My professional life has taken me from the classroom to the newsroom to a public relations office. Semi-retired now, I continue to work as a freelance writer and editor and a university adjunct instructor.

The career constant—the thread running through it all—is my love for writing.

I fondly recall the first time I imagined myself a writer. In elementary school at the time, I overheard my Aunt Margie praising a story I’d written about growing up in a large family. (I have ten brothers and a sister.) But being a writer wasn’t something little girls living in the Midwest in the 1950s set out to be, so I became a teacher. Eventually, I grew into a writer.

I have worked as a writing teacher, beat reporter, features editor, newspaper columnist, PR professional, essayist, blogger, and freelance writer. I’ve written for university magazines on subjects ranging from the inauguration of a new president to how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live. Quite a leap from the story I wrote about my family.

When not writing—or thinking about writing—I enjoy traveling, bicycling, and being with my husband, Steve.