I don’t love doing an “About Me” page; but all the web gooroos say I’ve gotta have one.

OK , FINE. Here it is. Give it a quick look (or don’t), and then get back to learning about how to use email.

This is my family: Me, Jesse, and the boys, Seamus and Quinn. These people are the reason I get up every morning, sit down at my computer, and go to work writing copy for my clients.

I’m responsible for them, and it’s my work as a copywriter that allows me to meet that responsibility.

What this means for you is that if you hire me, you can count on me. I’m not going to screw up your project. I won’t flake out or ghost you. I’ll deliver, on time; and you’ll always get my finest work.

I’ve enjoyed incredible success as a professional copywriter since starting out four years ago, and I plan to keep it that way.

That said, a little by way of background:

I was born to write copy. I love it, but I didn’t travel the usual road.

While others worked soul-crushing marketing agency jobs or whiled away their young lives in a classroom, I was doing other things. Things like:

Criss-crossing Guatemala as a human rights observer working with indigenous activists.

Working as a horseback tour guide by day and bartender/cook by night on a dude ranch on Kodiak Island, Alaska. (Yes, the home of the world’s most dangerous predator.)

Organizing eco-defenders in the battle to save Ancient Redwood forests (nothing focuses the mind like hanging from a rope 300 above ground while someone chain-saws your tree.)

Fighting forest fires and responding to medical calls in rural Northern California as a volunteer firefighter.

Building a tiny cannabis business into a licensed multi-million dollar manufacturing corporation with distribution channels throughout California.

Consulting with multi-million dollar cannabis start-ups (CA to MA) on cultivation and manufacturing facility design, implementation, and business strategies.

Playing 5-string banjo and singing backup in a honky-tonk band.

So ya, I’m a road-less-traveled guy. That’s just the shortlist, but all these “jobs” taught me that you don’t prosper (or maybe even survive) if you can’t

* Think fast under pressure,
* Spot the critical problem,
* Find creative solutions,
* Communicate those solutions and
* Make them stick.

These same skills come in handy when I’m not writing copy too—like when I’m climbing around on high rocks, or when I’m

Scuba diving,

Snowboarding,

Wakeboarding,

or trying to keep up with Seamus or Quinn in whatever hairbrained business they’ve dreamed up on a given day.