San
Diego
Copywriter
and
Web
Content
Provider
Samples
of
Web
and
Magazine
Work
"People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they
despair of writing eloquently." Anna Quindlen
Web
copy
projects
include:
BloggingAuthors
Francisco
Stork
Botox
Institute
Western
Financial
Planning
Corporation
Richard
Hains,
author
of
Chameleon
Eating
up
Italy
Speakers
Studio
My
Office
is
a
3-Ring
Circus
Martha
Fitzgerald
Myth
America
Books
I
accept
all
Major
Credit
Cards
Go
Anywhere
Machines
(The
Writer)
Although
I
occasionally
schlepp
a
laptop
to
my
local
Starbuck's,
I'm
not
good
enough
at
blocking
out
distractions
to
do
serious
article-writing.
I
can,
however,
make
my
dark-brew
outings
a
productive
part
of
the
day
by
tackling
tasks
that
require
less
brain
(and
computer)
power--like
outlining
articles
or
structuring
queries.
For
those
jobs
I
ditch
my
laptop
and
pack
a
6-ounce
powerhouse
called
a
Personal
Digital
Assistant
(PDA).
Collecting
Astro
Stuff
(Astronomy)
On
the
shelf
between
Mr.
Spock
and
my
Mars
Rover
sits
a
piece
of
astronomical
history--a
replica
of
the
Hale
Telescope's
200-inch
mirror.
Issued
by
the
Corning
Glass
Works
as
a
1939
World's
Fair
souvenir,
the
3-1/2-inch
memento
is
part
of
my
growing
collection
of
astronomy
and
space
memorabilia.
This
collection,
I
must
admit,
was
born
more
from
a
love
of
toys
than
building
a
wide-based
investment
portfolio.
The
serious
collector
never
cracks
the
plastic
on
his
purchases.
My
Mars
Rover
runs
rampant.
Trouble
May
Be
Calling
(Smart
Computing)
Computer
viruses,
once
the
bugaboo
only
of
unprotected
PCs,
have
found
a
new
breeding
ground
in
cell
phones
that
combine
PDA
(personal
digital
assistant)
functions
with
wireless
access
to
the
Internet.
Remote
Possibilities
(LAPTOP)
Years
ago,
remotely
accessing
a
home
or
office
PC
was
a
big
pain
in
the
neck.
At
best,
you'd
plug
into
a
phone
jack
and
dial
your
host
system,
then
connect
using
special
software.
Less
than
ideal,
you'd
crawl
under
a
hotel
bed
searching
for
a
phone
jack,
then
try
to
figure
out
which
combination
of
numbers
to
program
into
your
laptop
.
.
.
Double
Your
Income
With
Affiliate
Marketing
(Writing
Success)
In
1996,
Amazon.com
launched
a
marketing
scheme
that
took
the
Internet
by
storm.
Called
the
Associate
Program,
it
allowed
anyone
with
an
approved
Web
site
to
add
snippets
of
Amazon
advertising
code.
When
a
visitor
click
on
one
of
those
links
and
puchased
a
book
or
other
product
from
Amazon,
the
Web
site
owner
was
paid
up
to
a
15-percent
commission.
The
result?
By
mid-2000,
more
than
450,000
sites
were
touting
products
for
the
book
behemoth,
including
megasites
like
AOL,
MSN
and
Excite.
Not
a
bad
way
to
create
an
instant
sales
force.
Home
On
The
Range
(Family
Tree
Magazine)
Although
the
term
"Manifest
Destiny"
wasn't
coined
until
the
mid-19th
century,
the
philosophy
itself
was
embraced
decades
earlier.
In
its
simplest
form,
Manifest
Destiny
justified,
by
divine
right,
the
expansion
of
the
nation
from
sea
to
shining
sea.
In
practical
terms,
it
enabled
Americans--including
perhaps
your
ancestors--to
settle
where
they
pleased,
from
Mexico's
California
to
the
Black
Hills
of
the
Lakota.
Thar
She
Blows!
(History
Magazine)
George
Dodge
was
born
with
salt-water
in
his
veins.
Growing
up
in
Salem,
Massachusetts,
he
wandered
the
wharves,
captivated
by
seamen's
tales
of
faraway
lands.
In
1831,
he
left
home
and
headed
for
Nantucket,
center
of
the
New
England
whaling
trade.
On
his
arrival,
he
signed
onto
the
whaler
Baltic.
He
would
not
see
home
again
for
nearly
four
years.
Out
of
This
World
(eBay
Magazine)
Whether
you
think
little
green
men
with
big
bug
eyes
and
bulbous
bald
heads
are
cuddly
or
creepy,
aliens
and
flying
saucers
are
no
longer
the
unidentified
flying
objects
in
the
collecting
world.
Private
Thoughts,
Public
Airing
(Writer's
Digest)
A
year
ago
I
discovered
the
Web-based
weight-loss
journal
of
a
35-year-old
Swedish
woman
named
Val.
Posted
online,
for
the
whole
world
to
see,
were
her
daily
struggles
with
maintaining
a
healthy
diet
while
her
husband
and
kids
scarfed
down
Whoppers
and
fries.
I
applaunded
Val's
bravery
at
letting
the
world
in
on
such
a
private
battle
and
felt
inspired
by
her
willingness
to
share
her
progress.
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