Shelley Hubele has been working with us as a consultant writer for the past three months. She is a friend of Cathleen’s from Boston College where she majored in Theology and Creative Writing. After graduating this past summer, she decided to take a year off before doing a Master’s degree, and that gave her the time to spend five months here with us.

Shelley is incredible. As in, I cannot keep up with her. I give her a writing project on Monday morning, thinking – “That’ll keep her busy for a week,” – and by that afternoon, she’s back, saying “OK, now what should I do?” And when I go over what she’s done, it’s pretty much spot on.

She thinks about her writing as few people do – for her, it’s a craft and a passion: how does this voice work? Why this word and not that one? If I tell it from this perspective, will it work better than that one? It’s fascinating to watch.

She is also amazing with children. Owen and Enzo are both crazy about her. She plays with them constantly, the most inventive and interesting games – Electric Slide, Name the States, the Rhyme Game, and a host of others. Both Lucy and I have blessed her name more than once!