Hi, I’m Melani, But you can call me mel.

I’m a Gen X, hard-work-pays-off, Midwest-bred writer and editor living in Boulder, CO; a runner, walker, CrossFitter, pickleballer, and efficiency fanatic; a hospice volunteer; a Virginia, humidity, and honeysuckle-loving daughter of a Southerner; a dog, pool, and scalding-hot-dirty-chai lover.

I started writing words the moment I could hold a pen and began writing for watermelon coins back in 1993.

By day, I’m the Head of EDU Content at CrossFit HQ. By morning, noon, and night, I’m dog mom to Arthur, Bucky, and Polly Pocketbook.

I don’t do social media, and I’d always rather be walking.