I've been a freelancer since 1998. I help strategize and write marketing campaigns for companies of all kinds, from major corporations to start-ups. I trained as a journalist and I've done a lot of technology stories, but I write about all kinds of stuff. My work appears in national magazines and on the Web. I'm up for anything, which keeps my job (and my life) interesting.

I grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. Then I left. I went to journalism school because it sounded like a fun thing to do. My first job was with a small city magazine called Frisko. My duties included delivering magazines around a city that I didn't know at all, getting coffee, searching the Bay Area for a fast-food uniform that would fit economist Milton Friedman (to his credit, he refused to wear it), attending fancy parties with Herb Caen, and taking phone messages from Willie Brown. Occasionally, I got to write a story or review a restaurant. I corrected a lot of grammar and did a lot of library research.

Then I went to Parenting magazine, where I was a fact-checking intern. I got a raise from no pay to $25 a week. I worked in a hallway, sort of like the guy from Office Space, except I didn't have a red Swingline stapler. I learned how to report stories, find information, and ask questions. It wasn't all that exciting, except when it was. I caught a plagiarist once! Good times…

I worked for several years as an editor at PC Computing Magazine, where I went from barely knowing what email was to being immersed in all things technological. It was fun. I reviewed digital cameras and other cool products, followed trends, and watched the industry boom. Now, when our computer breaks at home, I can fix it. And I can tell other people how to fix theirs.

I ride bikes. I love good wine. I hate mushrooms. I tolerate Thomas the Tank Engine, but not Barney. And let's not even talk about My Little Pony.

I live in San Francisco with my husband, my two children, and my Jack Russell terrier.