About
10 random facts about Jan Gallagher, content developer and editor
I have more than 30 years of experience providing clear, effective communications to nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and the occasional large corporation.
I’m happiest when the sun shines.
I know a little about a lot of fields, but I don’t know a lot about any field except writing and editing. That’s good for you—it means I can make your “insider” language understandable to outsiders.
I live and work in Jersey City, NJ, but my clients are all over the U.S. and sometimes abroad.
Jersey City is a better place to live and work than you might think.
My PhD in English literature comes from Fordham University. Before that, I got MA and BA degrees in English at the University of Iowa, where I briefly aspired to the world-renowned Iowa Writers Workshop.
I don’t have any pets, but I have plenty of pet peeves.
The most fun I have at work every month is writing my e-letter and then responding to people who write me about it.
I’m a perfectionist. Bad for me, good for you.
If your work helps to make the world a better place in any way at all—from doing justice to creating beauty to improving processes—I want to help you communicate about it.