Why, hello there

So this is the page where I talk about myself in a way that isn't optimized for ATS.

I live in Seattle with three cats, two kids, and one husband. We own dozens of jigsaw puzzles, a board game shelf that's become a structural concern, and a higher number of Lego sets than I'd likely guess.

I write personal essays about the ordinary stuff — parenting, marriage, chronic conditions, and the weird space between who you thought you'd be and who you turned out to be. I submit short stories in competitions for fun and profit. (I’ve definitely had the fun but I’m still waiting on the profit.)

The professional bio is on the homepage. The TL;DR version: More than 15 years; clients you’ve heard of; companies you probably haven’t with products you’ve definitely used; subjects that are hard to explain with audiences who need them to be simple. I'm good at my job and I care about doing it well.

I got into this career because I genuinely love good, effective writing. Not in a "I'm passionate about content" way — because truth be told, I’m not. I mean I’ll iterate on a paragraph for 20 minutes because I haven’t quite hit the right message for the reader. That care for words is the same one that makes me an absolute boss at the New York Times games app.