In addition she's written six preparatory awards submitted to the UK -- two of which were funded for $15,000 each.

Linda served as contributing editor for TechTarget.com. Boasting over 2 million registered members, TechTarget.com operates a portfolio of Websites targeted to IT professionals in specific vertical market segments. She contributed tips and case studies covering IT Service Providers, storage solutions, customer relationship management and EBusiness technologies. Her feature article, "Selecting a VPN Solution Think security first,"  got the highest page-view count during its first week on SearchNetworking than any other original piece posted. In addition, she’s contributed career development tips for a number of the TechTarget websites. (See also IT Newsletters on this site.)

Linda also researched and wrote "Storage Management" (circ. 35,000), a bimonthly e-newsletter published by SearchStorage.com that covered the latest industry tips on storage optimization strategies, data security, and storage service providers (SSPs). Some of her titles are Outsourcing Storage: Assessing Your Needs; Automating Tape Library Management, Using Mirrors to Improve Performance, SANs Over IP, Capacity On Demand Lowers Storage Costs, Slow Disk Access: A Fragment Of Your Imagination, and Is Your SLA Business-Critical Or Overkill? (See also IT Newsletter and IT Article on this site.)

As a contract writer for Hoffman Marketing Communications, Linda helped rewrite much of  the product literature for the revamped SonicWall Internet security website. In addition, she helped developed an array of marketing materials for OneSecure, a new managed security company, including Web content, white papers, and marketing collateral. (See also OneSecure Flyer on this site.)

Linda served as the features editor and senior writer for Cooper Marketing Solutions, the publisher of The Computer Journal (circ. 200,000), Enterprise Technologies, IT Solutions and Strategies, and CAD Technologies. These newsletters inform non-technical business owners as well as enterprise-level data center managers on the latest client-server IT technologies that can improve their business competitiveness. Features and news range in content from enterprise-level data center management and security to e-commerce, network administration, telecommunications, and a myriad of other cutting-edge topics.

As the Editorial Director for the McManus Group, a firm that publishes specialized small business newsletters (Flowers and Profits, The Successful Travel Agency, The Successful Travel Agent and Hardware Business Advisor), Linda wrote and edited hundreds of articles providing advice to small retailers and business owners. (See also Business Advice writing samples on this site.)

Linda has a masters degree in industrial psychology and is the author of 11 technical and business books released by top New York publishers including: The ABCs of Microcomputers, The Encyclopedia of Microcomputer Terminology, and Human Resources¾ a Hidden Profit Center, Prentice Hall; The Simon and Schuster Guide to Microcomputer Peripherals; Software Learning Series: dBASE III Plus, Wiley/Chambers; Managing Today and Tomorrow With On-line Information, Dow Jones-Irwin; and Miracle Babies, Rawson Associates. (See also Bibliography on this site.) She has completed numerous post-graduate classes and seminars in writing, video production, and systems analysis; and is a graduate of National Training Lab’s Program for Specialists in Organization Development. In 1990, she received a foreign journalist grant from the Japanese government’s Foreign Ministry to interview over 25 career women and entrepreneurs in Tokyo, Japan. 

Linda project managed and wrote the Dowell Schlumberger 200-page, 5-color Equipment Catalog, Tubular Corporation of America Manufacturing Operations Manual, Ketema Heat Transfer ISO-9000 Quality Supplier Audit Program, Ford Motor Company Tulsa Glass Plant Quality Assurance Manual, Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Company Safety Manual, Snappy Car Rental Customer Service Training Manual, and numerous other works including over 50 training and marketing video scripts. (See also Writing Samples and Training Guide on this site.)

In June, 1996, at the University of Oklahoma’s Fifty-Eighth Writing Short Course, she conducted workshops on Writing a Selling Query Letter for Magazine Articles and Writing a Selling Non-Fiction Book Proposal. She was a contest judge for the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation Annual Conference published and unpublished non-fiction book categories. She has also conducted business/technical writing, magazine article writing, grant writing, telephone techniques, and computer classes for The University of Tulsa [Writing III (junior-level technical/business writing)], Metropolitan Community College (Omaha NE) Tulsa Community College (Tulsa OK), Tulsa Technology Center (BITS), The City of Tulsa, Central and South West Services, Memorex Telex, CITGO, LORI/Nordham, OXY U.S.A., and many others.

Writing III (Business and Technical Writing, junior level), Introduction to Psychology and Statistics I (Industrial Psychology) - The University of Tulsa

Business and Technical Writing/Grant Writing/Newsletter Publishing/Selling and Writing Magazine Articles/ and Telephone Etiquette - Metropolitan Community College (Omaha NE) Tulsa Community College (Special Programs), Tulsa Technology Center (BITS), Tulsa Public Schools (Continuing Adult Education), City of Tulsa, Central and South West Services, CITGO, LORI/Nordham, Ford Motor Company, OXY U.S.A., and others.

Computer Training - Introduction to PC’s, MS-DOS, WordStar, Word for Windows, dBASE III+, and Desktop Publishing/Slide Graphics - Tulsa Technology Center (BITS), Texas Writer’s Association, Memorex Telex, and other companies.