The Team
Who We Are
Lori Ann Nelson
Editor-in-Chief
Lori Ann Nelson often vanishes into the realms of her imagination where she creates intriguing science fiction worlds filled with found family, daring escapes, and hope. With all her writing, her goal is to pen words that encourage her readers as well as give them a little adventure. Her non-writing hours include finding her own adventures in wetlands or woods, photographing various animals and plants, traveling whenever possible, getting lost in a good book, and hanging out with friends. She currently resides in Texas with her family and her German Shepherd mix pup.
Hannah Grace Staton
Managing Editor
Before and after everything else, I’m a beloved daughter of the King. I’m a homeschool graduate and a student in the Young Writer’s Workshop. In my writing, I try to capture some of the things the Spirit has inspired me to share and pen them in a form others can benefit from. I’ve been honored to have my work featured in a few publications, including Calla Press and Kosmeo Magazine. Besides writing, I enjoy meaningful books and resonant music.
Rachel M. Adams
Assistant Marketing Director
Rachel M. Adams is a young teenager, who uses her writing for the glory of God! Self-published author and co-fonder of Skillful Pen Press. If she is not writing you can find her baking, running, reading, spending time with family and friends.
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Kate Evelyn
Graphic Designer
Kate Evelyn is first and foremost the daughter of God. She seeks to glorify Him in everything, especially her writing. It is her goal to spread the Gospel through her stories and to give hope, where light conquers darkness and where readers are given the chance to dream again through a variety of different genres. From a young age, Kate would convince her sisters to reenact Narnia, How to Train Your Dragon, and Star Wars in their backyard, imaging up all sorts of adventures the characters could take. Ever since she's been creating stories of her own, where heroes are forged through God's principles. When not writing, Kate can be found baking, reading, listening to music or playing hymns on the piano, playing card and board games with her family, designing collages for her characters, and working in the classroom, helping teach four-year-old's.
Olivia Tracey
Newsletter Intern
Olivia Tracey is a 17-year-old high school student from Toronto, Ontario, who loves Jesus, music, crafting, and watching sports. She has been a bookworm ever since she started reading at age three. She loves writing short stories with realistic characters as well as encouraging and challenging devotionals. She is passionate for others, especially her generation, to know and experience the real Jesus in a vivid way. You can follow her on her devotional blog, The Remnant.
Mary Claire Ritter
Launch Campaign Coordinator
I’ve always loved to tell stories that bring glory to God. I’ve completed eight books, though none of them are as yet published. I am the oldest in my family, I love to be outside in nature, and I love to write fantasy and poetry. I have two dogs and love running, reading, and crochet. I am an avid, though extremely picky reader.
Holly Hartsell
Social Media Intern
Holly Hartsell is a teenager who has been scribbling stories onto paper for as long as she can remember. She finished her first long-ish project at fourteen years old, and has been writing ever since. Now she spends her days imagining dramatic confessions of love and ways to create more tension. Other than author-y things, her hobbies include playing guitar and daydreaming when she should be writing. She lives in her bedroom with her family and two annoyingly-lovable younger siblings, who make it really hard for her to focus while she writes.
Former Team Members
Erin Hylands // CEO & Editor-in-Chief
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Adeline Charlotte // Co-founder & Marketing Director
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Lori Scharf // Graphic Designer & Social Media Manager
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Grace Sweeney // Marketing Director
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Cadence E. Witt // Graphic Designer, Photographer, & Social Media Manager
Join Us
Join our team! We want teenagers on our team who are ready and willing to do hard things. People who are ready to take the world by storm to do the Lord's work, who desire to work for the glory of God, and who desire to create good, pure, and edifying books.
Social Media Manager
Roles of the Social Media Manager:
The duties of our Social Media Manager include:
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Overseeing the SPP social media accounts (Insta, Pinterest, YT).
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Replying to comments on our content and making connections with followers.
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Creating and posting content with help from our Graphic Design team.
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Taking advantage of social media trends to grow SPP’s audience.
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Working with the marketing team to leverage social media to boost engagement, grow our email lists, and advertise our publications.
Marketing Director
Roles of the Marketing Director:
Some of the duties of our Marketing Director include:
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Overseeing a volunteer team and managing strategy and execution across social media, email marketing, street teams, book launches, and audience engagement.
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Supervise the marketing team
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Writing and scheduling marketing emails, organizing campaign assets, and supporting design needs (with the help of the Assistant Marketing Director)
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Manage the SPP finances, tracks and analyzes sales data, and leads all copywriting efforts