Claudia Taller

Claudia J. Taller is the travel and events writer for Cool Cleveland (www.CoolCleveland.com), corporate columnist for Paralegal Today, and editor of The NewsCAPsule. She is a former contributing editor for West Shore Magazine and former columnist for Legal Assistant Today. Claudia has writing credits with Northern Ohio Live, The Legal Description, Long Weekends, West Shore Live Well, Long Weekends, Your Teen, Update, The Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, Muse (a publication of The Lit), Minor Trips, Agape, and Wordcrafter's Muse. As a graduate of Kent State University with a B.A. in English and Writing, Claudia's true love is longer works; she is currently working on both a novel and a memoir and is writing a book about the wineries along Lake Erie's shore.

Over the last ten years, Claudia has regularly lead workshops on writing, creativity, and spirituality. She is also a board member and past president of Skyline Writers, the first vice president of the Cleveland Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and newsletter editor for the Cleveland Association of Paralegals. Claudia credits friends and supporters in Skyline Writers, the West Side Book Group, and Artist's Way workshops with keeping her focused and passionate about the craft of writing. Igniting Possibilities Events is a conduit for promoting workshops and retreats (http://www.ignitingpossibilities.blogspot.com).