Lorraine Duffy Merkl is a published author, freelance journalist, and advertising creative director/copywriter. She’s written two novels: Back To Work She Goes (2013) and Fat Chick (2009), both published by The Vineyard Press. As a journalist, she’s been a columnist for Fifty Is The New Fifty, She Knows, New York Family Magazine; Our Town and The West Side Spirit newspapers; as well as Care.com. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Time, New York Post, New York Family, New York Observer; and online: More; Motherly; Cosmopolitan; Adweek; Busted Halo; Quartz, The Huffington Post, The Frisky, xoJane, Nerve, Bustle, Redbook, Woman’s Day, Seventeen, Marie Claire, and Town & Country, The Talko and The Girlfriend. In her freelance advertising career she specializes in entertainment marketing .
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Lorraine Duffy Merkl
Lorraine Duffy Merkl's Articles
After all, we all need a break from the dog days of summer (with a COVID-19 chaser).
, September 8, 2020
2 Min Read
They seem to be fair game for microaggressions. And here's the proof.
, December 3, 2019
2 Min Read
My husband is also relieved.
, November 12, 2019
2 Min Read
How I've lived my life without cultivating any athletic ability.
, August 20, 2019
3 Min Read