About Me

Laurieboris — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:30:17 GMT

When I was three years old, my mother walked into my room and found me scrawling on my sheets with crayon. That was the moment she knew that one day I would become a writer.

Or a vandal, but she chose to go with her better instincts.

Without a single graffiti violation on my record, I earned a degree in advertising and psychology from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School of Public Communications. Then, I began my career as assistant art director at one of the largest ad agencies in Boston. While there, I taught continuing education courses in graphic design and production for both the Art Institute of Boston and Northeastern University, often writing my own course assignments and materials when I found the curriculum materials lacking.

After a stint as a freelance graphic artist for Cahners Publishing, Sundance Publishing and other Boston area publishers and ad agencies, I returned to my roots in New York’s Hudson Valley, and to writing, my first love. I wrote copy for many area companies, and even when employed full time in other capacities, I found a way to work writing into my job descriptions.

Currently I am a freelance writer and editor. I have written many articles for the Web, including several for a medical/wellness website. I especially like writing about politics, pop culture, alternative health care and nutrition. And sometimes, a little bit of humor.

Along with some comic essays and short stories, I also have five novels to my credit, and I’m currently working on my sixth. An excerpt from my fourth novel, Goldberg Variations, appeared in a small literary magazine.

In addition to a love for movies, books and baseball, I can also, on occasion, be found playing with crayons. Except I no longer write on the sheets. Computers are much more convenient. You can wipe the crayon marks right off the screen.

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About Me