Michelle Mitchell

Blogging from Alaska, I started Scribbit at the pestering of my tech-junkie husband in June 2005 and have since worn off the letters on my keyboard as proof of my inability to shut up.  I will blog until I die or until I can snag a job as a travel writer which would be sweet.

Many years ago when I wore shoulder pads and bangs of unusual size I graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in English and journalism and worked as an editor, writer and research assistant. Now I have four children, two girls and two boys ages 14 to 6, and I write about motherhood in Alaska with recipes, crafts, activities and giveaways mixed with stories of life in the Last Frontier.

Scribbit has won awards from the Anchorage Daily News and University of Alaska Anchorage, where I’ve also picked up a couple awards for my creative writing (though I’d argue that all writing is creative) and I enjoy freelance writing and editing on the side when I’m not sewing on cub scout patches, picking Silly Putty out of the carpet or looking for lost hamsters.  While Scribbit is my only blog I’ll sometimes break away to guest post at places like Design Mom, 5 Minutes for Mom and Problogger and Scribbit has been featured in several newspapers and magazines around the U.S. such as the Anchorage Daily News, the Denver Post and the Wall Street Journal.