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Portfolio

I’m re-growing my portfolio. I did most of my writing on a blog I founded in 2006 called Blogging Basics 101. I wrote tips and advice for beginning and intermediate bloggers on how to blog (very meta, I know). In 2014, I sold that blog. My work is still there, but it’s been updated and revamped, so it’s a *version* of what I wrote. I’m not comfortable sharing those posts here because of those edits.

Books

I researched, wrote, and edited two books for Wiley’s For Dummies series: Facebook All-In-One For Dummies (1st ed.) and TypePad For Dummies. Here’s a sample chapter on privacy from Facebook AIO.

TypePad For Dummies was my first book, and I edited it as we went along. Our actual editor at Wiley was impressed with my editing work and strongly suggested they hire me as a freelance editor for future books. I served as a developmental, substantive, or technical editor for several books in the For Dummies series. A few are listed below:

Magazine

POME: I wrote the cover story for the flagship internal publication for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Casino Enterprises in Oklahoma. This piece was a quick turnaround. Originally, I was given a month to research and write the piece. However, due to internal changes, I ended up with just four days to conduct interviews, research, write, and submit the piece. I met with the CEO, put everything together, and turned it in on time. No sweat.

Blog Posts & Content Marketing

Personal Story: On our first visit to Paris, public toilets confused me.

Cybersecurity: I interviewed C-suite stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to write content marketing pieces for Agio (they provide intelligent IT and cybersecurity services for hedge funds and private equity firms).

Pause Well-Aging: I wrote an article about surgical menopause and how to talk to your doctor about procedures and what to expect when you can no longer expect. I drew from my own experience and talked with a doctor to gather additional information. The goal was to give readers the tools to talk to their own doctor and break the stigma around discussing hysterectomies and menopause.

Social Media Examiner: I was an editor at SME for a bit, and they asked me to write an article for a series of A-Z pieces. Given my background with my site Blogging Basics 101, I wrote 26 Blogging Tools to Simplify Your Life: An A-Z List.

Website Content

This local business wasn’t happy with how formal their content was and asked me to soften it and make it “a little funny and relatable.” The company and its employees are very jovial, and they wanted me to convey their dry sense of humor throughout their site. They wanted relaxed, casual, conversational copy. I hung out with one of the co-founders for awhile to get a feel for his expectations. We walked through the website and talked about what was great and what needed help, then I got to work. They were happy with the result and asked me to rewrite several pages on their website.

Marketing Materials

Type-A Parent Blogging Conference

These pieces reflect the owner’s personality and the playful, snarky brand she wanted to convey.

  • One-sheet for affiliates and new online store: This is a one-sheet placed on tables during the Type-A Parent Blogging Conference to promote the owner’s new line of branded items.
  • Speaker page: As Conference Programming Director for Type-A Parent Conference, I was in charge of working with speakers. Type-A Parent was host to approximately 500 conference attendees and 71 speakers at the main conference, and 150 attendees and 16 speakers at smaller boot camp conferences. This is the website page that gave speakers all the pertinent information they needed to prep for the conference.