Writing for stories worth keeping
A small writing and editing studio for people, organizations, and families who want their words handled with care and precision.
Say helloMarginalia
/ mar-jə-ˈnā-lē-ə / · noun, plural
The notes, doodles, and small illuminations a reader leaves in the margins; the meaning found alongside the main text.
This isn't a marketing agency. You won't find any social media management, advertising, or logo design. Marginalia Editorial is for the stories that need to be told with care: the 50th-anniversary stories, the family histories, the museum newsletters, the founder profiles, and the local spotlight piece on your favorite small business. The pieces that build a legacy.
For more than 10 years, I have worked in communications and outreach across government, journalism, and community organizations. I have devoted my time and attention to telling the stories of people, places, and events that mattered to me.
Along the way, I've written and edited features, columns, newsletters, and more, while helping mission-driven people and organizations say what they need to say. As a reporter, I covered breaking news, education, politics, and features that explored what community was really built upon.
Moving between those audiences taught me to listen for the important moments scribbled in the margins and to pull those hidden glimmers together into memorable pieces that highlight the beauty in the everyday.
I started Marginalia Editorial to spend more time on that kind of work. There's a story worth keeping in almost every margin, and I would be honored to help you tell yours.
The people and organizations I most like to work with:
A few of the ways we might work together. Most projects fall somewhere in between, shaped around what you need.
A polished story for a website, newsletter, anniversary, local publication, or commemorative piece.
A recorded interview turned into a written story, transcript, booklet, or keepsake to pass down.
Editorial planning, submission editing, headlines, proofreading, and final polish.
A full clarity, consistency, grammar, and tone review before publication.
Interviewing, writing, editing, captions, and publication coordination for a commemorative or local history project.
If you have something important that needs to be written well, I'd be glad to help.
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