Words have been my world since I got my first full-time job way back in 1993.

I've held editorial roles in both book and magazine publishing, but it was copywriting—with its pragmatism and cheek—that made me recognize how much fun could be had on the page.

Essay, humor, and memoir writing have also been part of my practice since the beginning, and a recent MFA degree has pushed them to the fore.

Now I'm focused on completing the long literary project I began as a graduate student while keeping an eye out for compelling commercial work, all in pursuit of an exacting use of the one medium I know best: words.