I’ve written for many years and for many reasons, and one of my greatest joys is to help others take pen to page. It is an intimate, often intimidating process to lay truths bare where they can be revisited days, months, or years later. But it is such a beautiful and brutal process, too. I hope that anyone who visits my page will find a journal that suits them well and begin this rewarding hobby.

WRITING AND EDITING CREDENTIALS

• Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction publications, including
  
• ​award nominations and scholarship wins.  See Publications page for samples.
• Textbook, workbook, and nonfiction editing for published works.
• Fiction editing that has led to publication and praise.
• Assistant editor for Mothers Always Write and ​​Identity Theory.

TEACHING CREDENTIALS    

• B.A. English, Dickinson College, Writing Concentration
• Secondary Courses Taught: American Literature, Creative Writing, Advanced Placement Language and Composition
• Workshop Leader, Young Adult Fiction Writing Workshop
• Workshop Leader, Adult Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Workshops

I write, and I teach.  These two essential elements provide me both personal and professional success.

My Writing Philosophy

    I believe that writing is an inherently organic process, and mentoring a writer doesn't create talent but rather helps to hone preexisting skills.  I aim to work with individuals searching for their creative spark and hoping to enrich their own lives and the world around them through beautiful, precise communication.  Feel free to contact me should you have any specific questions, and whatever you do, keep writing!
    

   The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in
their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread
of revelation.

Eudora Welty