About Me
My Story
I am a professional, full-time freelance writer living the life of my dreams. To me, writing is a vocation, not just a job or career. Yes, it pays the bills, but writing is my life and it’s what I’ve been doing since around the age of 9. I enjoy my work and it shows!
At the age of 11, as part of a Geography project at school on islands, I was asked to write a story. I let my imagination run away with me and, while all the other children wrote a page, I wrote 24 pages about a secret island and pirates. I was truly inspired and just couldn’t stop writing. My story was published in the school magazine and my career as a writer started!
Writing has always been a major part of my life and when I was a school teacher, I enjoyed inspiring my class to be creative in their writing and I now love reading to my children and sharing stories with them.
I gave up teaching in 1997 to be a full-time Mum, but I never stopped writing in my spare time. It was always my goal to turn my hobby into a career and, now that my children are all at school, it is a goal that I have achieved. Since March 2008, I have been working full-time as a writer and have already established an excellent reputation on Elance as a writer who constantly overdelivers, writes top quality content, sticks to deadlines and brings a project to life. My 100% feedback, glowing reviews and project experience have allowed me to become an Elance Premium Provider – a feat that I am very proud of.
My Projects
Recent projects that I have completed for employers include:-
- Blog posts for travel, real estate and relocation sites
- Newsletters on real estate and investments in a Central American country
- Ezine for a business coaching company
- Online magazine travel articles
- Web content for personal injury and medical negligence compensation website
- Web content for scuba diving website
- E-books on relocating to a new country
- Articles on Spain
- E-book on stockmarket trading techinques with a long copy sales letter
- Web content for a diet and supplement site
- Keyword rich articles on a wide range of subjects from travel to cooking to gardening.
- Web content for real estate site
- Creating a work book for church discussion groups
I am happy to write on most subjects and can write in many different styles. I like my writing to SPEAK to readers, to engage their interest and to bring the subject to life – allow me to do that for your business!
More about me
I was born, raised and educated in the UK near Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare. I did my Bachelors of Arts (with honours) degree at the University of Warwick and my subjects were Education (teaching), Religion and English. After my degree, I became a teacher in the 5-11 age group in Birmingham, England and then Sussex, England.
In August 2006, my husband, my three children and I all moved to the Andalucia region of Southern Spain in search of a new and better life. We have found our little slice of paradise here and now I enjoy working from home, halfway up a mountain!
I believe in using my skills to help make this world a better place. 10% of the money I make from my writing goes to charity. My preferred charity is ROPE - Relief for Oppressed People Everywhere - www.rope.org.uk
Tim Ridgway, my husband, designs websites and blog templates and has two online businesses:-
Madeglobal.com - providing clean and clear web design and tools for business owners
Advertsolutions.com - automatic banner ads for shopping carts including ZenCart and osCommerce
