Confessions of a Fundraising Copywriter

"Then that's where I'll start. Matching grants work well for reactivating donors. I'll write a heartstring-pulling, purse-string-opening letter the likes of which you've never seen."

"You know," she said, "I don't know why I didn't like you at first, but I'm really warming up to you."

"That happens a lot," I said.

"Word on the street is you really have quite a way with words."