Member
Lanora Schoeny Mueller
438 White Cap LaneNewport Coast CA 92657 United States
630-362-0343
phototext@lanoramueller.com
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Biography
Lanora Mueller is a travel writer, photographer and blogger with a background in marketing communications, electronic publishing, publication design and digital prepress. She has lived and traveled in France and Britain and now travels often to southern California and other scenic locations in North America and around the world.
Specialties
* Expert writer-editor: feature writing, ghost writing, copy consultation
* Travel & outdoor photography
* New media
* Search engine optimization
Family travel, history & heritage travel, architecture, spas, museums, art & artists, parks, Disney, food, wine, Peru, animals, zoos, restaurants, wineries, galleries, exhibitions, gardens, walking, trains, conservation, spirituality, healing, health, rituals, wildlife, sculpture, artists, farms, plants, horses, dogs, pets.
Destinations include California (Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Glendale, Disneyland, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Cambria), Las Vegas, Peru (Cuzco, Aquas Calientes, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu), Arkansas, Vermont, Gloucester MA, London, Paris, Minneapolis, New Mexico, Hilton Head Island, Atlanta, Kalamazoo, Fargo, Southern Illinois, Chicago, and the forest preserves surrounding her Illinois home.
Past positions
* college English instructor
* French university lecturer
* teacher of English as a second language
* technical writer/editor
* high-tech marketing communications manager
* typographer
* publications designer
* newsletter editor
* advertising copywriter
Recognized with more than a dozen awards from the Society for Technical Communication for publications including newsletters, brochures, advertisements, and an annual report. Honored with Distinguished Chapter Service Award (1996) by Chicago STC.
Credits
* WritingTravel.com
* Travelworld International Magazine
* MSNBC.com
* Suite101.com
* Travelroads.com
* PhotographersDirect.com (online & print publications)
Affiliations
* North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA)
* International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA)
* The International Travel Writers Alliance (ITWA)
* Professional Photographers of America (PPA)
* North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA)
* Photographic Society of America (PSA)
* Women In Photography International (WIPI)
* Board Member, Society for Psychology in the Performing Arts (SAPA)
* Senior Member (retired), Society for Technical Communication (STC)