ABOUT
I am a writer, and it has taken me far too long to declare myself as such.
Even ten years of drinking cheap coffee in an outdated newsroom still left me feeling like I was playing house. Mom and Dad would cut out my byline and paste it into scrapbooks, and that was lovely, but how pretentious to actually use the word writer, right?
I’m using it now because writing has become the most meaningful, infinite way toward fulfillment for me. I feel like a helper if I write. I enjoy talking to people, and then writing about them. I enjoy (over)thinking, then manifesting those thoughts into something that might help you or myself. Everything on this earth has a story that has already been shared in some way, but not by me. So I’m going to keep pretentiously telling myself that I’d like to write.
I believe in myself, and I believe in whatever is to come.
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” — Joseph Campbell
EXPERIENCE
Further work, wisdom, understanding, it’s all TK.
Resume covers editorial, copywriting, creative strategy, community engagement, journalism, print and online media and freelance.
Resume fails to denote that I’m extroverted and curious, which makes me a solid interviewer. I talk too much, but I’m a really good listener, too, and I’m always thinking far too ahead into the future, which means I have a feisty imagination for writing. Also, I feel everything.
“I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I live. This is what everyone’s work should be … It is a confession, a baring of your soul, your faults, those things you simply cannot or will not understand or accept. You stumble forward, confused, and you share. If you’re lucky, you learn something.” — Arthur Miller
PERSONAL
There’s so much to do, so many beaches and dinner parties to host. I hope to write about it all.
I have a beautiful, effervescent partner in life who encourages me to say more and look harder. I’m trying, it’s so hard sometimes. I’m very dramatic. We have a goofy dog who isn’t following his training properly and two incredible, marvelous, beautiful boys who bewilder me constantly. I’m so inspired by them, so drawn to their beauty and jolly, and I love to cook them meals they refuse to eat. Cook anyway.
I’m intrigued by vegan recipes, I encourage cake every time, I’m quite stressed about all the books I want to read, and I’m most contented when we’re traveling as a family. And when I’m writing.
“We must be willing to give up the life we’ve planned so we can live the life that’s waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell