Zachary Petit is the author of Treat Ideas Like Cats and The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing: How to Write, Work and Thrive on Your Own Terms, a journalist and a lifelong literary and design nerd. His words have appeared in National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, Mental_Floss, Melissa Rossi's What Every American Should Know series, McSweeney's Internet Tendency and many other outlets, and by day he is content strategist of the HOW+PRINT design brands, and editor-in-chief of the National Magazine Award-winning publication PRINT. Visit him online at ZacharyPetit.com.
