Portfolio

Below are selected publications from my archives.

Note: Most projects required NDAs, so I’m not able to share them, yet give me a shout to find out if I’ve worked on something similar to your needs. I likely have.

WRITING

Music news: Maren Morris feels "very distanced" from country music
Axios
September 2023

Event writeup: How to celebrate Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Nashville
Axios
May 2023

Restaurant review: Dessert saves an overhyped meal at Locust
Axios
October 2022

Case study and blog post: Simplifying Group Hotel Booking for Conferences
Groups360 (ghostwritten)
July 2022

Ebook: Owning the customer experience from order capture through last mile
enVista + Radaro (ghostwritten)
June 2022

Blog post: 10 Signs You Have “Friction” in Your Customer Experience, Part One
Blog post: 10 Signs You Have “Friction” in Your Customer Experience, Part Two
Deck Commerce (ghostwritten)
June 2022

Blog post: In-person meetings and events are back—with some changes
Groups360 (ghostwritten)
May 2022

Blog post: Returns management 101
Deck Commerce (ghostwritten)
April 2022

Blog post: Why brands need a messaging-first approach to customer service
Freshdesk/Freshworks (ghostwritten)
February 2022

Blog post: What is Buy Online Pickup In Store (BOPIS)? A guide for retailers
Deck Commerce (ghostwritten)
February 2022

Blog post: 5 footwear brands crushing omnichannel fulfillment
Deck Commerce (ghostwritten)
January 2022

Blog post: 11 ways to overcome sales call reluctance & build iron confidence
Close (ghostwritten)
September 2021

Blog post: How to solve creative differences with your client when you’re seemingly at an impasse
Gain
April 2016

Website copy overhaul
Summit Christian Academy
March 2016

Marketing brochure copy
Summit Christian Academy
March 2016

EDITING

Developmental edit
The Rising: Book One in the Trigenus Series, by L.F. Seitz
2021

Copyedit and content development
Destined for Greatness: Living an inspired life, from head to Tippi Toes, by Sarah Nuse
2020

Developmental and copyedit
The Cousins Three, Amy Laura Leisten
2019

Copyedit of 500+ page book for a mid-level practitioner of a technical product
Alteryx
July 2019

Book edit
The Business of Starting: Uncover the Courage, Tools, and Techniques to Launch Your Business, by Eddy Hood
March 2017

Book edit
What Mommy and Daddy Do: Oil & Gas, by Wexford Books
October 2016

Book edit
What Mommy Does: Nursing, by Wexford Books
June 2016

Book edit
What Daddy Does: Trucking, by Wexford Books
May 2016

Book edit
MacCarrig, by Victoria Devine
January 2016

Book edit
Santa's Bully Elf, by Victoria Devine
November 2015

FICTION

Short story collection
Cheers, Somebody, published by Vine Leaves Press
September 2017

Short story
Showcase, written under the pseudonym Marissa Rue
2015

Poetry
"How I wrapped the present"
"I can't find my boyfriend"
"Here at Profile"
"I wanted to tell his grandmother that I loved her"
All published by QuarterReads
2014

Short story
Harold's Tab
Tethered by Letters, Fall Short Story Contest Winner
2013

Short story
Cicadas
Regime 03 Magazine
2013

Poetry
"Geography"
Nashville Poetry in Motion Contest through the Metro Arts Commission in which 11 finalists' poems were scrawled on the sides of Metro Transit Authority buses to be read by MTA’s 800,000 riders during April, National Poetry Month.
2013