About Me
I spent several years acting and then realized: I’m happier behind the camera. Now I write, produce and direct. But all those years as a performer made me a better listener—an attentive interviewer who creates multi-dimensional portraits of people, places and things.
After a childhood spent in the South and happy years on both coasts, I’ve made the Ozarks my home base. You’ll often find me enjoying the finer things in life, including hot yoga, hot sauce, film noir, pinot noir and good conversation.
Writing Samples
Business
- “Growing Pains” from Biz 417
- “Doug Pitt and What We Can Do When We Care to Learn” from Biz 417
- “Jack Stack’s $100 Million Plan” from Biz 417
- “2022 Person of the Year: Dr. Hal Higdon” from Biz 417
Home and Style
- “We Tried the Vichy Shower at Grove Spa” from 417 Magazine
- “How to Create a Seasonal Book Display” from 417 Home
- “At the Table with Clive Gray” from 417 Home
- “Raylene Appleby’s Personal Style” from Biz 417
- “Classic Home with a 21st-Century Twist” from 417 Home
- “Transition Your Home from Summer to Fall” from 417 Home
Higher Education
- “Love and Magic” from Arts & Letters Magazine
- “Past, Present and Power” from Mind’s Eye
- “Transformation” from Mind’s Eye
- “Warriors” from Mind’s Eye
- “Between the Lines” from Mind’s Eye
Wellness
- “Outdoor Yoga in the Ozarks” from 417 Magazine
- “Kid-Friendly New Year’s Resolutions” from 417 Magazine
Multimedia Work
In addition to writing and editing content, I produce, direct and sometimes edit videos. I’ve worked on nonfiction and creative projects and in narrative and non-narrative forms. These are a few samples.
“Break”
“Break” was the first RLAmberg project. I produced and co-directed it from an original script by Richard. We loved making this short and are happy that it gained recognition on the awards and film festival circuit.
Promotional Videos
I had the pleasure of working on several videos as part of a high-level branding campaign for Missouri State University’s Judith Enyeart Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. Examples of this work include “The Moment Before,” which I wrote, produced and co-directed, and “Ensemble,” which I wrote and produced. For more on the making of these videos, please check out my blogs about “The Moment Before” concept and the “Ensemble” process.
“The Journey Continues: African Americans in the Ozarks”
I’m so proud that I was a collaborator on this multimedia oral history project. I produced the video content, and I wrote and programmed the website. I also wrote a grant application to support media needs that was awarded funding by the Missouri Humanities Council.
Microvideo
Sometimes you have to create something with little-to-no budget, and I’ve worked on a few of those projects, too. These are examples from a microvideo campaign I created for Missouri State University’s Judith Enyeart Reynolds College of Arts and Humanities: one student story and one event story about Commencement, which we turned around during the ceremony and released as Commencement ended.
