About

No one — including me — likes being edited. But a good editor pretty much always makes something better. That, I like.

What really interests me is the editing process — what we choose to edit and how we do it. Not just our writing, but our lives, our relationships, our stuff, even our recipes — to make them better. That’s editing by design.

Why this blog? The older I get, the more I crave simplicity — honest relationships, uncluttered interiors, unpretentious (but delicious!) food, effortless style. Over the past 40-something years, I’ve had some successes and made even more mistakes. Here I’ll share them both.

About me. After a long career in corporate communications, I started my own business writing and editing content for a diverse group of clients. I live in Arizona with my husband and teenage son. When I’m not writing or editing, you can likely find me outside trying to work off my pizza addiction.

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