Freelance Writing Samples
From magazine articles to trade blogs, I deliver well-developed informational and general interest texts that engage readers and clients while they drive brand image and customer loyalty.
How Clean Is Your Vacuum Game?
Did you know there's a direct relationship between how full your vacuum bag/container is and your level of clean?
Let's face it, most of us hate to vacuum like we hate doing any other chore. We also hate wasting the products we must buy to do these chores. We’re conditioned from a young age to use things until . . .
Ease Your Cleaning Panic in a Pandemic
Put yourself in the expert hands of JD's Carpet Cleaning—your trusted viral disinfection specialists and carpet cleaners who know what it takes to keep your facility safe and clean during pandemic times.
From the start of the pandemic shutdowns, JD’s Carpet Cleaning made it our business to keep local businesses safe, clean, and operational.
A Single Breath Combined Promises Rain
This article appears in Pink Panther Magazine, v. 8, n. 1, published 3/8/17.
When I think about the current sociopolitical climate, I’m reminded of lines from a poem I wrote during a rough time in my life. The lines read: “She knows they must rise, and in rising must fall. She knows how their single breath combined promises rain.” . . .
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Book Foreword Prepared for In the Company of Writers
Foreword
The collaboration between the 2012 MBWP Fellows shared many qualities with Oakland University’s Saints and Sinners fountain statue that adorns the entrance to Kresge Library. At the center of the seven bronze figures is Madonna and Child. The circle of statues is then completed by the images of a warrior saint, church saint, knowledge of good and evil . . .
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The Science in Writing Imagery
Writers employ imagery in their work so their written worlds become vivid in readers' minds. A well-crafted image enriches a text as it helps readers visualize an otherwise abstract space. Regardless of the written medium—poetry or prose, academic or trending—how an author invites readers into the visual space the text inhabits will influence its lasting effects.
Oakland University English Article
A hum of enthusiasm infused the campus community for two months as Oakland University awaited the welcome of Bonnie Jo Campbell as this winter’s guest feature reader. Campbell—acclaimed author of Once Upon a River, Q Road, and American Salvage, Pushcart . . .
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Editor & Editing Sample Works
If you have a writing dilemma that needs some expert care and want help writing creative or professional content, let's talk. I specialize in copyediting, developmental editing, proofreading, and content development for creative, technical, strategic marketing, and promotional media. Here are a few examples of creative content, book-length works, and mass media literature I've developed.
Magazine Executive Editor
From cover to cover, I curated the art and writing in this edition, developed the feature interview and art exhibition-in-print, and designed and formatted the issue. For a full list of semi-annual issues I've edited and published since 2010, visit pinkpanthermagazine.com.
Solstice eBooks Series
Co-editor with Lee Hope for The Message by Eugenio Volpe. This book was a winner in Solstice Literary Magazine's Solstice Lit Books eSeries contest.
Solstice eBooks Series
Junior co-editor under editors Lee Hope and Debbie Merion for Sad Girls and Other Stories by Margaret Elysia Garcia. This book was a winner in Solstice Literary Magazine's Solstice Lit Books eSeries contest.
Solstice eBooks Series
Junior co-editor under editors Lee Hope and Debbie Merion for Everything She Knows by Mike Miner. This book was a winner in Solstice Literary Magazine's Solstice Lit Books eSeries contest.
Solstice eBooks Press Release
SOLSTICE, A MAGAZINE OF DIVERSE VOICES RELEASES ITS SECOND eBOOK THE MESSAGE BY EUGENIO VOLPE
Eugenio Volpe’s first eBook, The Message, is a potent view of Afghanistan soldier Adam Zane's internal unraveling.
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Westview Orchards
Winery
Your winery experience begins as you enter the cider barn’s silo and climb our one-of-a-kind wood spiral staircase, which leads to our 1850s barn loft and wine-tasting room. The vaulted ceiling, rustic chic décor, and thirty-foot-long barn wood bar will have you saying “WOW.”
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Ghostwriting Samples & Works
Whether you have a roughed out book that needs editing, a stack of scrap notes, or want to turn your ideas into usable content, my ghostwriting services can help you turn your vision into polished texts and media ready to fulfill their destiny. Here are a few examples of creative content and book-length works I developed for clients.
Authored Books & Research Projects
In case you didn't notice, my life is writing. When I'm not writing for others or teaching them how to turn their ideas into polished texts, I develop my own book-length and shorter works. Here are my published books and research. Links to my shorter works are at JeniferDeBellis.com/publications-about.
Warrior Sister, Cut Yourself Free from Your Assault
Published by Library Tales Publishing (2021).
Equipping Students to Join the Literary Conversation
Published by Open Access Library Journal (2019).