: About Me

Helen Kidd, Executive Director of The Write Way, has more than 30 years of experience in both the profit and non-profit industries.

She holds two earned degrees in Christian Education: a B.S. from Taylor University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, and an M.A. from Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.

While matriculating at Wheaton, Helen was Registar of Christian Writers Institute, a correspondence school for budding jounalists (parent company was Christian Life, Inc.). Helen eventually became Director overseeing five instructors while co-ordinating an annual writers' conference hosting more than 25 major publishers and 150 attendees.

Helen has also had the privilege of being the Staff Editor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA, where she was responsible for all printed materials for the 10,000-member church including a weekly eight-page magazine.

Most recently Helen was an administrator with one of the world's leading career transition firms and was an integral part of the development of some of the products used in the successful career transition of many of its clients.

As Executive Director of The Write Way, Helen helps those who are looking for the right words to put in the right places at the right time.

My passion is ...

writing, reading, music

I know too much about ...

nothing; there's always room for learning

My parents always told me ...

Redeem the time (they were quoting Jesus)

My childhood ambition ...

writing for a living

My favorite memory ...

sitting on dad's lap and having him read to me

Why I write ...

to think and perhaps help others to think.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Bible, Worship Matters, anything by CS Lewis, music by Steve & Vicki Cook

My first job ...

house cleaning

My best moment ...

It's hard to determine; all "moments" work together.

My inspiration ...

Dad

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Quotes, whether realized or not, are a way to keep our heritage intact. We start at the earliest age quoting, "Mommy said..." We quote someone because we admire them. We quote people as good examples or bad examples. We sometimes quote experts on particular subjects to prove a point, as if that person would somehow agree with me if he or she were standing in the same room. And, we may even change a word or two of a famous quote to somehow make it our own (it's still plagiarism!) thinking people won't remember the originator but hoping that someday we will be the one known in history for th...

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