I'm a North Carolina writer
Career strategy, event speaking, and content are the core of my work.
My writing business grows in response to market demands. I believe in designing life around one's values. By supporting people with my career development and AI in hiring consultations, I help them live around their values too.
I use my 20 years of writing experience to:
I use my 20 years of writing experience to:
- Help people prepare for human and AI interviews
- Speak at conferences and events about AI in hiring, content marketing and search engine optimization (SEO), and agricultural marketing
- Show business owners how to make the most of their content
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Writing awards and achievements
- 2026 Tremont Writers Conference - Selected as a contributing writer in fiction at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute
- 2018 Looking Glass Rock Writers Conference - Selected as a contributing writer for Craig Johnson's fiction workshop at Brevard College
- 2015 Carolina Woman Writing Contest, honorable mention
- WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction Contests, multiple awards
- James Applewhite Poetry Prize, two-time semifinalist
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My core services
Career strategy support and career transition planning
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For more than 20 years I've helped people navigate planned and unplanned career changes. Whether you're in crisis mode and need a job strategy now, or you're intentionally planning a career exit with a mini or early retirement, let's chat.
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Speaker for panels, workshops, seminars, conferences, and corporate events
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As a speaker and educator, I present on AI in search, ways to navigate AI in hiring, content marketing best practices, natural beekeeping, and permaculture. I’ve presented at corporate events, served as a keynote presenter at writing retreats, led sessions for the NC State Beekeepers Conferences, local clubs, and have been an education provider multiple times for Duke University’s Osher Institute and Wake County Schools Lifelong Learning.
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Content development, strategy, and marketing
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My career spans real estate, publishing, financial services, farming, and entrepreneurship. As a freelancer, I've supported an incredibly diverse set of industries--from life sciences to gun law, dental health to private chefs.
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Beyond my core services
Book author, poet, and freelance journalist
My latest book is a short story collection.
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As a journalist, my magazine writing appears in MarketWatch, NextAvenue, Chapel Hill News, and dozens of other markets. I've also authored the short story collection Rose Window (2025), a guide for journalists Magazine Queries That Worked, a few poetry books, and the first guide to the Bonnaroo Music Festival.
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Beekeeper and blogger
Did you know that North Carolina has more writers and beekeepers than any other state? I happen to be both.
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My writing centers around my interests. Aside from short fiction and poetry, I also produce a blog about beekeeping, permaculture, and nutrient-dense food.
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