Hi, I’m Karin. With an “i.”

I help people tell great stories

Our stories can be fascinating, can’t they? Our journeys and our lessons, the ways we sometimes feel so alone before realizing that this is exactly the journey everyone else is on, too.

But that can be hard to put into words. And it can also be difficult to know when it’s appropriate to share, and in how much detail.

I’ve been there. And I can help.

I'm a writer, editor, and story coach who's written professionally for 29 years. 

A former print reporter, I combine meticulous research and compelling narrative to tell powerful stories. Everyone has an interesting story to share, and I'm happy to prove it.

Karin stands in a field taking a selfie with a drone

Drone selfie

A little more background

Once upon a time, I was a newspaper reporter. And as much as I enjoyed meeting people and telling their stories, I always felt pulled toward something else. Something that was mine.

I wanted my own business.

So I did it. Repeatedly. Sometimes I succeeded, and sometimes I failed spectacularly.

I did freelance writing, network marketing, flipped houses, sold on eBay, sold on Amazon . . . created a website.

This one started out as “2 Favorite Parts.” I named it after a nightly bedtime ritual my son and I had, when we’d say what our two favorite parts of the day were, and when I thought I’d work mindset into my business model. Yet mindset wasn’t my business; it was just something I was interested in.

Instead, curiosity is more my business. I’m insatiably curious, and I love hearing people’s stories. I also love helping people put those stories onto the page.

As a reporter, I did thousands of interviews and wrote thousands of stories. I enjoyed covering a small town and its cast of characters as much as any large, splashy event. And whether famous or unknown, people are strikingly similar.

That experience helps me coach others. I can get to the heart of the story and the message quickly, coax relevant and interesting details out of authors, translate dense information into readable material, and put people at ease. We’ll work hard and have fun too.

I believe we should all follow our curiosity and see where it takes us. And that we should tell stories.

So let’s get to it! Welcome, and enjoy.

A very grainy photo of the 1995 women’s basketball Final Four. Press row. See me?

Fun Facts

  1. I have a dog and 2 cats.

  2. I can juggle.

  3. I started my career as a sports writer and have been in the Red Sox and Yankees locker rooms (scary as hell).

  4. I’m extremely shy but a lot of people don’t believe it.

  5. I’ve always wanted to live in a log cabin.

  6. I made up a newspaper as a kid and wrote an op-ed declaring that we should have pancakes for breakfast every day. #RealNews

  7. I played high school softball for my mother and we went undefeated and won a state title my freshman year.

  8. I think Nutella is totally overrated.

  9. Ditto for the beach. (Give me mountains and deserts and canyons.)

  10. I am deathly afraid of spiders.

  11. My latest obsession is drones.

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