{"id":1878,"date":"2018-04-09T11:28:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2018-04-09T15:37:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T19:37:13","slug":"new-writing-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/new-writing-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Need nonfiction? I can help!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I added a couple of new reward levels to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/LucyASnyder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h6 class=\"ipucgz-9 ceUUpX\">Ghostwriter<br \/>\n<span class=\"ipucgz-1 UYggO\">$150 or more per month<br \/>\n<\/span>In addition to all my writing, prompts, and monthly chats,\u00a0<strong>I will write up to 750 words of nonfiction to order per month<\/strong>. Need technical documentation? Business letters? Memos? Reports? Blog posts? Copy writing? Instructional materials? Essays? Promotional copy? Flavor text? I can write from scratch or expand upon outlines or rough drafts. Research included, within reason.<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"s1577qzs-0 jDtqkh\">\n<div class=\"vvigvw-0 APUuG\">\n<div class=\"s1577qzs-0 kfOBiL\">\n<div class=\"s1idml5g-0 jsjAmh\">\n<blockquote>\n<h6 class=\"ipucgz-9 ceUUpX\">Super Ghostwriter<br \/>\n<span class=\"ipucgz-1 UYggO\">$300 or more per month<br \/>\n<\/span>In addition to all my writing, prompts, and monthly chats,\u00a0<strong>I will write up to 1500 words of nonfiction to order per month<\/strong>. Need technical documentation? Business letters? Memos? Reports? Blog posts? Copy writing? Instructional materials? Essays? Promotional copy? Flavor text? I can write from scratch or expand upon outlines or rough drafts. Research included, within reason.<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>1500 words is roughly six double-spaced pages. Either of these reward levels\u00a0would be useful to someone who needs a couple of new pages for their website, interviews or articles for a print newsletter, short help guides, letters, Powerpoint slides, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy writing. But if you don&#8217;t? It&#8217;s perfectly understandable, and I can help you. My whole approach is that I want to be the kind of writer who can write most anything, and write it well. I&#8217;ve put a lot of effort into learning my craft. I have an MA in journalism (Indiana University,\u00a0Bloomington) and an MFA in creative writing (Goddard College) and I&#8217;ve sold\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/writing-editing\/published-work\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of nonfiction articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written quite a bit in my various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lucyasnyder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">day jobs<\/a>. For instance, I&#8217;ve written RFP responses for a telemedicine company, college course content, informational video scripts, game text, marketing materials, online computer help documentation, Wikipedia articles, academic essays, newspaper stories, book reviews, and a wide variety of blog posts. I&#8217;ve interviewed folks like <a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/non-fiction\/articles\/art-and-the-artist-an-interview-with-clive-barker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clive Barker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/03a\/ng52.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Gaiman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I also have a degree in biology and have worked in a variety of IT positions and as a biomedical editor for working physicians and researchers, so I can handle scientific, medical, and technical writing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/writing-editing\/published-work\/#2b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RPGs and online games<\/a>. I&#8217;m an avid board gamer and can handle content for those games as well.<\/p>\n<p>You can find samples of my articles at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cannahealth.org\/author\/lusnyde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CannaHealth<\/a>,<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/non-fiction\/articles\/installing-linux-on-a-dead-badger-users-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strange Horizons<\/a><\/em>,<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightmare-magazine.com\/nonfiction\/h-word-intersection-science-fiction-horror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nightmare Magazine<\/a><\/em>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.everything2.com\/title\/game-based+learning?author_id=1184215#Lucy-S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everything2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/LucyASnyder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a> for more information or to pledge your support. 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