Ghostwriter | Developmental Editor | Book Strategist

When I started working on "From Hoodies to Suits," all I knew about cryptocurrency was that JPMorgan Chase chairman Jamie Dimon had called it a "pet rock." Five months and more than 400 endnotes later, readers were calling the book I'd collaborated on "entertaining" with a "clever sense of humor" and "an essential read" for Wall Streeters. 

That's right. I made crypto funny. Also, a must-read for the morning train.

This is what I do. I help people who have something to teach and share get their ideas and stories onto the page so that readers want to keep reading. 

I've helped hundreds of people tell their stories.

I'm a seasoned ghostwriter and developmental editor with a unique set of skills that have been honed throughout my decades-long writing career. Take the entrepreneurial insights and humor of one of the "OG" mom bloggers and authors, mix it with the research skills of a medical writer for some of New York City's most prestigious hospitals, add in half a decade of coaching and ghostwriting for keynote and TEDx speakers, and you get me.

WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY:

• I've been called "The Storytelling Queen" and “Machete Jen." I slice and dice until each paragraph practically sings.
• "I've never seen anyone process information as quickly as you do." I suppose I'm like AI, only with empathy and a sense of humor. 
• "I tell you things no one else knows." My Zoom interviews are a cross between a Hollywood writers' room and a therapy session*. 

Sharing your unique message the way you'd say it.

I base all of my work on my certified training in Focusing, a mind-body modality for accessing your inner wisdom. No, we won’t light incense and chant together. It’s just a form of deep listening that creates safety. And when you feel safe, you can share your stories, your feelings, and your hopes and dreams. It’s where the best storytelling starts.

I work with a wide range of clients, including: CEOs, Olympic athletes, educators, fighter pilots, physicians, psychologists, entrepreneurs, finance experts, generational cycle breakers, Ivy League researchers and professors, UN whistleblowers, undercover FBI agents, and even an ex-con who found God, lost God, and then found God again.

I "get" it. I'm an author, too.

Everything I know about writing your speech or book comes from writing my own and much more. I blogged for fifteen years at MommaSaid.net and two years at GoodHousekeeping.com, developing a dogged writing and editing discipline that went above and beyond the usual "10,000 hours." I have published five of my own books through traditional publishing houses and four through self-publishing.

Some of the books I've ghostwritten and/or edited include "The Flipside" by Michelle "Mace" Curran (Grand Central Publishing, September 2025), "From Hoodies to Suits" by Annelise Osborne (Wiley, June 2024), "The Referable Speaker" co-authored by Michael Port, and "How's it Feel Tough Guy?" by Mike Palombi. 

My work has appeared in numerous publications, including: The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Parents, Woman’s Day, McSweeney’s, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. I have appeared on numerous podcasts and quite a few TV new programs, including the CBS Evening News, the Today Show, and Fox & Friends. Once, I even made The Weather Channel's Sam Champion laugh out loud on air--and he wasn't even in the segment. I served as a spokesperson for companies and brands like Microsoft, Hershey, and Pull-Ups.

For six years, I provided my services as a writing coach, ghostwriter, and editor for Heroic Public Speaking, and I was a writing coach for TEDxCambridge, one of the largest and longest running TED events in the world.

For years, I was a medical writer for top New York City hospitals, including NYU Langone Health, Northwell Health, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Weill Cornell Medicine. A cancer, Covid, and heart failure survivor, I am the author of a series of books for new patients: "The Just Diagnosed Guides: What You Need to Know Now (without Googling it)."

A co-founder of Fight for Freelancers, I live at the Jersey Shore. (The place, not the TV show.)

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*I am not a therapist.