Patricia Carlson Freelance
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About (Biography)
Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say~Sharon O'Brien

I'd like to think I've always been a writer. I remember being a little girl, crouched on the floor of my bedroom, endlessly scribbling into those black and white thread-bound notebooks. You know, the ones from which you could never cleanly rip out a page? I filled oodles of them. Most likely with wannabe 'The Baby-sitter's Club' and 'Sweet Valley High' stories. Who my age doesn't remember Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anny and Stacey, and Jessica and Elizabeth?

In my teens, a prep-school teacher at Northfield Mount Hermon used to make me sit for an hour and put pen to paper. He called it free-writing and I loved it. And he became the first person (besides my parents) to tell me I was good.

It wasn't until college that I believed him. I left the confines of campus to study abroad for a year in Australia and France. To stay in touch with family and friends, I wrote travelogues. Each week I recounted my ridiculous adventures (sleeping in a re-purposed sheep barn in Western Australia) and silly mishaps (needing to be rescued from a cannoli-shaped mattress in a Paris hostel). The feedback I got from my emails was amazing, and that's when I knew I wanted to make a career from writing.

Since that fateful year abroad, I've stuck to my plan. And I hope you're glad I have. I know I am.

PS - a big THANK YOU to those black and white notebooks, Nick Fleck, all my friends from Oz and Dijon and everyone who reads my stuff.
Mission Statement:

To share my personal Brand of crisp, concise and catchy writing with a larger audience through outlets that could utilize a professional freelance copywriter. Experience in creating effective and engaging copy for magazines, television, Web sites, radio, blogs, newspapers and businesses.
My Favorite Things:
SuperFutureDad, my cats - Daisy and Cleo, my dog - Zoey, my fishies, tennis, Maine, Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, ESPN, mommy bloggers, Providence, Sydney, The Inferno, Killers, Foo Fighters, iTunes, Skype, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Bose headphones, Valley News Live, Marco Island, Lady GaGa, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Acadia National Park, kayaking, Shoreham, Boston Celtics, mosaic artwork, Later... with Jools Holland, Dijon, Fulham, Patrick Rafter, US Open, Bones, NCIS, Glee, mountain biking, yoga
Copyright 2009 - Patricia Carlson. All rights reserved.
But I often feel like sharing - just check with me first! Thanks!
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