Objectivity. I am not affiliated with any cruise lines, travel agencies, or other travel providers.
Cruise experience. My history as a cruise passenger includes more than 30 cruises to three continents in the past 25 years, enabling me to make observations through the eyes of a cruise traveler.
Travel experience. So far, I have visited 35 U.S. states, 7 Canadian provinces and one Canadian territory, 32 countries, and four continents.
Editorial experience. The skills I use in my career as a writer in the financial services industry -- research, copyediting, HTML editing, and news reporting -- have proven to be transferable to the travel industry.
Longevity. I began publishing cruise reviews and port reviews in 1998.
Digital communication. Through my tenure at Sealetter.com (2000-2005), I was among the early columnists of a Web-only magazine.
Existing online portfolio. I started publishing my own e-magazine, NauticalNotebook.com, in 2010 and was Boston Cruise Examiner for Examiner.com from 2012 through 2016.
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