I have been writing for as long as I can remember. I started my writing career in high school on the school paper, The Knight Report, covering topics ranging from fashion to an in-depth look at date rape and violence among teen couples.

My first real writing job was at the South Bergenite, a weekly newspaper located in Rutherford, NJ. While at the South Bergenite I was a reporter and served as sports editor for a bit. I learned how to write and edit in AP-style and do newspaper layout.

After a couple of years there I moved up to the position of editor at the Glen Ridge Voice, another weekly newsaper, covering the town of Glen Ridge, NJ. After doing that for several months, I wanted to spend more time honing my layout skills and moved to the position of layout specialist when the position became available. I was responsible for the layout and ad placement for four weekly newspapers.

It became possible for me to become a stay at home mom and I quit my position at the newspaper to be a stay at home mom. While I enjoyed spending the extra time with my daughter I still wanted to write and do publishing-type things.

That's when I came up with the idea for Kids Holiday Crafts Magazine, a take-off of my existing web site Kids Holiday Crafts, which provided free crafts for kids 4-7 years old. The crafts site has undergone a major transformation is now knows as Holiday Crafts 4 Kids but still has all the same fun crafts and activities.

After a couple of years and many changes Kids Holiday Crafts Magazine became known as Fandangle Magazine. I published this free online magazine for kids ages 6-10 monthly, and, from time to time, use crafts from my holiday crafts site to supplement all the wonderful stuff that has been submitted by authors and illustrators from all over the world.

In 2006 I discovered micro fiction, which are stories generally written in 100 words or less. I have written several pieces and submitted three stories to Flashshot e-zine. You can read them on my writing link.

Currently I'm the editor for Parent Express, a monthly parenting newspaper covering Cheshire County, NH and Windham County, VT. I write, edit, assign stories, and update the web site. You can read some of my articles on the Parent Express web site. I also write a parenting blog called The Incidentals of Parenting.

If you are interested in finding out more or would like to hire me, please e-mail me at: nancy@cavanaughcreations.com.

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