Lori DeBoer brings twenty year's worth of writing and editing experience to her work and has been a writing coach for ten years. She has a broad background in public relations, scholarly writing, creative writing and journalism. She founded and directed The Boulder Writers' Workshop, a community organization with nearly 700 members and offers regular writing classes and workshops in Boulder and Denver. She also founded and directs Associated Writing Coaches.
She received her MFA in creative writing from Arizona State University, where she finished a collection of short stories. Her MA is in United States History from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her full curriculum vitae is also available.
Her nonfiction books include The Insiders' Guide to Phoenix and she's had essays published in Mamaphonic, Creative Nonfiction and Keep It Real: Everything You've Wanted to Know About Research and Writing Creative Nonfiction.
As a journalist, she has published more than a thousand articles in magazines and newspapers, including Working Woman, America West Airlines Magazine, Black Enterprise, The New York Times, the Associated Press, The Business Journal, PHOENIX Magazine, Arizona Highways, Incentive Magazine and more.
Her on-line marketing experience includes designing a women's website that won national accolades, including a write-up in Folio. As an account manager for one of the first companies that created on-line catalogs, she worked with Mystic Color Labs, Fisher Scientific, Johnston & Murphy Shoes, MapQuest and the Association of Business Product Manufacturers (ABPM). Her public relations clients have included the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, the Mayo Clinic-Scottsdale, The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and South Mountain Community College.
She's taught writing at Phoenix College, South Mountain Community College and Arizona State University, as well as given workshops at The Boulder Bookstore and Changing Hands Bookstore.
She is a member of Boulder Media Women and Book Publishing Professionals on Linked In.
Lori grew up on a farm in Iowa and now lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband Michael DeBoer. She homeschools her son and helps her husband with his business, Camp Culinary.
I graduated with my MFA in Creative Writing from Arizona State University in December, 2010. I am revising and adding stories to my collection, Parrot Love.
My short story, "Twenty-Five Random Things About Me" was a Top-25 Winner in Glimmer Train's Winter 2010 Fiction Open. There were more than a thousand entries. It was the first story I'd submitted anywhere and I was happy with such a good showing. Now, I need to send some more out.
I also had a guest post at The Parking Lot Confessional.
The Boulder Bookstore has asked me to teach classes this fall. Check my schedule for details.
For homeschooling, Max finished up Colorado History this summer and is digging into Greek culture this fall, He's particularly excited about studying Alexander the Great and loves mythology. We are also continuing our Latin studies. We are both excited to be starting Tom Sawyer and we have a lot of other great books (of course) on our reading list. His enrichment programs include Options, the city of Boulder's Homeschool PE program and a Video Game Designing program.
Michael and I just fiinshed celebrating our one-year anniversary. It's been amazing!
A Little Bit About Me
A Few of My Endeavors
E-mail : lori (at) lorideboer dot com
Photo: Allison M. Fleetwood Jr.
What's New
My husband Michael DeBoer is a trained chef and he runs his own in-home private cooking school in the Boulder and Denver area. He teaches kids and adults methodologies, not recipes. What I like about his teaching style is that he is a knowledgeable but fun. He's branched out into cooking parties and culinary team building events. Please check us out!
I started this as a meetup group in 2008 when I was spending the summer in Boulder and felt a need for the company of other writers. We've since absorbed a writing group in Broomfield and have nearly 700 members. We offer six to seven low-cost workshops each month.
So many people have asked me to help them become writing coaches that I started an organization to do just that. We are just in our beginning stages but are growing fast.
A Few of My Favorites
This is one of the writing magazines I read regularly for inspiration and to keep up with the industry. The classifieds are a great resource. I also really like the editor, Mary Gannon, who I've visited spent some time with at a few conferences. She is a warm, engaging woman.
My dear friend Amy Nichols is the brains and beauty behind this writers' blog, on which I've guest posted. (And hope to again in the future.) In additon to writing short stories and YA novels, she edits a literary journal for teens called Liminal Journal.,
Sonya Goodwin-Hemmings, my former editor at American West Airlines Magazine, was the one who inspired me to homeschool my son. (She also happens to be my go-to person for client editing.) You can read all about her experiences at her blog, Hemmings Half Dozen..
