WENDIE PECHARSKY is a professional writer and editor, and copy editor with 30-plus years of experience in the magazine publishing industry. Her work has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Martha Stewart Weddings, Travel + Leisure, Modern Bride, and many others. After a stint as Editorial Director for New York University's Marketing and Communications Department, Wendie is thriving as a freelance ghostwriter, book editor, copy editor, advertising copywriter, and writing coach. The mother of two grown daughters, Wendie lives in Northern New Jersey with her husband and 15-year-old rescue dog.