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A Novel Friend is the "love child" of Trisha J. Wooldridge. Since her grammar school days of proudly running home to read vocabulary sentences to her mother, Trisha knew that writing would be a major part of her life. She spent high school editing
the school paper, then attended UMass Dartmouth and completed a double Commonwealth Scholar Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and history, adding a minor in Spanish within the 4-year program. When life forced her away from writing studies or careers, she found ways to work in the
magic of words. In retail management, stolen moments were spent proofreading signage and scribbling fiction or poetry on receipt paper. Between customer service calls at a financial firm, she edited company guidelines and contracts, as well as hand-wrote her first fantasy novel. |
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In 2005, she finally followed her heart and moved to a freelance lifestyle. Her first professional publications were stories about the Bay State Equine Rescue (BSER). These clips and membership in
the Editorial Freelancers Association led her to Phoenix Media, where she became a regular food writer for three different publications. By 2007, she had become the head of media relations for the BSER, joined New England Equine
Rescues (NEER) as a media relations contact, and was contracted by Massachusetts Horse as a permanent columnist, advertising representative and proofreader. Currently, she has also added food reviews, chef profiles & event
coverage for Worcester Magazine to her workload. When not writing about food or horses, Trisha researches local ghost stories and interviews Goth and Metal bands for Withersin magazine.
In fiction, Trisha has sold "Party Crashers," co-written with long-time friend Christy Tohara, to Bad-Ass Faeries 2: Just Plain Bad. Her novella "Mirror of Hearts" won the
Fantasy Gazetteer novella award for Winter 2008 and was published in three parts. An urban fantasy thriller co-written with Tohara is being circulated with agents, and they've begun their second cooperative novel. Trisha also has
a Young Adult science-fiction novel complete and going through edits before submission.
Trish has always adored science-fiction and fantasy – books, movies, television, or role-playing games. While she regularly writes in these genres, she was particularly delighted
when, in 2006, she had the opportunity to edit the text and dialogue for the Dungeons & Dragons Online MMORG (massive-multiplayer online role-playing game). Additionally, she co-moderates the online writers group and writers’ network,
DragonWriters, composed of classmates from the ongoing workshops by A.C. Crispin at Dragon*Con, Atlanta. She is also on the Motherboard of Broad Universe, an organization promoting women’s achievements in speculative fiction.
She rounds out her writing and editing career by tutoring online for Smarthinking.com. where she enjoys sharing her passion for the written word with students of all ages, in both
English and Spanish. She has also assisted in online course development and editing for Smarthinking.com and StraighterLine.com.
Trish calls herself
A Novel Friend because she believes that a good relationship is at the heart of any business, but especially when working with writing. Some writers share their soul on paper while others find writing painstakingly difficult. A
Novel Friend treats subjects, assignments, clients and their words as friends--with respect, care and dignity.
