Karen Banes

Karen Banes is a freelance writer specializing in entrepreneurship, parenting and lifestyle. She writes articles, website content, ebooks and the occasional award winning short story. Her work has appeared in a range of publications both online and off, including The Washington Post, Life Info Magazine, Transitions Abroad, Brave New Traveler, Natural Parenting Group, and Copia Magazine. Karen provides copy editing and proofreading services, as well as content creation services, at her website KarenBanes.com. Karen has degrees in Public Relations and Child & Family Studies, has studied Creative Writing with The Writers Bureau, Fiction Writing with Quality Women's Fiction, and Writing for Children with The Academy of Children's Writers. She's also trained in copy editing and proofreading with Chapterhouse Publishing, UK. Connect with Karen at her website KarenBanes.com or follow her on Twitter (@KarenBanes) where she regularly tweets about books, writing, publishing and entrepreneurship.