I’m Rebecca (L) Chamberlain and I have loved writing since my earliest school days. My first job was Features journalist, all the way back in 2000. I wrote the words for the full-page adverts in our broadsheet newspaper, along with cultural features and local interest pieces. In those days, most words were still in print, and I love the thought of people enjoying my words over their morning toast!

As the world went online, so did much of my writing. I went to work for North Yorkshire Police, at the start of a force-wide technology upgrade to Windows. Every single member of staff, from the greenest new recruit to the most hardened policing veteran, would be getting an Office account, not to mention a suite of new crime and intelligence software. I wrote a lot of briefing communications to explain what and why; I penned endless corporate funding bids for approval at our Police Authority, and coached some senior managers in producing their own; I even wrote, cast and produced a film to portray the huge raft of new technology.

Life changed for me, too: our two little boys came along, and so did a relocation down south to Milton Keynes in 2014. As they grew and I began to contemplate a return to work, I thought about the common thread that’s run throughout my life: writing words that have a purpose, that will inform, entertain or inform decisions, big and small. And that’s where I knew I should be: working with business owners who are struggling to find that message, that voice and that confidence, or who simply don’t have the time. And I really do love it!  

You can read even more about my story here: About Me Blog Post, or keep scrolling for a shorter summary…