For most of my life, with a few yawning gaps here and there—I have been a dedicated writer. For many years, I offered writing services as a value-added side service to my corporate and non-profit graphic design clients, frequently polishing rough copy or generating copy from scratch for my busy clients who often had too many competing demands to write their own content.

Over the years, I’ve written promotional brochures and direct-mail letters, and ghost-written letters from directors in newsletters. I’ve written advertisements and edited employee communication materials—but always, I offered writing as a side service, to keep some writing juice for my deepest work. Because all the while, I was busy writing my own work: a novel, a novel-in-progress, reams of poetry, short stories and essays.

I study writing on my own and through in-person and online classes and workshops. Favorite teachers include Pauletta Hansel (long time member of her excellent Draft 2 Craft series) as well as climate-oriented poetry offerings via Orion Magazine, as well as intensives and ongoing informal (yet invaluable!) sessions with fellow poets.

I learned to go deep in my writing in my long-time class participation at Women Writing for (a) Change (I HIGHLY recommend them for those in the Cincinnati area, and they do offer co-ed classes, guys), as well as many, many advanced-level workshops, classes, conferences, writing groups and retreats. In 2017 I was trained in the Amherst Artists & Writers method of faciliation.

For four years, I ran an ongoing weekly workshop at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center, helping writers to find their way to the page. Now I combine my background in meditation to create ongoing workshops at Studio Kroner in downtown Cincinnati, related to climate and envisioning new futures.

In addition, I coach writers one-on-one, offering exercises, feedback and editing services, in person or remotely. I tailor all prompts and exercises to YOUR goals. Let me help you unlock the writer who lives inside you and overcome the internal editor. Whether you want to be a better business communicator, poet, blogger, memoir-writer or just want to write to feel better and grow—I can help. If your needs are specialized and I am not the right fit, I have lots of connections to help you find the resources you need.

Let me know if you want to talk!