WRITING SAMPLES
Professional Writing
CLIENT NAME
CLIENT TYPE
PROJECT SCOPE
SAMPLE LINKS
Becky Nelson New Beginnings, Inc.
A nonprofit organization site targeting clients and community alliances.
Content for all website pages, covering organization mission and model statements, client success stories, application process guidelines, Google Forms application, and on-brand blog posts.
David Cisneros Marketing
David Cisneros Marketing
An ecommerce site for internet marketing products.
An ecommerce site for internet marketing products.
Keyword-rich, private label rights (PLR) web content covering a broad range of topics. Produced 390+ 1-page articles and 41 35-page reports.
Keyword-rich, private label rights (PLR) web content covering a broad range of topics. Produced 390+ 1-page articles and 41 35-page reports.
High Beam Research
High Beam Research
Online educational archive and search engine owned by Cengage Learning.
Online educational archive and search engine owned by Cengage Learning.
Encyclopedic articles covering a broad range of topics. Produced 50+ articles.
Encyclopedic articles covering a broad range of topics. Produced 50+ articles.
Civilian Conservation Corps CCC
Franklin D. Roosevelt Civil Rights
Korean War United States Involvement
Ronald Reagan 1976 Presidential Election
Thomas Jefferson 19th Century Expansion
Vladimir Putin Domestic Policy
Civilian Conservation Corps CCC
Franklin D. Roosevelt Civil Rights
Korean War United States Involvement
Ronald Reagan 1976 Presidential Election
Thomas Jefferson 19th Century Expansion
Vladimir Putin Domestic Policy
Judenland Management Consulting, Inc.
SEO web content provider.
Researched/sourced SEO articles using primary and secondary keyword phrases as prescribed.
Produced 200+ articles.
A web content distribution company.
Ghostwriting. Produced 2600+ blog posts and articles.
Mahalo
mahalo.com
Mahalo
mahalo.com
A now-defunct knowledge exchange site.
A now-defunct knowledge exchange site.
A series of technical how-to articles, using prescribed style guidelines.
A series of technical how-to articles, using prescribed style guidelines.
A fitness blog.
A guest post.
THS National LLC
A construction renovation company.
Company-wide new employee onboarding procedure handbook.
[Under non disclosure agreement]
A wiki-style how-to article community.
Instructional articles covering a broad range of topics, within style guide parameters, for viewership of over 1.8 million registered users. Produced 200+ articles.
Samples upon request (in person)
Personal Writing
 Mechanical HeartGENRE: Creative Nonfiction DESCRIPTION: A mother copes with her son's incurable disease. AWARDS/ACCOLADES: Honorable Mention—Marjorie Blankenship Creative Nonfiction Award, 2010 |  Co-Parenting 101GENRE: Nonfiction/Academic DESCRIPTION: An analysis of common co-parenting communication pitfalls and how to avoid them |  Glimpses of TruthGENRE: Nonfiction/Academic DESCRIPTION: At first glance, eastern and western approaches to mindfulness couldn't seem more different. A closer look reveals the truths that unify them. |
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 Can We Speed This Date Along, Please_GENRE: Creative Nonfiction DESCRIPTION: The narrator takes a sometimes comical, sometimes profound look at the speed dating experience. |  Happiness Project Cleaning Out the ClosetGENRE: Blog DESCRIPTION: Surprising insights that can come from a seemingly menial task |  Will the Real Patriots Please Stand?GENRE: Blog/Academic DESCRIPTION: Football's Colin Kaepernick is garnering a lot of attention for his decision to kneel during the national anthem, leaving Americans on both sides—both for and against—to question the meaning of patriotism. |
 Door in the FloorGENRE: Experimental Fiction DESCRIPTION: Eron explores feelings she doesn't understand in this coming-of-age story, told in dream logic. AWARDS/ACCOLADES: Published—Signet Literary Magazine, 50th Anniversary Edition |  Communication Ethics in the BachelorGENRE: Blog/Nonfiction/Academic DESCRIPTION: A humorous analysis of communication ethics using scenes from the television show |  The Good AmericanGENRE: Fiction DESCRIPTION: Opposing perspectives of the same incident warn of the dangers of xenophobia |
 Things Nerds Do for FunGENRE: Blog/Nonfiction/Academic DESCRIPTION: Complex communication theory concepts made accessible through descriptions of everyday occurrences |  College with KidsGENRE: eBook/Nonfiction DESCRIPTION: This 42-page ebook provides strategies and resources for single parents who want to earn a college degree. |  Book of DreamsGENRE: Nonfiction DESCRIPTION: Interview piece profiling Dr. Michael Kobre, Creative Writing professor at Queens University of Charlotte |
 Dear Son, Please Help Me Help YouGENRE: Nonfiction/Academic DESCRIPTION: Autoethnographic exploration of a mother's journey through teaching her special needs son self advocacy skills |  Friends in Other PlacesGENRE: Creative Nonfiction DESCRIPTION: Excerpt from a nonfiction novel about a divorced couple that reunites for their son's Make a Wish—a trip to Tokyo, Japan |  When the Land SpeaksGENRE: Historical Research/Nonfiction DESCRIPTION: A commissioned piece detailing the history of Rural Hill, a restored Colonial-era farm in Huntersville, North Carolina |
 A Visual Display of Communal GriefGENRE: Blog/Nonfiction/Photojournalism DESCRIPTION: Story covering silent vigil in memoriam of Keith Scott at Queens University of Charlotte |  Grasping for GradesGENRE: Blog DESCRIPTION: A series of blog posts describing what it's like to volunteer in the public school system. |  Hands Say What Words CannotGENRE: Fiction DESCRIPTION: A bullyish man and his Russian mail order bride meet for the first time in an airport and must show their hands in ways neither could have planned for. First-round entry in NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge; parameters were bully, mail order bride, and comedy. |
 The Visual Rhetoric of PanderingGENRE: Blog/Nonfiction/Academic DESCRIPTION: An analysis of presidential candidates' body language and rhetorical style, and what it means |  How Slenderman Meme Became LegendGENRE: Nonfiction/Academic DESCRIPTION: Examination of the Slenderman meme, from its genesis to its making headline news as an accomplice to murder |  Oh Brother How You Rap at My NervesGENRE: Blog/Nonfiction DESCRIPTION: Amicable conflict negotiation for kids by way of ethical communication practices |
 Shelby: Chapter OneGENRE: Fiction DESCRIPTION: Excerpt from a young adult novel |  Cat SoundsGENRE: Fiction DESCRIPTION: An unemployed man revisits a disturbing memory. Second-round entry in the NYC Midnight Short Story Competition; parameters were horror, unemployed man, and cats |