Meanderer.
writer.
dog whisperer.
based in istanbul.
When I’m not doing any of the above, I’ve been known to bake bread so terrifying it went viral.
publications: essays and flash
©2022 Kelly Hevel
AN ABSENCE IN THE AIR, Pangyrus
I’m watching from my flat as the men fell the tree. Since I moved to this Istanbul neighborhood five years ago, it has swayed outside my sixth-floor windows, rooted in the garden below that stretches the length of the city block. Surrounded completely by the backs of apartment buildings, the garden is patrolled by a troop of noisy cats, but it’s rare to see people there… continue reading
©2022 Kelly Hevel
WHAT YOU DO IN A COUP, Hippocampus Magazine(Finalist, Remember in November Contest for Creative Nonfiction)
My phone begins vibrating, and as a known and confirmed hermit, I’m surprised and consider being annoyed. It’s 10:30 p.m. on a Friday and Jenny and Chloe, who rarely message me, are both texting to ask if I know what the hell is going on. I think, “I’m drinking a Campari spritz on my balcony in the breeze,” but know this isn’t the right answer… continue reading
Photo by Dagny Reese on Unsplash
THE RED TABLE, Hobart
After my grandma died, with aunts and cousins crowded round her hospital bed as we performed a family in grief, the next thing I remember is being forced to kiss her. Maybe my aunts thought I needed to feel my lips against her cold, odorless skin, so different from her pre-death, warm, powdery air, but I thought, “Well I’m in college now and I think I’m old enough to understand death”, but of course I did it, I kissed her… continue reading
workshops and editing
workshops
I LOVE teaching workshops! My workshops include:
Creative writing for high school students
Writing in English for Turkish teachers (formal vs. informal)
Plain English for the corporate world
Writing effectively for clients
Contact me to discuss working together.
editing
I edit everything from tax information to creative writing. I work regularly with a creative writers’ group and have extensive experience editing for corporate clients, with an emphasis on plain English and making those who come to English as a second (or third!) language sound as if they’ve been speaking it all their lives.
I have experience editing:
Creative writing (novels, essays)
Business topics including: law, tax, regulatory issues, pharma, logistics, audit, white papers, marketing, energy, pitches/proposals, etc.