To learn about my education and other influences, see my About page.
Boating
"Return to the Texas 200." Small Boats Nation August 2024.
"Padre Island: Soloing Along a Texan Barrier Island." Small Boats Magazine June 2022.
"Port Aransas Skiff: A Shallow-Draft Outboard." Small Boats Magazine January 2022.
"The Texas Coastal Bend: An Escape to Barrier Islands." Small Boats Magazine January 2021.
"Sunday Pass: A Texas Winter Getaway." Small Boats Magazine February 2020. The Best of Small Boats Magazine, 2021 ed.: 62 – 69.
"The Texas 200: A Trial by Water." Small Boats Monthly September 2017.
"Flint: A Versatile Ross Lillistone Skiff." Small Boats Monthly October 2016. Dinghy Cruising: The Quarterly Journal of the Dinghy Cruising Association, no. 256 (2022): 100–103.
"Making Stencils." Duckworks Magazine 2016.
Writing & Editing
"The Em Dash: How to Use It Correctly." Texas Bar Practice Blog. October 21, 2025.
"Who vs. Whom: How to Always Make the Right Choice." Texas Bar Practice Blog. December 17, 2024.
"How to Use Semicolons Like a Pro." Texas Bar Practice Blog. September 24, 2024.
"Improve Your Writing with These Safe Bets." Texas Bar Practice Blog. June 10, 2024.
Cowritten with Nicholas J. Goddard. "How to Avoid Legalese and Other Highfalutin Wordiness." Texas Bar Practice Blog. March 18, 2024.
"Just Deserts or Just Desserts?" Texas Bar Practice Blog. November 6, 2023.
"Being an Editor: Working Hard at Going Unnoticed" Association for Continuing Legal Education Blog. November 6, 2023.
"Me, Myself, or I: How to Make the Right Choice." Texas Bar Practice Blog. August 7, 2023.
"How Do You Hyphenate Compound Adjectives?" Texas Bar Practice Blog. September 7, 2021.
"Should I Put Commas Around a Title?" Texas Bar Practice Blog. July 26, 2020.
"What Is Parenthetical Content?" Texas Bar Practice Blog. June 16, 2020.
Rev. of Flowers of the Dinh Ba Forest, by Robert David Clark. Southeast Review 23.2 (2005): 166 – 68.
"Cool Chili and the Divide." Eureka Literary Magazine 16.1/2 (2008): 38 – 52.
"Other People's Trash." Writers' Journal 15.2 (1994): 26+.
"Erase 'r." yelLow muStard April 2003: 21.
"Mary Estelle." Human Factor Spring 2002: 2.