About Michelle 
I'm a free-lance writer with a wide variety of published work to my credit:
I home schooled my 3 children for 13 years. All 3 are now young adults.
At the start of our home school adventure, I began sharing what the
Lord had been teaching me about written communication with groups of
kids in our local co:op. After surveying the available materials
designed to help students really engage with each step of the writing
process, and finding nothing that fit the bill, I created my own
materials. This curriculum reflected confidence-building sequential
discovery on the part of the young writers with whom I worked, sparked
by lots of encouraging feedback from me.
I began getting requests for the same sort of interactive writing
instruction from families who lived too far away to attend the writing
courses I offered. In 2001, I began tailoring the coursework to fit an
e-mail tutorial format. Home Page Writing Tutorial Services is the
happy result.
In 2009, I edited and expanded these original materials to include
additional instruction based on the feedback I'd gotten from the
numerous students with whom I've worked over the years. The materials
are more user-friendly than ever! Click on the "Course Descriptions"
button at right for detail about the services I offer.
My own calling as a writer is rooted in the words of Psalm 45:1,
paraphrased beautifully by author Eugene Peterson: "My heart bursts its
banks, spilling beauty and goodness. I pour it out in a poem to the
King, shaping the river into words..." As my own heart overflows with
the worth and beauty of God, it is my desire that the words I speak and
write be grace-shaped, powerful and true.
If you'd like samples of my published work, curriculum samples or
recommendations from parents of the students with whom I've worked,
please feel free to contact me: mishvl@yahoo.com.