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About Me — Shannon Hilson
Biracial, introverted, full-time pro writer on the autism spectrum. I write a little bit of everything.
** Last Updated: October 26, 2021
My life as a writer started when my parents gave me a little blank book with a cat on the cover for Christmas when I was maybe 8 or 9 years old. Something extraordinary happened when I decided to turn that book into a catch-all place to write down all the stories I made up or record the details of my daily life. I discovered a pastime that made total sense to me on a level not much else ever has, and I’ve been doing it ever since.
Today, I’ve been writing on a full-time professional basis for over 15 years. I make most of my living by writing advertising copy, ghostwriting blog articles, creating web pages, and so forth for various clients across multiple industries. However, I’m the sort of person who craves variety in my work, so I often switch things up and am always on the lookout for opportunities to try something new.
Although I’m grateful to have my clients and to have been as successful at content writing as I have been, I desperately missed expressing myself and seeing my own name attached to the things I wrote. My search for platforms that might be right for me eventually led me to Medium, and so far, this…
