JaneA's writing topic specialties are pets (particularly cats), veterinary medicine, human health and well-being, mental health (Including mental illnesses and mental health advocacy), and LGBTQ+ issues. They have extensive lived experience in all these areas.
Through working with previous clients, JaneA has also gained a great deal of knowledge about the fields of oncology (and value-based care in oncology), corporate venture capital, and third-party logistics.
JaneA's greatest writing gift is their ability to make complex topics easy for ordinary people to understand. They developed this skill through writing an award-winning cat advice blog and through their own lived experience.
JaneA particularly likes to write about
--Pets (yes, including the scaly and feathery ones)
--LGBTQ+ topics ranging from rights to travel
--Healthcare, especially that focused on patient education and advocacy
--Mental health, including workplace mental health, fighting the stigma about mental illnesses, and how patients can advocate for themselves
--People who are making a difference in their communities and the world
As an English major, JaneA quickly honed their skills in academic research and writing. For their senior thesis, they wrote a novel, along with numerous other research and academic papers related to literature and to the social sciences. They took many social science electives, and if the University of Maine had offered a sociology minor, they would have earned that in addition to their B.A. in English.
JaneA is the author of an award-winning cat advice blog that ran for 16 years. They also wrote for Catster.com and Catster Magazine for 10 years. They particularly enjoy helping pet owners understand their animal companions' behavior and health.
Although JaneA has written primarily about cats, they also know a lot about dogs and are fascinated with reptiles and other exotic pets.
JaneA has an extensive network of contacts in the pet industry ranging from individual bloggers to veterinarians, all the way up to C-level executives in pet insurance companies.
JaneA's experience in medical writing includes health and condition guides, blog posts, social media posts, and tips on staying well while navigating chronic illnesses.
Their areas of specialty within the medical field include patient education, wellness, mental health advocacy, mental illness, health policy, value-based care, and oncology.
JaneA has written blog posts, social media posts, and even designed infographics to help people understand hot-button political issues. They have been interested in politics since they were a child and their mother was active in her local Democratic party.
JaneA is unashamedly liberal and will not write content that is not in alignment with their ethics of anti-racism, support for the LGBTQ+ community, healthcare as a human right, sensible gun laws, and treating poor and homeless people with dignity and respect.
JaneA has extensive nonprofit writing experience. They worked in the communications department of Maine's largest community foundation and one of the best-known animal rescue charities in the U.S. They have also served as a volunteer at a community theatre group and at several different animal rescue organizations.
JaneA's experience includes writing press releases, small grant applications, copy for newsletters and annual reports, social media posts, and website copy.
JaneA has worked with clients in the global pharma industry. They have planned social media calendars and written social content for a specialty pharmacy focusing on biologics for oncology and rare diseases. They also reported back monthly to that client on web and social media analytics, analyzing trends and making future content suggestions.
JaneA has also written content for a radiation therapy practice's website that described the different types of radiation therapy, how they work, and what patients can expect from their radiotherapy experience. They also wrote guides for the most common types of cancer this clinic treats, sourcing information from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, and other agencies known to be leaders in the oncology field.
JaneA worked for a pet health insurance company for two years. During that time, they took numerous continuing education courses on various aspects of dog and cat health.
Pet insurance is very confusing for a lot of people, but they know vet care is expensive and they should have it. JaneA has written about pet insurance on their award-winning cat advice blog and has contributed numerous articles on social media explaining the ins and outs of the subject.
JaneA has an extensive network of contacts in the pet industry and pet health fields to draw on for articles on the subject of pet insurance.
JaneA is the author of an award-winning cat advice blog which they wrote for 16 years. From their years of blogging, JaneA has an extensive network of sources in the pet industry.
JaneA wrote for Catster.com and Catster Magazine for 10 years. Their first project for Catster, in 2010, was an 80-part series on kitten development and health. They have written numerous other articles including explainers about health and behavior issues, news pieces, celebrity profiles, breed profiles, and regularly appearing columns. Most of the articles for which JaneA has won awards have been published on Catster and in Catster Magazine.
JaneA's Catster Magazine column, which they wrote from 2019-2020, features profiles of prominent figures in the community cat advocacy and trap/neuter/return movement, as well as articles about organizations such as high-volume spay/neuter organizations and feral cat advocacy groups.
JaneA has extensive experience writing email marketing copy and working with platforms including Constant Contact, MailChimp, MailerMailer, and Sendgrid. Their most recent email marketing campaign was in support of an arts festival and received higher open and click rates than many previous emails sent by that client.
JaneA has a strong background in journalism and learned a lot about how not to create press releases in their first job out of college, working as a copy editor at a weekly newspaper. Since then, they have written numerous press releases for nonprofit organizations, arts festivals, global thought leadership conferences, and more.