Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here.

I’m a humanities teacher–turned freelance writer and award-winning journalist. I play with words for a living, and I love telling stories. I help fellow literary-types reconnect with the page and blossom creatively by providing resources, guidance, and educational opportunities.

About Me

Erin Jones is a freelance writer in Mount Airy, Maryland. She holds a B.A. in English from Hood College, and an M.A. in English from Middlebury College. She split her graduate work between Middlebury’s Bread Loaf campus in Ripton, Vermont and Oxford University. After graduation, she returned to Oxford twice, once on a medieval art history grant and once to study choral composition. She is constantly scheming a plan to return to the city of spires.

As a private school teacher for nearly a decade, she wore many hats over the years. Teaching included Integrated Humanities, English, Literature, American History, P.E. Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Theater, and Fencing.  Coaching including Cross Country, Cheerleading, and Middle School Soccer.

In 2018, she completed the translation and resetting of an early oratorio by composer César Franck based on the book of Ruth, and produced its English world premiere as a fundraiser for refugees. She left teaching in 2019 to work in the sacred music world, before becoming a writer full time. She launched Galvanize and Grow Copywriting in 2023.

As a freelance journalist, she has had over 90 articles published, and won First Place in Arts and Entertainment Reporting in the 2024 MDDC (Maryland, Delaware, and DC) Press Association Awards. She particularly loves to write stories that involve the arts, culture, and history.