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After graduating from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in English, I worked on Capitol Hill drafting legislation, speeches, and a ton of constituent correspondence for South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn. I went back to school for graphic design at the Corcoran School of Art and built websites for the Congressman and then several DC area trade associations.
In 2006 I started and successfully ran Batchbook CRM, an online software development company providing tens of thousands of small businesses with online tools for managing their sales and marketing operations. I also co-founded the Cloud Software Association, an international trade association of cloud software manufacturers.
As a tech CEO, I spoke at a number of events including the Women's Entrepreneurship Conference WomanCon, SXSWi and Small Biz Technology's Small Business Summit. I was interviewed in a number of major media outlets, including an interview with Bertha Coombs on CNBC, interviews in The New York Times and Entrepreneur and an in depth interview as an Entrepreneur on Fire for John Lee Dumas’ podcast. I received a few industry awards including the Small Business Influencer Champion award given by Small Business Trends and Providence Business News' Women to Watch and 40 Under Forty awards.
Ready for an early retirement, I passed my business on to another tech company and decided to try my hand at creative writing. I wrote a number of short stories, including a fictional work based on accompanying a friend through an angry line of protestors to receive an abortion. The work was published in the TulipTree Review Spring/Summer 2020 issue #8 Wild Women.
By late 2019 I had gotten 35,000 words into a speculative fiction thriller when my husband shockingly died by suicide. That book died the day my husband did. Those plot driven, scared but joyful characters frozen in time, their story never to be told.
My job was now my children and preventing the repressed grief emotions I knew had derailed their father from derailing them.
I engaged many mental health professionals to support me and my children through this devastating experience. I joined many support groups including the Coping After Suicide group to share with other suicide survivors the pain of recovery. I joined several online support groups including the SWids section of the Club Wids organization. We are forced to use “SWids” rather than “Suicide Wids” because the word “suicide” is a banned word in the community management software tool that we use to get together regularly to discuss our frustration with the stigma associated with suicide. I am also a member of the Coping with Grief, Parents of Kids in Residential Treatment and Option B Support groups.
My writing tends to weave together my diverse experiences and observations, always with a message of gratitude and empowerment. Get a taste of the yumminess here.
In 2006 I started and successfully ran Batchbook CRM, an online software development company providing tens of thousands of small businesses with online tools for managing their sales and marketing operations. I also co-founded the Cloud Software Association, an international trade association of cloud software manufacturers.
As a tech CEO, I spoke at a number of events including the Women's Entrepreneurship Conference WomanCon, SXSWi and Small Biz Technology's Small Business Summit. I was interviewed in a number of major media outlets, including an interview with Bertha Coombs on CNBC, interviews in The New York Times and Entrepreneur and an in depth interview as an Entrepreneur on Fire for John Lee Dumas’ podcast. I received a few industry awards including the Small Business Influencer Champion award given by Small Business Trends and Providence Business News' Women to Watch and 40 Under Forty awards.
Ready for an early retirement, I passed my business on to another tech company and decided to try my hand at creative writing. I wrote a number of short stories, including a fictional work based on accompanying a friend through an angry line of protestors to receive an abortion. The work was published in the TulipTree Review Spring/Summer 2020 issue #8 Wild Women.
By late 2019 I had gotten 35,000 words into a speculative fiction thriller when my husband shockingly died by suicide. That book died the day my husband did. Those plot driven, scared but joyful characters frozen in time, their story never to be told.
My job was now my children and preventing the repressed grief emotions I knew had derailed their father from derailing them.
I engaged many mental health professionals to support me and my children through this devastating experience. I joined many support groups including the Coping After Suicide group to share with other suicide survivors the pain of recovery. I joined several online support groups including the SWids section of the Club Wids organization. We are forced to use “SWids” rather than “Suicide Wids” because the word “suicide” is a banned word in the community management software tool that we use to get together regularly to discuss our frustration with the stigma associated with suicide. I am also a member of the Coping with Grief, Parents of Kids in Residential Treatment and Option B Support groups.
My writing tends to weave together my diverse experiences and observations, always with a message of gratitude and empowerment. Get a taste of the yumminess here.
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