Forth Chicago is an organization that creates intentional events for Chicago’s creative women entrepreneurs. One of the Forth founders, Julie Schumacher, is also a member of my three-person, “Copy Coven.” Julie, Betsy Mikel and I got together one afternoon to do a podcast episode about radical transparency, working with mission-driven organizations, and transcending the capitalistic grind as part of our business model.

In 2007, I co-founded the Chicago literary website Literago.org with Eugenia Williamson. It was born from two former booksellers’ frustration about stellar literary readings not receiving enough press/attention and the popular site reviewed—and eventually planned—literary events in the Chicago area. We had so much interest that we hired a team of volunteer editors, and sent them out to review several readings per week. Our launch was covered by the Chicago Reader, and we had a successful run from 2007-2011, during which we won accolades from Lonely Planet and were named one of the “great Chicago websites” by Chicago Magazine.

Had a blast being on a roundtable for Chicago's PBS station WTTW, talking with a few other authors and literary folk about the best books to give for the holiday season.

In 2006, I attended Chicago’s Renegade Craft Fair and interviewed artisans and attendees about their experience for Venus Zine’s YouTube channel.