About Me

While my career has taken a few unexpected turns, I'm thrilled that writing has always been at least a small part of it.

In past lives, I've worked as...

• an advertising copywriter and freelancer
• an admission director at an independent school
• a middle-school English teacher
• an adjunct instructor at local universities
• the associate director of the M.A./M.F.A. Creative Writing program at Wilkes University
• the assistant to the President at Wilkes.

In 2017, I left the 9-5 world to build my writing and coaching business, and I haven't looked back!

Whether I'm putting one word in front of the other, working 1:1 with other writers to begin, revive or finish a writing project, leading online writing groups, or planning for an in-person writing retreat, my work happy place is surrounded by words.

I find the most peace when I am near sand and salt water. I find calm and excitement when I wander the neighborhoods of New York City. I'm the mom of grown sons who are off adulting - one in New York and one in Seattle. I love to run, walk, and Hula Hoop in my living room. I also don't mind cleaning. These and other types of movement often shake ideas free and help me get words down on the page. I'm always ready for a road trip to give or attend a reading. I love live music, talking about poetry and writing, and swapping recommendations for movies and books.