Cheryl Courtney Semick is an author, publisher, playwright and award-wining poet and essayist, with a radio / TV background. Her freelance writing career began in 1999 through a winning essay that landed her a newspaper column that she held for 17 years. In 2005, Cheryl’s focus turned to editing and publishing books. She has had the privilege of publishing over 35 books for 10+ first-time authors, including five of her own. Her independent imprint, claypenpress.com, features books from authors with "fragile lives ~ strong stories." Learn more about Cheryl and her writing, publishing and other services at: semicksolutions.com | claypenpress.com. Contact her at [email protected]