about me
Saturdays in our home were library days. My sister and I would walk to the local library and spend the afternoon among the stacks; I remember the light, the smell, the sound, and an overwhelming sense of possibility. In addition to absorbing facts and losing myself in adventures, I also learned good sentence structure, that punctuation can dramatically affect meaning, and how conversation can transcend grammar.
Fast forward to now: I avert my eyes when passing an incorrectly spelled street sign, I avoid establishments with a pointless and confusing apostrophe in signage, and I am profoundly disappointed when I see an error in a printed or on-line publication – sadly common with the advent of AI and dependence on spell-check.
I truly love making sense of a tortuous paragraph and, over the last fourteen years, my skills have improved annual reports, event guides, invitations, contracts, grant documents, email communications, and all manner of correspondence. I have checked links and made sense of policy and procedure manuals. And, throughout my entire adult life, friends, family, and colleagues have asked me to “give this a once over before I send”, “please fix this”, or “tighten this up”.
To stay fresh, I am a member of IDA and EFA and continue to hone my editing skills by taking continuing education and certification courses through Udemy, the College of Media and Publishing, and the AARP.
