Hi, I’m Candance Johnston. I am a freelance writer based in Austin, TX, and I am excited to build a partnership with your company to help you reach your goals! I have more than 20 years of experience working in the creative industry, and my writing encompasses everything from marketing copy to educational curriculum. I have written for companies supporting MLMs, school districts, retirement communities, financial services and many more. I’ve even written as a man when I was a ghostwriter for a sales “thought leader.” I thrive on the research and relationship building that allows me such versatility in my content creation.

My work has been featured in regional and national publications and published in the book This I Believe on Motherhood, which is part of the long-running NPR show, “This I Believe.” I was also a semi-famous mommy blogger in the early days of blogging and now share my musings about becoming a woman of a certain age at Hot and Flashy on Substack.

Currently, I am transitioning out of my job as an English teacher and curriculum writer at a high school affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin. After many years of hemming and hawing, I have decided to stop making excuses and return to my true passion: writing. I am still very much open to writing curriculum and educational materials for companies, and have a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction, but I no longer desire to do it in a school setting. I crave the ability to break out of the traditional educational model and bring creativity and fun back to the ELA and social studies classrooms!

When I am not writing, you will find me crocheting, hiking, making up songs to sing to my cat, fangirling over Dolly Parton, enjoying all Austin has to offer and terrorizing my husband as much as possible.