I am a goal oriented professional with more than 10 years of experience in the publishing and art world.
Currently, I run my own freelance writing, critiquing, and illustration business at www.alinabradford.com. To view my art feel free to visit http://pageillustrator.wordpress.com.
Highlights of My Career:
- Previously managing editor for The Bat, The Revelation, and The Sawyer Community Newsletter.
- Staff Writer for Southern Vanity Magazine
- Prevention Magazine Buzz Blogger
- Copy editor for Ore Mountain Publishing House.
- Column writer for Fit Christian Magazine.
- Published in dozens of national magazines and over thirty Internet sites.
- Illustrator and head of the design department for Coffee Cramp Magazine, illustrator for Ore Mountain Publishing House, and creative consultant for KIC Magazine.
- Freelance logo design and layout of text books for various companies including PCS Edventures and Tall Blonde Monster Designs. Author and illustrator of the children’s book “The Kitties Danced.”
Sample of Publications Worked for:
- The Simple Living Newsletter
- Prevention Magazine Online's Buzz Blog
- Southern Vanity
- KIC Magazine
- The Dollar Stretcher
- Writer's Digest
- CCM
- Byline Magazine
- Fit Christian Magazine
- Keep It Coming Ezines
- Idaho Magazine
- Writing-World
- BigRedChair
- Write Success (As an instructor for a course on creative writing.)
- Pregnancy.org
- Tots to Teens
- Mama Health
- Funds for Writers Small Markets
- Demand Studios
- Whispers of Inspiration Anthology Published by The Sun Rising Poetry Press
- And more.
Freelance Copywriting, Marketing, Web Content, Slogan, Catalog, and/or Newsletter Content done for:
- The Earth Angel Network
- Future Net FX.com
- Looner Graphics
- The Virtual Assistant
- Dotsndashes.com
- Love Song Cards
- Ez-Job-Search.com
- CottageSoap.com
- Keep It Coming Newsletter
- PCS Edventures
- And more.
- Nomination for Diamond Homer Award of Poetic Excellence, 1997,
- Fourth Place in Argumentative and Informative Essay Contest, 1999,
- Winner of Writer's Digest 365 Days of Prompts Contest, 2002,
- Nomination for the International Poet of Merit Award, 2003,
- Awarded the Editor's Choice Award by Suite 101 Media Inc., twice, 2007
Alina has worked as a professional photographer for many years. Here photographs have been published in magazines and in ezines.