I’m a Pennsylvania-based writer and editor 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, full-length articles and whitepapers for top brands, including WebMD, CVS Health, Millie (for Synchrony Bank/Regions Bank), UPMC, GoodRx, Electrolux, Bed Bath & Beyond, Hertz, CORT, Capital Blue, Kroger and Volvo.
I’ve been a working professional writer for close to 30 years, since my first journalism job in college stringing for my hometown newspaper the summer after sophomore year waaaay back in the mid-1990s.
Fun facts: When I was a kid, I wanted to rename the family dog “Walter Cronkite.” It didn’t stick. I also used to record my family’s dinner conversations with my red tape recorder hidden under the dining room table. I guess I should have known a career as a journalist (or a spy) was in my future.
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 freelancing, 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 124-year-old house, walking in the woods, doing (and sometimes teaching) Pilates, baking, growing stuff in my garden, going to see a band, traveling, reading or listening to indie, punk or new-wave music far too loud for someone in their late 40s.
In my happy place: on a Pilates reformer
But enough about me. You’re here because you need a writer or an editor, 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&A’s
• 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 (or help you create a style guide for them!)
• deliver clean, accurate copy on time
• edit your book, marketing materials, website, article or other collection of words that needs some polishing
• 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.