It’s time for a little background about my writing.

I started writing at an early age (my 2nd grade teacher, and every teacher thereafter, complimented my writing.) In high school I wrote and edited for the yearbook.

But I’ve been copywriting professionally, off and on, since I was a student at the University of Michigan. I began by editing my friends’ papers. Then I started working for the Michigan Daily as a copyeditor and volunteered on a couple of smaller publications. My first job after graduating over 10 years ago was as an assistant editor for a department at the university.

I dreamed of going to New York to be a book editor, but I don’t really like big cities. So I took my bachelor’s degree in biology and did a host of other things (unrelated to writing or biology).

But writing was always there. Looking at my bookshelf (with The Chicago Manual of Style, several books on writing, how to start a magazine, how to be a freelance writer, how to be a desktop publisher, etc.) I realized I had to keep writing.

So I started my own company in 2002 as sort of a hobby. I did some big projects, but never really pursued new business.

Obviously, having a baby changed my mindset. The hobby had to turn serious. And so it has. And here it is.

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