Published Works

What People Want to Know...

I write lots of things professionally. Things like film and video scripts and documentary narration, feature articles, web copy, press materials, marketing collateral, and anything else that needs a good story (and what doesn't?). My freelance articles have appeared in Working Mother, Ladies' Home Journal, Glamour, Mademoiselle, USA Today, The New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Today.com. My writing typically fits into the lifestyle, health and wellness, food and restaurant, and how-to categories but I've done a lot of work in the educational and non-profit space as well. I write my press materials as feature articles which makes my clients very happy and my editors' jobs easier!  I especially love helping family-owned and local businesses elevate their branding.

I wrote a book called Making It in the City, a girl's guide to starting life on your own in a ridiculously expensive city you can’t afford, which was published in 2005 to help young women navigate real life after college with everything they didn't learn there. It did really well and was later turned into a live event which was pretty cool.  I'm extremely passionate about helping women at all stages of their lives navigate challenges with humor and practical resources. 

Since having kids, another big challenge was finding time to get healthy meals on the table after work. I started a blog called www.mykitchenchaos.com which offers up measure-free recipes that look and taste great no matter what kind of chaos is going on behind the scenes. And I'm sure that when I'm old and gray, I'll find myself in another challenging stage of life, so I'll probably write about that, too. 

What Really Matters...

I love Sour Patch Kids. I’d eat Ranch dressing on my shoe. I don’t do leftovers but I keep them in my fridge. My kids think I like my computer more than I like them. I’m a terrible flyer. I'm one of those weird people who likes to move because it keeps me from collecting too much junk. Good grammar matters. Even in texts. I love coffee culture and communal workspaces. Ellipses rule. Writing is rewriting, walking away, eating some Sour Patch Kids, then rewriting again.