: About Me

Linda is a published freelance writer with fifteen years of writing experience.

Since 1995, she has been the author, editor, and publisher of Words of Encouragement, a Christ-centered monthly e-zine. Linda enjoys sharing her knowledge and understanding of the Bible with others. Lives have been touched and changed through prayer and counsel from God's Word.

Many of Linda's published articles have been for Christian publications and websites. She has written about a variety of secular topics as well, including a series of U.S. destination articles for a U.K. publication, money-saving articles for Dollar Stretcher, and a biography about the missionary, Lottie Moon, for History's Women. She also writes for the Marketplace at Helium where she has sold eighteen articles on home improvements, ADHD, real estate, and Christianity.  She has also sold home and car reviews and web page content.

Some career high points:

For fifteen years, Linda, along with her husband, was a homeschool teacher to their two sons from K-12. Linda knows how difficult it can be to get started and to understand the ins and outs of legal issues, curriculum selection, and teaching. Consequently, she has written and published a book in 2008, called Homeschooling: The Modern Day One Room Schoolhouse (http://www.cafepress.com/homeschool2.422714570), for those who want to homeschool, but need information about getting started and how to keep going.

As a contributing author for the anthology, Stolen Moments, by Elizabeth Bezant and Pamela Eaves, Linda was privileged to participate in their effort to bring the issues of Alzheimer's Disease to the attention of the public. A portion of the book sales were used to support Alzheimer's Australia.

Becoming a winner of the 2006 NaNoWriter Award was an amazing experience in discipline for Linda. Winners are required to write a novel of 50,000 words (175 pages) in 30 days during the National Novel Writing Month beginning November 1st and ending on November 30th by midnight. From that experience came Linda's first novel, Bonnie's War, to be published in the future. 

  Linda's recent projects:

-SEO product descriptions for online shopping sites

-ghostwriting web content articles

-writing web content for new web pages

-writing articles for e-zines

Linda's areas of expertise include content writing for print magazines, e-zines, newsletters, and newspapers. She is also experienced in website copywriting, search engine optimization techniques, web publishing, editing, and webpage design. As a business copywriter, she has written policy manuals, procedure manuals, job descriptions, resumes, and business letters.

Education

2005 State University of New York, Empire State College, Bachelor of Science Degree in Business, Management, & Economics with a concentration in Organizational Development.

My passion is ...

my faith in Jesus Christ.

Why I write ...

I enjoy sharing what I know with others.

My inspiration ...

comes from life experiences.

Education > Homeschooling How parents can avoid homeschool burnout

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Burnout, you say?  It is tempting to give in to those desires to just be done, but homeschooling is one of those worthy endeavors that must continue, burnout or not.  For those who are struggling to keep going, here are some thoughts to help you stay with the journey: *Don’t overdo.  It is so easy to get caught up in the process that the day to day journey gets lost.  Over-planning and over-extending will make you weary.  Start slow, simplify your plans, and be flexible.  It will get done in the end.  *Concentrate on the essentials:  Reading, w...

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Writing:

Rating:

• Creative Writing Bronze
• Professional Journalist
• Marketplace Approved Writer
• 18Marketplace Articles Sold
• Homeschooler
• News Writer
• Helium Charter Member