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  • English Language
  • Writing
  • Grammar
  • Proofreading
  • Punctuation
  • Spanish
  • Teaching

Services

  • SEO Content Writer

    $5/hr Starting at $25 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    I have read a wealth of information on SEO Content Writing and subscribe to several blogs devoted to it so as to stay abreast of the always-changing nature of the industry.

  • Voiceover Artist

    $5/hr Starting at $25 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    I would like to try my hand at reading for audiobooks or do other voiceover work. My natural accent is that of a typical newscaster (Midwestern and flat), but I have performed in many community theatre...

  • General Writer

    $5/hr Starting at $25 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    I have a strong command of the English language, and enjoy expressing myself in writing. I can summarize larger works or produce original content under the right circumstances.

    English LanguageWriting

  • General Proofreader

    $5/hr Starting at $25 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    I have a knack for catching mistakes in grammar, word selection, and punctuation in written content. I am currently taking a course to learn to specifically proofread court transcripts. I also have a...

    English LanguageGrammarProofreadingPunctuationSpanish

About

A motley worker with knowledge of a wide range of topics and a desire to meet your writing, proofreading, and voiceover needs!

I'm an Iowa farm girl with a strange mix of talents and experiences. My first steady job was working for a family friend at his musical instrument repair shop when I was in high school. Now, almost twenty years later, I still help him out when I have free time. I worked for my university's Public Safety Department all through college, first as a Student Patrol member, then as a dispatcher. After college, I taught high school Spanish for nine years (with one year of substitute teaching in the middle of that when I first realized that I didn't know if I wanted to be a teacher forever and I quit my job without a plan).

Now I've decided to quit teaching again to pursue other interests which include writing, farming/gardening, community theatre, music, playing volleyball, and exploring the world (locally and internationally, when I have the funds). Unfortunately, most of those things don't make me much (if any) money. My goal for now is to piece together a living, working for my dad on the family farm, substitute teaching, helping kids develop behavioral skills (as an in-home counselor), and doing freelance work in writing, proofreading, and voiceover work until I find my niche...which, I realize, may end up being to do a combination of those things.

If I thought I could make a decent living as a musician/actress in this little part of Iowa, I might consider it. I performed in eight different plays and musicals at local community theaters in a span of two years (after moving back to a place that actually HAS community theater), playing everyone from Mayzie La Bird (Seussical) to Mrs. Peacock (Clue) to Mitch Mahoney/Olive's Mom (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) to Mrs. Corry (Mary Poppins). I love using my voice to add different dimensions to the characters I have the honor of bringing to life, and I'm hoping to get some experience in voiceover work. I've listened to FAR too many audiobooks that were practically ruined for me by the people who read them.