Hi, I'm Margalo.
I've been a writer, ghostwriter, editor, and educator for more than 25 years for a wide variety of platforms and subject areas. I've also worked in journalism, publishing, conservation, hospitality, academia, public health, and long-term care.
My personal and professional journeys have led to experience working with suicide prevention, memory loss and dementia, chronic diseases, social justice and human rights (including, but not limited to bodily autonomy, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, housing status), mental health, hospice, human rights, sustainability, crisis intervention, reflexology, reiki, and grief counseling. I hold master's degrees in English Literature and in Public Health, both of which have helped shape my approaches to writing, editing, and coaching.
I enjoy being able to streamline, tighten, and polish people's manuscripts, but I also want to help them become stronger, more confident, writers, and give them tools that they can take with them into their next project, and the next.
A small number of people seem to be able to decide to write a book, sit down, and pound one out. Others, and most people are in this group, have stories they're passionate about sharing, but they have no idea where to start. It's stimulating and gratifying to me to help them.
They have overcome daunting personal or professional struggles, gained profound wisdom, and could inspire and transform lives if they could only craft their experiences into compelling stories, then get them onto the page and into the hands, minds, and hearts of the readers who need them.
Whether helping someone start or strengthen their writing,
I love my work.
When I'm not coaching, writing, editing, speaking, or blogging, I'm usually reading, crocheting, doing t'ai chi, baking, hiking, or fulfilling my full-time duties as cat valet extraordinaire to the magnificent Tyler.
Tyler
