LORI COVINGTON
writeforyou@gmail.com
Writer and Editor
RECENT CLIENTS
Market Research Analysts, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Freebeautytips.org, Sacramento, California
Corpus Academics, Vancouver, British Columbia
Medway Candle, Port Medway, Nova Scotia
EDUCATION
M.A., Counseling (Educational) Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
B.A., Psychology, Humboldt State University. Presidential Scholar.
2009 Grant-writing Seminar, Nova Scotia Community College
Freelance writer and editor since 2001.
BUSINESS WRITING
Wrote initial business plan and marketing materials for new, green candle company, Medway Candle. Company received start-up financial support for one year from the Canadian Business Development Centre, along with ongoing educational support.
Other work for Medway Candle includes customer education brochures, labels, blog and website copy.
PR, MARKETING & ADVERTISING WRITING
• Sales letters for ebooks “Beautiful You” and “Beauty in Your Thirties” (Ken Giddens & Meg Awtry)
• Online ads for “Law Abiding Citizen” (SocialTyze.com)
• Marketing copy, Medway Candle
• Press releases, Barn.Culture.com
• Marketing copy, Stage 8 Fasteners
• Catalog Copy, product packaging, MainStreet Sonoma.
CREATIVE PROJECTS
• “Escape from Draconia: Mikki Madigan’s First Adventure” published at Smashwords.com
• Comic Strip “Without Joy”, writer; with Jeff Harvey, artist. http://toughrocks.blogspot.com
• Novella, “As Pretty Does”, commissioned by Fox Digital Entertainment
• Screenplay, “A Walk in the Woods”, co-author; with Scarlett Kleint.
• Novelization of audiobook, “The Magic Mattress”, co-author; with Rob Sloane.
• Screenplay, “Boil It Down”, author.
BLOGS
http://medwaycandle.blogspot.com
http://open.salon.com/blog/loricovington
http://toughrocks.blogspot.com
http://escapefromdraconia.blogspot.com/
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
“StyleWatch”. Occasions (food and beverage) magazine. Spring, Summer & Fall 2010.
“A Bright, Warm, Winter Room”. Occasions (food and beverage) magazine. Winter 2009.
Restaurant Features, “Nectar” and “The Vines”. Occasions (food and beverage) magazine. Winter 2009.
“Taking Care of Business”. Canadian Gardening magazine. Fall, 2009.
“Favorite Gardening Tips”. April/May 2009, Mother Earth News.
“Heirloom Plants”. 2009 Annual Special Issue “Fantastic Gardens”. Canadian Gardening magazine.
"Ladies Who Lunch". Comic strip. 2007, Southern Seasons magazine.
"Pemphigus in Cats.” November, 2005, Atlantic Pets Magazine.
“A Fungus Among Us: Ophiostoma tetropii in the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle.” (Published as "Hot on the Bad Beetle’s Trail.”) May, 2004, Atlantic Forestry Review.
SELECTED URLs
www.occasionsmagazine.ca/ANBL/en/ThemedCelebrations/StyleWatch8/index.cfm?issue=fall_2010
www.canadiangardening.com/how-to/seeds/the-business-of-seed-catalogues/a/29268
www.canadiangardening.com/how-to/gardening-basics/five-reasons-to-grow-heirloom-plants/a/22460
www.occasionsmagazine.ca/ANBL/en/ThemedCelebrations/StyleWatch6/index.cfm?issue=spring_2010
www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/Readers-Favorite-Gardening-Tips.aspx
http://www.freebeautytips.org/history-of-perfume.html
http://www.parenttime.com/pregnancyarticles/increasefertility.html
www.parenttime.com/pregnancyarticles/howtogetpregnant.html
http://www.barnculture.com/articles/id_163/
http://www.barnculture.com/articles/id_168/
http://www.aboutaerobics.com/nondiet-approach.html
http://www.stage8.com/hydro.html
GHOSTWRITTEN BOOKS
• “A Stitch in Time: Diary of a Cosmetic Surgeon.” New York, NY, 2007.
• "How to be a Celebrity Personal Assistant.” Celebrity Staffing, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, 2005.
• "Joy in the Workplace." Chris Alexander, Orange County, CA, 2003. http://www.synergylifemastery.com/html/workplace_joy.html
• "Creating Extraordinary Joy." Chris Alexander, (2001). (Credited as Developmental Editor.) http://www.synergylifemastery.com/html/extra_joy.html
EDITED
“Outdoor Parents, Outdoor Kids”. Eugene Buchanan, Heliconia Press, 2010.
“A Wealth of Parenting”. Lorna Hegarty, Aaspirations Press, 2009.
“The Last Six Minutes”. Sandra Martins-Toner. Aaspirations Press, 2009.
“The Magic Mattress”. Rob Sloane, 2008. Audiobook script. (Proofread)
“Whitewater Chile”. Heliconia Press, 2008.
“Kayaking: Life on the Water”, by Ken Whiting, Heliconia Press, 2008.
“The Paddling Chef” by Dian Weimer. Heliconia Press, 2008.
"Synergizing Your Business." by Chris Alexander. Published 2002.
http://www.synergylifemastery.com/html/synergizing.html
“Positive Options for Living with Your Ostomy.”2001.
“Women Living with Fibromyalgia.” 2001
“The Cancer Prevention Book.” 2001.