Our Mission
Our mission is to help authors get over limiting fears, design challenges, and technical hurdles so they can publish works they can be proud of and start building their professional writing careers.
Our Vision
Build a community of author/writers who are living their best lives and helping others to live theirs.
Our Values
Be Yourself
Creativity
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access
Autonomy
Radical Candor
Run Wild
Freedom
Embracing Fun
Flexibility
Sustainable people and planet
Take Leaps
Trust
Grit (Mapache Spirit)
Extreme Accountability
The 4 Agreements
Our Team
Laura Thorne
CEO & Co-Chief Beest
Laura is an entrepreneur with a background in environmental science, writing, coding, coaching, and more. She is a certified Project Management Professional, helping to ensure all our projects run smoothly. Having traveled the world by plane, train, horse, and RV, she is a professional leap-taker and considers the Wildebeest as her go-to Animal Spirit.
Jess Neiding
CFO & Co-Chief Beest
Jess is an editor with a background in HR, finances, and event planning. Her experience with HR and accounting keep our house in order. She is a certified instigator of silliness and often seen giving everyone else kudos while taking none for herself. Her Animal Spirit, the Mapache (raccoon), is always with her.
Anita Mwashi
Social Media Manager
Anita is passionate about Digital Marketing and loves connecting with people and learning new things. Her hobbies are dancing, and listening to music. Her Animal Spirit is the wildebeest.
Lexi Smith
Blog Writer
Lexis is a student at the University of Mount Union studying Literature and Communication Arts. Her favorite Animal Spirit is the bear.
Stephen Huffaker
A Syracuse native, Stephen Huffaker studies English and Communications with a concentration in Literature at Le Moyne College. He is a member of Le Moyne’s Integral Honors Program and will graduate in 2023. In the future, Stephen hopes to attend graduate school and pursue a career in writing. At WPC he helps with editing, author accountability, technical assistance, blog writing and more.
Anthony "AJ" Ortega
AJ is a creative writing major at Emerson college and helps WPC with research, technical assistance, design, and editorial work.
