Michelle Maskaly is a pet lifestyle writer, freelance journalist
and social media marketing consultant who found the perfect way to mesh her writing
skills and her love for all things dogs by creating My Tail Hurts From Wagging
So Much, a pet lifestyle website focusing on everything dog, and sometimes cat,
related.
Growing up around animals, and spending almost every weekend
at her aunt's farm, she originally wanted to be a veterinarian. A dream that
was squashed at a young age after her vet taught her how to draw blood from her
dog as part of the pup's routine exam and Michelle squirmed more than the dog.
That's when she turned to her other passion -- writing and
news. After more than 10 years of covering crime, hard news, government and
politics, Michelle discovered pet lifestyle writing and fell in love with it.
She not only writes about her kayak adventures with her
4-year-old dog Toby, his heart-warming antics and shares photos of their
travels, but also introduces her readers to some of the latest pet products and
trends.
Her work has appeared in local, national and international newspapers and websites, on corporate homepages and on industry blogs. Michelle has spoken at various journalism and pet related conferences and panels.
Michelle's work has appeared in newspapers and on websites such as
FoxNews.com, The Star-Ledger, Home News Tribune, Staten Island Advance,
The Adirondack Journal, BlogPaws, Beckerman Voices, BlogHer and
SILive.com She has interviewed celebrities, political figures, TV
personalities and everyday people.
She is a former two-term president of the New Jersey Society
of Professional Journalists, and has previously served as the online editor for
Tails Magazine. When Michelle saw Toby she absolutely fell in love with him - and after much internal debate broke her long-standing rule that banned the first dog she solely owned from being a big dog and absolutely no chihuahuas. It was the best decision she has ever made.
She would take Toby with her everywhere she could, and would frequently post photos on her Facebook page, to the point where one friend commented that Toby traveled and got to do more things than they did. People encouraged her to start a blog writing about her adventures, and after some convincing, My Tail Hurts From Wagging So Much was launched into a website.
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