Writing in Vermont

Soon to be graduate of Champlain College’s Professional Writing program, Tasha studies editing and writing for traditional media along with novel mediums such as video games and interactive stories. She learned to read from The Hobbit and has been writing fictional stories ever since she was told to write nonfictional essays in school.

Although her interests in writing commonly steer towards the creative side, she has worked since 2013 as a subcontractor for a freelance writer and editor working on scientific and medical journals. This work often involves transitioning between two or more style guides and copy editing work she only vaguely recognizes as being in English. To further confound the dream of being a solely creative writer, she is about to complete a minor in mathematics and will one day be teaching the subject to many hopefully excited students. Or she might be teaching writing, or history, or… we’ll see.

Tasha hails from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but spends most of her time in the Burlington area.  

Hailing from Georgetown, Massachusetts, Melissa gained an affinity for story-telling at a very young age. (It’s because her dad did the voices.) This would later translate into her passion for reading and the writing skills she continues to develop as student of the Professional Writing major at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. When you can wrestle the pen out of her fingers she enjoys crocheting, pottery, hiking, and late-night violin practice.

Recently she has returned from a year abroad in Dublin, Ireland where she wrote a review for the Creative Dublin project: a student-made eBook to help fellow young adults—college students across the globe and anyone new to the city—find Dublin’s hidden gems.

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