I'm a freelance writer and editor, and the parent of two young adults, both graduates of Chicago Public Schools. I've worked as a copy editor for publications such as The Wall Street Journal and InStyle magazine. I've written for The Wall Street Journal, Time Out Chicago, Notre Dame Magazine, and the local Chicago blog Gapers Block. After being laid off twice, I returned to school in 2012 for an MFA in creative writing. Since then, my fiction has appeared in New Horizons, a journal from The B...