About Us
Sharon and Maureen at the AWP convention in Philadelphia, March 2022.
As a writing and editing team, Sharon and Maureen have built Writing Fulcrum upon their decades of friendship and collaboration.
They met as doctoral students in English at the U of Washington (UW). Both of them researched and wrote about materialist cultural studies of race and gender in American literature. At the same time, they helped lead the effort to form a union for academic student workers at UW. Later, they worked together on union campaigns at other public and private universities.
They have returned to the craft of writing with an approach informed by their years of activism and political work, and a commitment to supporting writers at every stage of their careers, regardless of gender, race, sexuality, class, age, ability, religion, ethnic or national origin.
Maureen Bhutong Boyd
Maureen Bhutong Boyd has written and edited everything from sales copy to union organizing raps to short fiction. She has sold floor machines and vitamins, taught college composition, and led union organizing campaigns.
She earned a B.A. in English with a Single Subject Teaching Credential from Cal State LA, pursued graduate studies in English at the U of Washington, and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University. She holds the American Copy Editors Society (ACES) Certificate in Editing. She enjoys working with other writers, helping them to hone the potential of their own words and gain confidence on the page.
You can read her short fiction and other writing here: https://maureenbhutongboyd.net.
Sharon E. Crowley
Sharon E. Crowley has written and edited material ranging from marketing communications to union contracts to creative non-fiction. She has taught literature and research writing courses; purified coagulation proteins; and managed a Gap Kids.
She holds a B.S. in Biology from Michigan State and an MA in English from the U of Vermont. She did additional graduate work in English at the U of Washington. She has a Certificate from Cornell University’s Strategic Corporate Research Institute for labor leaders, and earned the American Copy Editors Society (ACES) Certificate in Editing. She specializes in working with non-fiction and academic writers.
She writes creative memoir, personal narrative, and researched non-fiction. You can read her work here: https://www.secrowley.com/
Writing Fulcrum is a joint venture of sole proprietors Maureen Boyd and Sharon Crowley, and a fictitious business name registered in Pennsylvania. For legal correspondence, please write to writingfulcrum@gmail.com.