I always hated writing headlines. You spend all day gathering interviews, transcribing, fact-checking, writing, revising, and seconds before the deadline, you realize you don’t have a headline. In staff meetings, your boss tells you we need stronger headlines above the centerfold, so we can sell more single copies. You nod and think to yourself, “Headlines don’t sell papes.”

After two years of wandering aimlessly, undeclared in college, I found the English & Writing department. It was like coming home. I quickly began working in the writing center and took every creative writing course I could. I fell in love with poetry and the personal essay.

And then I graduated and realized I needed to make money. I started working at the newspaper, doing the jobs of at least four people, making less money than fast food restaurant employees, and  struggling to write headlines that sell more papers and make our rich executives richer. 

Though I barely made it out of that dungy newsroom alive, I am taking with me a deep  passion for writing about local businesses, artists, long-standing traditions, and those meaningful stories you have to dig for in a seemingly common setting.

As a freelance writer, I help artists and nonprofits share their stories with their target audience. Whether website copy, blog posts, social media, newsletters or personalized books on their coffee tables, I provide them with the words they need to remember and share who they are.