Deciding that it was time to share her wisdom with the rest of the world, I wrote Secrets of a Working Dog: Unleash Your Potential and Create Success (Joseph Rudolph Publishers, 2011) to teach people how to live successful and well-balanced lives by adopting the techniques that come naturally to dogs of all shapes, sizes and pedigrees.

Written from Bella’s opinionated and slightly mischievous point of view, the book is is for anyone who seeks straightforward and simple advice on how to juggle the responsibilities and challenges of modern life and still have fun.

Publishers Weekly called it “delightful and insightful” while adding that “Bella’s pearls of wisdom will entertain while imparting more than a few valuable lessons.” (Read the full review here.)

For more information about Bella the Boxer and my book, visit www.BellaTheBoxer.com.

If you seek help with the planning, writing, editing and/or publishing of your own book, contact me here.

I’ve worked with dozens of consumer product companies on projects ranging from story line development to the creation of sales/marketing collateral and media outreach. Clients have included:

• The country’s largest manufacturer of squeegees
• An online men’s clothing company in Shanghai, China
• The designer of an ultra high-end patio umbrella
• A manufacturer of fiber gummies
• An online retailer of modern furniture and accessories
• The inventor of the STORViNO wine storage crate
• An award-winning microbrewer

More information about how I can help you or your company is available here.

My published travel pieces include:

July 31, 2011 – Bay Area News Group
(San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times)
“Wilderness Soundtrack: Nature’s Orchestra Takes Center Stage on an Idaho River”
Click here to read PDF

January 2009 – IN Magazine
(The inflight magazine of LAN Chile Airlines)
“Camino Salkantay, The ‘Other’ Inca Trail”
Click here to read PDF

October 2008 – Cruising World
(Specialty sailing magazine)
“Good-Bye Bob, and Hello to a World of Sailing”
Click here to link to article

To find out more, please contact me here.

I’ve run marketing and PR campaigns on behalf of clients in industries from oil heat to sailing, insurance, manufacturing, construction and jewelry. Curious and eclectic, with an MBA from a top business school, I am able to synthesize large amounts of information and get up-to-speed on virtually any industry (biophysics aside), in a very short period of time. The result is compelling, persuasive and jargon-free content.

More information about the services I offer is available here.

I love writing about the people, places and pets that make life colorful, fun and interesting (enthusiastic entrepreneurs and mischievous canines are my favorite subjects). My articles have appeared under my own byline, and under the bylines of others, in multiple magazines, blogs and online news sites.