Hi! I’m Cindie Geddes. This is my blog. It’s just a place for me to write whatever I want about whatever I want. Some of it it’ll be about what I think and feel, some about my life. Some will be utter lies. Feel free to guess what’s true and what’s not.

There will be typos. Might as well be honest about that from the get-go.

For the past 12 years I’ve run Flying Hand Writing Services. I’ve sold around 300 articles, 12 short stories, a couple of essays, a couple of poems, something like 9 ghostwritten books. I’d love to say everything I’ve written has sold, but it hasn’t. Hell, tons of it has never left my house.

I’ve been editor for three magazines and some other stuff (assistant editor? associate? contributing?), but I can’t remember the titles I had. Doesn’t matter. It just means I checked for typos and grammar mistakes — the same kind I make myself but can’t see in my own work.

I mostly make my living now doing freelance editing and ghostwriting of nonfiction books. I like this as a job because it’s pretty cool to be able to take someone else’s passion and corral, coerce or massage it into a book. It’s a trip to watch someone get excited about a subject I’ve never thought about (voice lessons, real estate investment, weight loss, whatever) and end up sharing that excitement as I learn what that person has to teach. Given enough detail, there are no dull subjects.

I also do some teaching and speaking about creativity and writing. While that always makes me nervous enough to pass out, the energy I get watching people realize the words they have inside is like an electrical current I get to tap into for weeks after.

As for the personal stuff: I’m 42, married to Jason for 22 years. We have one son, named Joe (though he prefers Joseph right now), three cats, two dogs, 5 fish and a frog. Except the frog, there’ll probably be lots about everyone else. It’s not that I don’t like the frog; it’s just that he’s got attitude and won’t sign the release forms.

Contact:

I can usually be found at home in Reno. But if you don’t feel like making the trip, try me at:

CindieBlog@gmail.com

I’m also on Twitter as @CindieGeddes

and on Facebook with the infinitely clever user name of Cindie Geddes

or just leave a Comment because that’s what Bob (Bob Conrad — the guy helping me put this site together) says the Comments section is for.