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Both as a ghost and myself. Articles, listicles, blog post…icles?
Books, resumes, and everything in between.
About...
In addition to being a lifelong fan of all things sport (the more obscure the better), from 2009-2015 I worked in the PR side of the industry with an NHL team, the MLS league offices, two NCAA Division I athletic departments, and an organization in the Olympic movement. The majority of the freelance work I do relates to sport and I love having the opportunity to tell its story.
Freelancing has allowed to work while traveling anywhere in the world there is stable Wi-Fi. Always obsessed with maps and faraway places, since 2015 I’ve been lucky enough to work from multiple countries across three different continents. I’ve studied Spanish in Latin America, Thai in Thailand, and am always trying to tap into the real ‘feel’ of the places I go.
I was hopelessly shy until my young twenties. That was when a friend introduced me to some self-development material that showed me that I actually have control over what kind of person I am. A few years later I did an experiment I hoped would bust me out of my shell once and for all that I later got to give a TEDx Talk about. While I believe too much focus on self-development is toxic, the right amount and type can be life changing.
I’ve always been a remarkably average athlete, but not for a lack of enthusiasm. I’ve been known to do random things like run the highest 10k in America even though I hate running, train for and enter Olympic weightlifting competitions I have no business being in, and am always looking for that next random physical challenge I can push myself with.
/ Some Things I've Written
Melody & Whiskey: Axe and the Oak Distillery (Colorado Collective)
Every Premier League Team’s Best Striker of All-Time (The Sportster)
The 6 Stages of Bullying (TrueSport)
Kururin Ferris Wheel (Atlas Obscura)
MLS WORKS: Leaving a Lasting Legacy (Major League Soccer)
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/ About Me
Brief Background
1988: Born.
1989-1994: ???
1995-2002ish: Filled countless notebooks full of stats and stories for sports that didn’t exist. Decided I wanted to work in the PR side of sports.
2011-2015: Interned/worked in the PR side of pro, collegiate, and Olympic sports. Filled documents and spreadsheets full of stats, records, and stories for sports that do exist. Decided I wanted to travel while freelancing full-time instead.
2015-2018: Freelanced full-time while traveling. Ghostwrote about sports, travel, tech, and entertainment. Decided I didn’t want to do ghostwriting anymore.
2018-?: Started teaching English in Japan. Working on personal projects while figuring out what’s next.
~2025: Opening world’s first drive-thru barber shop.
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Slightly Less-Brief Background:
I’m originally from Springboro, Ohio, which is not-at-all well known as the hometown of the guitarist in Blondie.
After five internships, I defied the odds by getting a job with my communication degree. Getting tired of traveling to the same place every day, I went full-time freelance in 2015 so I could work while traveling to one of the three same coffee shops every day instead. I mainly ghostwrite blog posts about sports, entertainment, and technology, but sometimes I write about other things too.
In between, I wrote some ebooks and also did a social experiment to see if I could talk to a ton of strangers in a single month. I could, so I gave a TEDx Talk about the experience. Around this time, I liked to write about self-development, as I was in my early twenties and had everything all figured out. Now that I am older and realize I have nothing figured out, I like to write about my random interests and random things I’ve done.
In addition to fictional sports leagues and writing deadpan, I love pop punk, Streetlight Manifesto, college football, the Columbus Blue Jackets, zooming in on random places in Google Maps and then reading about them in WikiTravel, SunButter, and this song about sandwiches.
My dislikes include all movie trailers.
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(Media) Places I’ve Been
The Compact Guide to Charisma, Confidence, and Being Well-Liked
Brain Pickings (well, her Twitter but I’ll take what I can get)