Sarah Lane
Pickletack is the home of master writing coach and editor Sarah Lane. Lane has been writing and editing for more than thirty years and is also a published illustrator and graphic designer. She offers a wide range of professional experience:
- She has coached and provided editing for a range of successful writers including Julie Hall (The Narcissist in Your Life and A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids), Trevor Sybertz (The Student Superconnector), Dr. Vicki Sharp (Computer Education for Teachers), and Marlowe Benn (Passing Fancies and Relative Fortunes).
- She is an expert grant proposal editor.
- She worked extensively both in-house and as a freelancer in educational publishing for a range of major publishers including McGraw-Hill, NTC Contemporary, and Scott Foresman. Many of her authors requested her for subsequent editions of their books.
- She wrote more than 2,000 articles for the successful news website Inside Bainbridge, which partnered with The Seattle Times and was voted in the top five news websites of western Washington.
- She has worked as a ghostwriter, creating business reports, newsletters, and a best-selling memoir.
- She is a former high school teacher, she taught at the college and graduate levels, she led successful writing workshops for teenagers using her innovative and motivating real-application approach, and she has developed and implemented training materials for adults at a range of nonprofit and for-profit businesses.
Lane brings to her work a solid understanding of the technology of publishing as well as website and social media expertise.
What does pickletack mean?
pick•le: noun a troublesome or awkward situation; predicament
tack: verb (nautical) to change the direction or course of a vessel
So pickletack means a change of course to solve a dilemma—er, dill-emma. What’s the dilemma? It depends on what you’re writing. Every writing project presents a new pickle. And writing is what solves the problem: How do I make sense of this mud pot? How can I convince people to buy my product? How do I explain this strategy? How do I tell my story?
Lane will help you navigate this stormy sea.
Where does the bizarre name come from?
A kid we know made up the name on a whim. The puns were good; the domain was available.