Hello! I’m Judy Keefe, an experienced, professional, innovative writer who loves to assist individuals and their businesses. I enjoy looking for that special thing in everyone that just needs to be spotlighted, showed off, showcased. I’m the one who thrills to get to be the “balcony person” for you and your gig. By the words I’m able to put together, I’m privileged to be up there in your balcony, clapping for you and punching my hands in the air to celebrate you, as you lead your parade down below in the streets. To me, that is just plain fun!

Writing has always “come easy” to me. I have loved words since I was a little girl, growing up on the plains of South Dakota, and on a dairy farm in Minnesota. An old, abandoned one-room schoolhouse sat on a little piece of land a couple of miles from our farmhouse, and it was full of tattered, sometimes mildewed books, left behind from its former life. They became treasures to me and my little sister. We spent time there whenever we could get away from family chores – and those books opened my world. Later, I would lie on my back in the middle of a hayfield while bringing lunch out to my dad on the tractor, looking at the sky with its limitless reach, and thinking of the words I had read, the world that was out there, beyond the farm, beyond the Midwest, beyond America.

I had a second-grade teacher, Miss Monier, and a third-grade teacher, Miss Neville, who were absolute sticklers for spelling and grammar. Every mistake was caught and must be corrected. I came to be so grateful for this attention to detail!  Now misspelled words and improper grammar just leap off a page at me – I am committed to providing error-free copy in my writing projects.

A commitment to the highest quality of excellence in all my writing became a baseline for me. What I really enjoy is getting a chance to learn a little bit of the flavor of the story of a client. I want to understand why they are passionate about their business, why what they do MATTERS to them and to the world.

When I do my own research on what’s already written up about someone, and then I have a chance to talk to them, hear what they say – and how they say it, I soon understand the persona they want projected for themselves and their business. Hearing the raving reviews clients send me when they read their own material I’ve written, and for the first time, it clicks with what they know to be true — and so they feel congruence and peace, as well as excitement about their message — that feeds my soul.

I’ve been a student of human nature for a long time, and I believe nothing happens in a vacuum. We all have reasons why we are passionate about our work, the way we spend the hours of our lifespan. Once I can “hear” the person (my client), I somehow know just how to represent them with words, weaving in the facts that help bring clarity. And I believe that’s part of the passion of my life, part of my intrinsic gifting, part of the reason why I still walk the scalp of this planet.

KinKopy is all about  helping people connect with each other through words. It’s about using my best attempts to help clients share themselves and their passion with their kin, whether those are kin by blood, law, or by choice. It’s about a developing understanding that we are all human beings together, and the more clearly we share ourselves with the world through the lovely gift of words, the better off we will all be.

*Credit: along with my thanks, to Brian O’keefe of braincandi.com, who developed this website, and to Susan DeWenter of SD Photography, for photos and graphic design inclusions.