Tricia Vita

Too busy to tweet or blog about your business or organization? You can hire me to provide original content and photographs that will capture the public's imagination. Services include:
---Writing magazine-quality features for websites, blogs, and newsletters
---Developing a Social Media strategy for businesses that includes creating and maintaining a Facebook page, Twitter and Flickr accounts, and a Wordpress or Tumblr blog
---Marketing your business or event via e-news and press releases

Hire me as your Social Media Manager to start generating buzz and qualified traffic to your sites. References available upon request. Email hello[AT]triciavita[dot]com to start the conversation.

My specialties include travel, the arts, and quirky subjects that evoke the razzle-dazzle of the midway. To read an archived feature on Coney Island's sideshow, Nathan's hot-dog eating contest, the Great Houdini and more, click on the article's title or the Publications link above. You'll also find links to archived features on historic preservation, heritage tourism, and museums and attractions. "Short Takes" focuses on unusual travel destinations.

I’ve worked as a literary scout in New York for the Japanese publisher Shueisha and translated One Thousand and One-Second Stories (Issen ichibyo monogatari) by the Japanese Dadaist Inagaki Taruho. The Ten-Woman Bicycle, a children's book, was excerpted in Ms. and published by presses in England, Holland and Sweden. My work has been translated into seven languages.

In 2009, I launched the blog Amusing the Zillion as a personal project. It has since become a leading source for news about Coney Island, garnering frequent mention of “as first reported by” and links to all of the New York dailies and many blogs.