My vision

I approach nonfiction writing with a focus on inclusivity and an emphasis on systems thinking. I’ve worked with many talented writers, executives, and technologists to find their voice, understand what they want to say, and say it good—and I will challenge perspectives when I see blind spots (I have been called “constructively unapologetic”). As an editor and writing coach, I’ve worked with individuals, teams, and companies to tighten their messaging and become better communicators.

Especially in my coaching but also as an orientation, I don't just focus on deepening and polishing the writing itself, but on the writer's process, problem-solving, creativity, confidence, and other abilities. I help writers with their emotional blockers, and emphasize the spiritual potential in the practice of embodied writing. I work to give writers as many tools as possible not just to hone their voice, style, and argument, but to live a creative life. If you have a specific publishing goal in mind, I'll get you to the product, but I am a process-driven person.

Who I work with

My favorite writers to work with are the ones who struggle to see themselves as writers, which has ranged from the rich and famous to the struggling artist emerging from a lifetime of corporate bullshit. I almost exclusively work with nonfiction writers, though there is quite a range of work within that genre—practical guides, histories, narrative writing, personal essays, interview collections, etc. (“I don’t know yet” being another common answer). My freelance clients range from major tech companies to startups to individuals who have unfinished books, guides, essays, or courses that need editorial support. I’ve also worked as an advisor for companies running writing workshops and putting up media arms for the first time.

My background

I’m a contributing editor at Every, a digital subscription publication focused on entrepreneurship, productivity, internet culture, technology, leadership, and more. I am also editor-at-large for Holloway, a digital publishing company. I have over a decade of experience as an editor and have been coaching for five years. I spent two years as a college instructor in poetry and composition & rhetoric at the University of Montana, where I also received an MFA in creative writing. Early in my career I worked for Esquire, the early digital multimedia magazine Atavist, and the international journal of translation Asymptote. I’ve published essays and poetry in The Cut, ELLE, The Bennington Review, Sequestrum, the Chicago Review of Books' Arcturus, Storyscape, and elsewhere. Sporadically, I write The Long Conversation—a newsletter on writing and editing with over 5,500 subscribers. We started as a podcast and you can listen to old episodes here, or start reading with this post on finding your writing voice.