In 1984, Margie started the writing firm that would eventually become 1400 Words! Over the years, she built an extensive client list that includes some of the biggest names in business and best-known brands in the world. She also earned a reputation as a strategic communicator with a gift for creative problem solving. Her professional awards have included nods from such prestigious organizations as Communication Arts magazine, the International Advertising Festival of New York, and the National Advertising and Marketing Association, among others...

In 2015, Margie passed the torch of company ownership to Dee Anna Hanchey and now assists her as a consultant, contract writer and "wine-down buddy." When she’s not at the keyboard, Dr. Bowles serves as an adjunct graduate professor at Texas A&M-Commerce and an adjunct undergraduate professor at Dallas' Brookhaven College. She is a founding member and past chairman of the DSVC Foundation and a past president of the Dallas Society of Visual Communications.