About Me

Rick Kughen is a writer, editor, and fishing bum who lives in Kokomo, Indiana. He has more than 30 years of professional editing and writing experience. He is a former executive editor for Pearson Education in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he worked for nearly 20 years. He’s now a full-time freelance writer and editor; he and his wife own and operate The Wordsmithery, a freelance editorial company. Rick provides development editing, copy editing, writing, and proofreading for some of the world's largest publishing houses. In a previous life, he was a newspaper reporter and columnist who covered police and criminal courts news. He also did a stint in city government where he was a hired-gun writer. He is a fine graduate of Ball State University where he moonlighted as a student. Kughen is an avid fisherman, writer, fly tyer, bait manufacturer, and baseball card collector. He is a devoted fan of both the Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Reds, and he is an incurable audiophile. He is the superhero known as Adjective Man (action figures sold separately). You may follow his blog, Dances with Bass.

Rick edits a variety of Wikipedia pages but focuses mostly on his first love, Major League Baseball.


This editor is a
Novice Editor
and is entitled to display this Service Badge.
The Novice lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 1 month 15 days and completion of 400 edits
The Novice lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 1 month 15 days and completion of 400 edits
MLB This user is a Major League Baseball fan.
CINThis user is a fan of the
Cincinnati Reds
This user is a fly fisherman.
GBThis user is a fan of the
Green Bay Packers
This user collects sports cards.
D&D This user plays Dungeons & Dragons.
This user likes to play Role-playing games.
A fish.This user absolutely LOVES Fishing
This user promotes efforts to counter
climate change
This user is an environmentalist.
This user is a professional editor.
Rkughen
enjoys fly tying
and/or fly fishing.