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Editor/Writer
My primary means of making a living. I specialize in writing for
nonprofit and charitable organizations, and I'm licensed as an
independent contractor in Washington state. To discuss a project, call
me at (425) 673-0263 or e-mail me at martin@stillion.com.
Experience
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I have particular interest and
experience in the following fields:
 | Adoption services |
 | Education |
 | Food and nutrition |
 | International relief and development |
 | Medical and healthcare |
 | Performing arts |
 | Public health |
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And I've worked on the following
types of publications:
 | Advertisements |
 | Brochures |
 | Direct mail |
 | Manuals |
 | Marketing copy |
 | Monographs |
 | Newsletters |
 | Programs |
 | Proposals |
 | Reports |
 | Web sites |
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I also have a good
deal of writing and editing experience in for-profit and corporate
environments, specifically on the following types of work:
 | Marketing of architecture/engineering/construction management
services |
 | User interface and marketing copy for e-commerce |
 | Software manuals |
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Résumé
If you like graphics,
try the PDF version of my résumé.
If your computer doesn't do PDFs, here's my résumé
in RTF (Rich Text Format).
The same résumé in HTML.
And finally, an identical résumé in plain-text
format. I'm working on the cuneiform version.
Writing Samples
- I wrote or rewrote everything on the Web
site for World Association for Children and Parents, a
Seattle-area adoption agency. I've also worked on their quarterly
newsletter.
- I edited or wrote most of the help text at drugstore.com. Here's a sample.
- I also wrote some marketing and consumer pieces for drugstore.com.
Here's one of them, a vitamin
C buying guide.
- And here's a freelance
article on the common cold for Group Health Cooperative.
- I've started writing for Response, the alumni newsletter of
my alma mater, Seattle Pacific. Here are most if not all of the
articles I've written for them.
Athletics
Alumni profiles
Social issues
Performing arts
References
The following people
have been instructed to say nice things about me. If you prefer, you can
download a rich text document with contact
information for five of these references.
Jan Pollard
Patricia Bywater
Rebecca Hughes
Joan DeClaire
Kris Leander
Alex Gramling
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