Charlotte McGuinn Freeman

Writer, Editor, Content Provider

Freelance

My Culinate piece, My Inner Child: A Christmas to Remember, Making a Croquembouche, was included in Best Food Writing 2010

Online Articles about Food and Food Politics:

Bookslut.com,

Monthly CookBookSlut Column, 2009-present.

Culinate.com

Ethicurean.com

Articles about Other Stuff:

Big Sky Journal:

Corporate Writing:

Client: Gale Cengage Learning

Study guides for the following (behind a firewall, contact me if you want samples):

Poetry For Students

  • Volume 41: “A Display of Mackerel” by Mark Doty
  • Volume 40: “Moon at the Fortified Pass” by Li Po
  • Volume 39: “Ghost of a Chance” by Adrienne Rich
  • Volume 38: “All” by Bei Dao
  • Volume 37: “The World as Will and Representation” by Robert Hass
  • Volume 36: “An Hymn to the Evening” by Phillis Wheatley
  •  ”Birdfoot’s Grampa” by Joseph Bruchac

Novels For Students

  • Volume 40: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
  • Volume 39: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
  • Volume 38: Digging To America by Anne Tyler
  • Volume 36: Going After Cacciato by Tim O’Brien
  • Volume 35: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
  • Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Volume 34: The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

Short Stories For Students

  • Volume 35: “The Homecoming Stranger” by Bei Dao
  • Volume 30: “The Thrill of the Grass” by W. P. Kinsella
  • Volume 29: “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy” by Tim O’Brien

Contemporary Musicians
Biographical entries on the following:

  • Volume 68: Air, Aqualung, Belle & Sebastian, Celtic Woman, Rodney Crowell, Dandy Warhols, Rósin Murphy, New Kids on the Block, OK Go, Sugarcult
  • Volume 67: Rodney Atkins, Zac Brown Band, Carolina Liar, Graham Colton, The Cure, Demi Lovato, Mary Mary, Soulja Boy, Bobby Valentino

Client: The Chaffee Group, for Stewart Title of California‘s Community Forward Initiative

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“A Home of Our Own: A Kids’ Guide to Buying a House”

February, 2006: I wrote a 12,000 word story book for children about the home-buying process for Stewart Title. Client wanted a book that could be given as a gift to customers who might be unfamiliar with the process of buying real estate. The book features child characters of Mexican, Vietnamese, Philipino, Korean, American Indian, African American, Caucasian and Chinese backgrounds who navigate the milestones of buying a house with their families. Many of the children know one another from school or church and their stories intersect as they learn about real estate fundamentals like open houses, the role of realtors, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages, title insurance, making an offer and closing costs.

Client: The Corporation for the Northern Rockies
Contact: Lil Erickson

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Rick Bayless: Sustainability Steward

Interviewed Rick Bayless about his use of sustainable, local provisions for his restaurants and prepared-food business. Since one of the goals of the Corporation of the Northern Rockies is to promote non-commodity food products, we focused on how Bayless has partnered with farmers of a similar size and market-niche in the Chicago area. Wrote a 2500 word profile for the Corporation of the Northern Rockies “Sustainability Steward” series.

Journalism:

“Dirtbag Climbers Head to the Andes,” Outside Online, 1998
“Terrible Twins No More: The Burgess Boys Grow Up,” Outside Online, 1998

Ghostwriting:

The Transcontinental Railroad (Silver-Burdett, 1986)
The D-Day Invasion (Silver-Burdett , 1986)

Book Reviews:

“Under the Banner of Heaven,” Ruminator Review, winter issue, 2004
“Navigating the Neglected Spots,” Ruminator Review, Summer 2003
““Traplines: Coming Home to Sawtooth Valley,”San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 3, 2003
“Children of Pithiviers,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 24, 2001
“Interview with Tobias Wolff,” Inkslinger, Kings English Bookstore, Feb. 1998
Capsule book reviews, Inkslinger, Salt Lake City, 1994-1999
“Rocky Mountain Women,” Summit Magazine, Fall 1990