Laura Kismet Lawless

Freelance writer, editor, translator, and "virtual teacher"

Hello!  -  Bonjour !  -  ¡Hola!  -  Assalam o-aleikum!

 
As the president of Language Knowledge and Lore, Inc., I work entirely freelance, live wherever I want,* and travel as often as possible. I've been a full-time freelancer since 1999, which is great because it means I can work in my pajamas and travel just about whenever I want to. :-)

At the moment I live in the south of France, but I've also lived in Costa Rica and Morocco.

As the French Language Guide at About.com, I virtually teach French to independent study students. While I don't actually hold classes, I write lessons for students who are studying on their own, or need some additional help with something they learned in class. Believe it or not, my French site is a full-time job, and I love every minute of it. (The hardest part is trying to explain my job to people - I usually say I'm a writer or a webmaster, but neither of those is really accurate, and "virtual teacher" requires a lot of explanation.)

My Spanish, English, and vegetarianism sites get less time, but I still spend hours every week adding new content and responding to questions on the forums.

I speak fluent French, conversational Spanish, and a smattering of Arabic, thanks to having lived in Morocco for 2½ years. In addition to language and vegetarian cooking, I'm also interested in travel, film, computers, dance, yoga, "chick lit," and art. I collect silver jewelry, particularly with a people motif, and anything purple.

If you would like to email me, use lklawless as the first part of the address, and hotmail as the second part. Please note that I don't answer questions about language or vegetarianism by email - if that information is not available on my websites, there is a forum for each site where you can post your questions.