Welcome to My web presence

I’m not sure why I write. A lot of times I hate it, but writing does seem to help me figure out what I think. It also helps me connect with people, which is, ultimately, my goal.

Whether I’m crafting UX copy that blends seamlessly with an interface, helping small businesses and entrepreneurs bring their brand message to life, or giving advice to modern heroines from the perspective of a Jane Austen narrator, I want my writing to provide clarity to the world.

Here, you’ll find a collection of my work from around the internet. Thanks for reading.

Writing

Books

Print

  • “Reading the Internet Like a Book” (Oh Reader, Issue 3)

  • “What Happens to Us When We Read?” (Oh Reader, Issue 9)

Essays

  • “At Four-and-Thirty, Am I Now Past My Bloom?” (Modern Austen)

  • “A Proposal No Woman Could Refuse…or Could She? Rejected Proposals in Jane Austen’s ‘Pride & Prejudice’ and ‘Emma’ (Modern Austen)

  • “No One Mistakes My Tattoo for a Hat” (Vocal)

  • “Iceland” (Quarantine Reviews)

Blog posts

Travel

  • “Meet the Real London: Locals Debunk 10 Myths About London” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “Where To See a Flamenco Show in Barcelona (And Why You Should!)” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “Exploring Gaudí’s Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Inside and Out” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “How To Visit Park Güell in Barcelona” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “What To See, Do, and Skip While Walking on La Rambla in Barcelona” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “How To Visit the National Museum of Art of Catalonia” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “Everything To See at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “How To Visit the Picasso Museum in Barcelona” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “What To See and Do in Ciutadella Park, Barcelona’s Largest Urban Space” (ExperienceFirst)

  • “Visiting all 50 U.S. states: What counts as really going there?” (CNN Travel)

  • “Risking his life for the perfect wave” (CNN Travel)

  • “Greece tops Lonely Planet’s 2014 Best in Europe list” (CNN Travel)

Reviews

Research & Academia

  • “What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Paper” (Fall 2021)

  • “Connecting the Many with the Few: How Public Libraries Can Be More Inclusive Spaces for People Experiencing Homelessness” (Fall 2021)

  • “‘You just signed your name’: The hidden effort of sending greeting cards” (Spring 2022)

  • “The Shape of Friendship: Building a Model that Represents that ‘Gummy Jungle’” (Spring 2022)

  • “Is all the world a store or a shopping cart? How we define ourselves through grocery shopping” (Spring 2022)

  • Preservation Assessment: Thomas Edison Center in Edison, NJ (Spring 2023)

Audio

Gift guides

Marketing

  • “Supercharge accessibility with the all-new Stark Suite” (Stark)

  • “Introducing an all-new Stark for Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, and Chrome” (Stark)

  • “How we updated our Vision Simulator with the help of our community” (Stark)

  • “Mailchimp’s new website builder: Where we’re heading next” (Mailchimp)

  • “What’s a domain name? How to choose the right one for your business” (Mailchimp)

  • “Social media marketing strategies you can start using today” (Mailchimp)

  • “The complete guide to social media image sizes” (Mailchimp)

  • “How one music producer balances his business (and life) with the Mailchimp Mobile app” (Mailchimp)

  • “3 ways postcards can help your brand stand out” (Mailchimp)

Microcopy

Social post
We created this GIF to announce that users could create Facebook and Instagram ads with the mobile app.

I worked with a designer to develop the fake brand Shrub Grub and wrote copy for everything in the social post.

Feature page
When Mailchimp introduced postcards to their suite of features, we wanted our messaging to reflect that we’ve modernized an old-school marketing tactic.

This copy I wrote for the postcards feature page delighted many Mailchimp customers and received some Twitter love.

404 error message
Used this illustration from one of Mailchimp’s designers to inspire my copy for a new 404 page. It’s received love on Twitter and has been included in several best-of roundups.