Storytelling by Stephen Burke
As a marketer, I have 20+ years of experience writing and editing. Portfolio 1 and Portfolio 2 show the breadth of that work. I’ve also written two novels and have finished a draft of a third.
I’ve lived on two coasts, growing up in Boston and going to grad school in NYC, and spending many years in the Seattle area. In 2022, I moved to the Ipswich, MA, area to reacquaint myself with the community and volunteer on a local farm, all research for my third novel. Currently, I live in Sandpoint, ID.
My marketing work ranges broadly from brand taglines to outdoor guides and white papers. It includes print, digital, social, email, employer branding, ESG reporting, newsletters and experimenting with emerging social platforms. In the last several years, my skill set has expanded from the creative to include SEO, SEM and the analytical approach taken by that side of the marketing brain.
Fiction is how I got started in writing. I formed writing groups in Boston and Seattle while slowly learning the craft and the art. After earning my MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia University, I turned my thesis into a self-published novel titled The Chieftains of South Boston. It explores a sense of place, and mines the culture and the time that shaped me. Another site has posts on the political and underworld history woven into the story.
I’ve also self-published a sequel: The Mahoneys of West Seattle and have finished a draft of a third novel.