Welcome. I’m a writer, model, marathoner, and mama. When I discovered an obvious need in the world for delicious, lickable (that’s LICKable, not likable [though often lickable text is, in fact, likable]) writing, words, copy, and text of all shapes, forms and iterations, I jumped right in.
I have a Master of Arts in English and was a professor of English for three years before I launched my own commercial freelance writing business in 2007.
Today is my birthday. Woot! I’m 36 and SO happy to be getting older. Beyond the fact that I’m so over 35 at this point, I’m just generally in love with aging. So this week I did something I’ve never done before in the name of vanity. You see I don’t typically engage in a lot of activities that have me working real hard on my looks. I like to throw around facts like this: I’ve never dyed my hair. I’ve never permed my hair. I’ve never tanned at a tanning salon. I’ve… Read More
I have just returned from an epic writing retreat. Maybe it was epic because it was my first one, ever. Or maybe it was epic because of what happened at the end of it. Suspend the next eight minutes with me as I take you on my writing retreat and you might get some tips to create your own writing retreat that will have you on a spiritual high like I was at the end of mine. The punch line is this: I FINISHED MY NOVEL! “Now, wait,” you say, “didn’t you… Read More
I wrote this post as an article for the Leadership column of The Mennonite magazine’s most recent issue. There are powerful leaders and humble leaders, horrible leaders and questionable leaders. Throughout my adult life of working under various leaders—from churches to places of employment, from neighborhood associations to my children’s school board, from nonprofit organizations where I’ve volunteered to my own family—I’ve had varying experiences of leaders and come to understand that everyone is a teacher. They teach me what to do and sometimes what not to do. 1. Do this: Get your hands dirty When… Read More
Claire DeBerg // Writer 