Filmmaker, David Hambridge, Sees The World and Brings it Home“
NewRaleigh.com
July 2012

“The South is Young“
NewRaleigh.com
May 2012

“A Lonely Wave Quits”
Short Story
Glimmer Train Open Fiction / Top 25
January 2012

“Market Theory“
The Independent Weekly
January 18, 2012

ADDY Awards
Silver / Self-Promotional Mailer
Holiday Horror, 2012

RPRS Sir Walter Raleigh Awards
Best in Division / Television Commercial
Capital Bank Mortgage Spot, 2010

The MarCom Awards
Platinum / Public Relations Campaign
The Head of Class Project, 2010

NCPRSA InSpire Awards
Honorable Mention
CDCG BOOM! Article, 2010

Service Industry Advertising Awards
Silver
Capital Bank Mortgage Campaign, 2010

The Communicator Awards
Award of Distinction / Integrated Campaign
Capital Bank Mortgage Campaign, 2010

The MarCom Awards
Honorable Mention
Capital Bank Mortgage Campaign, 2009

“The City”
The Watauga Democrat, Boone, NC
January 29th, 2009

“Brief Iowa Drive,” Nonfiction Finalist,
Press 53 1st Annual Open Awards, 2008

Copywriting Samples

Television Writing and Direction 

Changing Tides

Framing a Future

Corporate Video Writing and Direction 

Lee County Education Foundation’s Head of Class Project

Editorial Writing 

CDCG Boom Magazine Article

Public Relations 

The Head of Class Project launch
Community relations and media relations initiative included naming, logo and tagline development, message development, press releases, media kit, media pitching, on-site event planning, press conference management.

Radio 

clips available upon request