Author of trade paperback memoir/handbook for brides who challenge tradition. Offbeat Bride is filled with anecdotes, encouragement, tips, tricks, and celebrations of lives (and aisles!) less traveled. Edited by Brooke Warner at Seal Press, an imprint of Avalon Publishing Group. Author representation by Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. Publicity by Darcy Cohan from Avalon Publishing Group.

Freelance Writer
Seattle, WA
1996 - Present

Feature writer with a focus on pop culture, media and sometimes women's issues. Article topics include movies, fashion, weblogging, raves, fire performing, radio stations, online orgies, menstruation politics, and oh so much more. Usually with a bit of snark tossed in.

Have contributed to: ReadyMade Magazine (2006), Figure Magazine (2004, 2005), Shift Magazine (2003), Seattle Weekly (2002), Yes! Magazine (2001), Dubious Magazine (2001), Western Daily Press of Bristol, England (1999), and Spunk! Magazine (1997).

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•Hoop Dreams, ReadyMade
•8 Steps to Finding Your Passion, Figure Magazine, 2005
•Dyeing for a Great New Hair Color?, Figure Magazine, 2004
•Girls Night In: Film Night, Figure Magazine, 2004
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•One Click Closer to God, Seattle Weekly, 2002
•Douse It*, Seattle Weekly, 2002

Executive Editor
Lotus Magazine, Los Angeles, CA and Seattle, WA
1997 - 2001

Managed content for 80-page national dance-music culture magazine. Managed a writing staff of 60 and an editorial staff of three, developed publication voice and direction, assigned features, columns, and reviews, and edited all material for publication. Created and maintained Lotus Style Guide and Writer's Guide. Managed launch of lotusmag.com. Between 1997 and 2001, Lotus Magazine doubled in length and tripled its distribution.

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Article/Interview about time at Lotus. (Originally printed by Supadupazone, a rave culture community zine.)

A few exceptionally earnest rave manifestos:
•Glowsticks & Incense (Republished @ Oracular Tree.)
•Subcultural Commidification
•Maintaining The Groove

Write almost daily on popular general interest blog, currently averaging over 5,000 visits a week. Topics range from personal essays to pop cultural observations to product reviews and random diatribes.

Editor
Movies.com (Walt Disney Internet Group), Seattle, WA
2004 — 2006

Wrote and edited entertainment content including a daily fashion column, special features, movie reviews, star profiles, news items, newsletters, and commentary. Utilized an in-house content management system to deploy web content to a website with an average of 34 million page views a month. Although no longer a staff editor, Ariel remains a regular contributor to the site.

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Select Carpet Burn fashion columns:
• Amber Tamblyn
• Harry Potter Kids
• Nick Cannon
• Hilary Duff
• Goldie Hawn

Select 8 Great columns, which get up to 50,000 hits a day:
• 8 Great Child Stars Gone Wild
• 8 Great Grossest Scenes
• 8 Great Teachers from Hell
• 8 Great Hostile Aliens
• 8 Great Hot Rides

Co-Founder & Founding Editor
Hooping.org
2003 — 2006

Conceptualized and co-founded the world's only topical web magazine/blog dedicated to hula hoop dancing and fitness. Hooping.org has been referenced by The New York Times, The Age (Melbourne, Australia), and The Portland Tribune. Ariel has been interviewed about hula hooping by NPR's Marketplace, The Seattle Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.