I’m a Pennsylvania-based writer focusing on health and other lifestyle content for magazines, websites, nonprofits and brands.
My work has been published in Prevention, Women’s Health, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, USA Today, Yoga Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, Giddy, Hone Health, Civil Eats, Daily Parent, Farmhouse Style, and other publications.
I’ve written reported SEO blog posts and whitepapers for top brands, including WebMD, CVS Health, Millie (for Synchrony Bank), UPMC, GoodRx, Electrolux, Bed Bath & Beyond, Hertz, CORT, Capital Blue, Kroger and Volvo.
I’ve been a working professional writer for more than 25 years, since my first journalism job in college stringing for my hometown newspaper the summer after sophomore year waaaay back in the mid-1990s.
Since then, I’ve worked as a full-time magazine editor, a full-time freelance writer, a part-time freelance writer, a full-time journalism professor and a part-time journalism professor. Now I do both teaching and writing, which offers the best of both worlds: I get to work on projects that matter to me, plus I get to help students find their voices and develop their craft.
When I’m not working, I’m hanging out with my kids, renovating my 123-year-old house, hiking in the woods, doing (and sometimes teaching) Pilates, baking, growing stuff in my garden, going to see a band, traveling (well, dreaming of traveling anyway), reading, and/or listening to indie rock or new wave too loud.
In my happy place: on a Pilates reformer
But enough about me. You’re here because you need a writer, right? Maybe you’re looking for someone who can do this:
• interview great sources and decipher complex research — and explain what’s important and what matters to your readers
• craft longform narrative magazine features and profiles
• develop and create shorter story forms, like profile collections, product roundups, and Q&As
• apply journalistic techniques, SEO and research to create engaging blog posts and other brand content that inspires, informs and connects with your audience
• nail your publication’s or brand’s voice and style
• deliver clean, accurate copy on time
• help you develop a strategy for your content — or figure out why your existing content might not be working as well as you’d like
Whether you’re a big-time brand or publication or a small-business owner, I’d like to help you tell compelling stories with heart and humanity. I’d like to help you craft content that engages, illuminates, and delights your audience. And I’ll do it on time and accurately.