Faye N
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Joined 2/10/2013
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Faye is a freelance writer from Oregon. In 4 years, she has maintained a perfect score. She has never had a piece returned for revision, nor rejected. In addition to on-line writing, Faye has written for hard-copy magazines and a literary journal, and has now completed her novel. She writes on a wide variety of subjects. Faye founded and leads a dedicated critique group, members of which have published 4 books since its inception in January, 2002. She studied SEO concepts while trying three of her own websites until a spinal infection interrupted them, and consults with a grandson who creates and manages highly successful websites.She wants to expand her resources in writing and in the near future, drop the day job. She writes because she cannot imagine not writing, and because it provides entertainment, challenge and great satisfaction.
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Specialties

Writing, reading, animals, parenting, gardening, stable management, computer operation and care, networking, insurance (former agent), business, small group leadership, and research.

Interests

Faye's interests are wide-ranging, but about some, she is passionate. She formed and continues to lead a writer's group that has met weekly and worked hard for 12 years. She led a 4-H horse club and fell in love with horses. She believes good parenting, above all else, can save our world. Gardening is fun. Church is warmth and welcome. Reading was her first love, and remains a beloved activity. She is saddened at the passing of real books, but recognizes the advantages of e-readers, and will publish there in time, hoping there will be room for both in the world. She loves to work with a good publisher or editor, with the same goals of producing the best quality work.

Education

Southwestern Oregon Community College

Faye lacks a degree because she has not passed math classes. Instead, she focused on writing at all available levels, taking many more writing classes than were needed for a degree, and in fact, returning long after school years to attend additional writing classes. She last attended Creative Writing and English Comp in 2005

Garden

20 Projects Completed

An amateur gardener,Faye loves to write about her own efforts, good and bad, to produce the outdoor living she loves, One article was about how to raise a kitchen counter herb garden to enhance cooking. Many were about the value and uses of garden sheds.This year, she will be writing about starting vegetable seeds indoors for a longer vegetable growing season, and to avoid the high cost of buying plant starters. She owns a large collection of garden how-to books.

Finance

20 Projects Completed

Faye worked with a foreign website developer writing and re-writing a number of short articles on Forex Trading, a subject about which she knew nothing initially. Many of the articles were first badly written by someone whose English was a second language, badly expressed. In order to re-write and make sense of them, it was necessary to research the subject and understand it.

Other

14 Projects Completed

Faye writes about any subject she knows well, or can research adequately in time to meet a deadline. She has written about pets, foods, children, Forex trading, gardening, horses, and more. She will tackle any project she feels quallified to write in a given time frame.

Insurance

10 Projects Completed

A former general lins-life insurance agent with her own business, Faye has a thorough understanding of the industry. She has written articles about why one needs insurance, how much, and how to keep prices low, as well as hat is covered by certain policies and why. Like all industries, insurance changes periodically, and she researches to support her personal knowledge.

Kids/Family

2 Projects Completed

Kids are the future, and good parenting is the only true way to change our worldF.aye writes largely about her own experiences raising 4 children and nine grandchildren, backing herself up as necessary with research. Children

Office

2 Projects Completed

As an insurance agent, Faye owned and operated her own office for ten years and has worked in offices for many years.

Government

1 Projects Completed

The assignment in this case was to explain the Social Security Secondary Payor Act, with which President Obama hopes to pay for a substantial part of the health care act. Faye knew nothing about the subject, but found her insurance experience helpful in understanding the jargon.

Pets

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Faye has spent her life living with animals, including cats, dogs, horses, cattle, and pigs. One cannot help but learn about and from them, if one pays any attention at all. We have much to learn from our four-legged companions, and she includes the two cats who generously share their home with her.

Nutrition

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Interested in nutrition to improvr her o wn health, Faye enjoys the research this subject reuires.

Home Living

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Faye's Home Living articles have come more from personal experience than from research, but she backs up assertions with research to be sure information is accurate and not solely anecdotal. Pet care is a frequent favorite, as is management of child development issues, such as teaching chikldren not to lie.

Food

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Faye studied and wrote a few artices for a nutritional website, the most memorable being one explaining why chocolate really is good for you, and how it is processed for the best nutritional value. Another was about choosing the right supplements for your needs

Business

0 Projects Completed

As a former insurance agent, Faye ran her own business for 10 years and knows how to research particular questions.

Health

0 Projects Completed

When writing about health, Faye prefers to confine her work to keeping well, or recovery through natural means such as physical therapy, rather than the pharmacological issues related to health care. She has spent nearly a year, all told, in hospitals over the past several years, and fiound recovery is all about attitude.She writes about medical training, as well.

Legal

0 Projects Completed

Faye worked six years in law enforcement before opening her insurance office.. Among her responsibilities was presenting court cases. She has not been asked to write about this subject so far.

 

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