I'm trying to find a diplomatic way to say, "Some writers today feel the need to build their portfolios by writing for low-paying content sites. My problem is sifting through the hundreds of articles I've written to find the ones that best represent my talents."

I hate writing about myself.

What about something like this:

Sorting through the hundreds of magazine articles I've written to find the ones that best represent my talents is a daunting task. In a career including newspaper reporting; writing and editing articles for internal and external corporate audiences; writing for The Nuclear Professional; and freelance magazine writing, I've written about everything from meter readers who dodge alligators and attack geese to licensing nuclear power plants. I've ridden in experimental aircraft and visited 25 U.S. nuclear power plants and one Canadian plant. I have offered a myriad of ways to save energy and uses technology. It's never stopped being fun.

Love that, Ginger!

I've offered myriad ways, please.

Also, "The Nuclear Professional; and freelance magazine work, I've written", etc. I know the piece is about writing, but too many can cause the reader to glaze over, and having writing and written separated by one word isn't enough.

Otherwise, it gets your point across beautifully and articulately. What more could anyone ask of a writer?

Looks good! In the last sentence, shouldn't it be "use energy"?

Bev, myriad actually can be used as noun as well as an adjective. I learned this last year after having corrected students (incorrectly) for years: [link] Read the noun note. I was stunned!

Oh, I know it *can* be. It still *sounds* wrong, and can cause a kneejerk negative reaction in a reader. Just, um ensmoothening it out might avoid that. Once you have the job, you can forge new, innovative ways of writing to enliven your writing and get your point across. Until you have it? Don't startle and/or negatively impress the people doing the reading/hiring. Would be my theory.

Here:

Sorting through the hundreds of magazine articles I've written to find the ones that best represent my talents is a daunting task. In a career including newspaper reporting; writing and editing articles for internal and external corporate audiences; for The Nuclear Professional magazine; and as a freelancer, I've written about everything from meter readers who dodge alligators and attack geese to licensing nuclear power plants. I've ridden in experimental aircraft and visited 25 U.S. nuclear power plants and one Canadian plant. I have offered countless ways to save energy and use technology. It's never stopped being fun.

I'm getting a little punchy, I think. I'm at that phase of a project in which the last 20% takes as long as the first 80%. Also, I'd rather right about stress corrosion cracking than myself.

(Pssst...Ginger! Thanks for the birthday card! [It fits, topic-wise, with this discussion.] I laughed and laughed and laughed. And then Tim made me define a preposition, which launched me into Eddie Izzard's "Le singe est sur la branche" routine.)

That card spoke to me and it said Steph....