Beth Earnest graduated from Valparaiso University in Indiana and has been working as a writer, editor and project manager for nearly two decades. She began as a daily newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs, often writing as many as three stories per day on a tight deadline. After moving to the Milwaukee area, she worked as a media relations specialist at a community hospital, then ventured off on her own as a freelance marketing copywriter. She has worked with agencies, hospitals, small businesses, magazines and newspapers.