I'm Joe Stone, a professional writer/editor/journalist from Salida, Colorado. I earned a bachelor's degree in English from Texas A&M University in 1986 and a master's degree in English from the University of Tennessee (UT) in 1989, where I was a teaching assistant. After graduating from UT, I worked as a technical and science writer/editor, including 7 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). After working at ORNL, I returned to Colorado, where I've worked as a journalist, business writer/editor, technical writer/editor, science writer, newspaper editor, magazine editor, book editor, blogger and web designer.