North Carolina freelance writer Laurie Birdsong has embraced all types of contract writing since producing her first press release for a Chapel Hill small business owner in 2004. Since this first stab at writing marketing materials, Laurie has taken on an ever-expanding range of assignments – proofreading, essay writing, copywriting, copyediting, blog writing, newsletters, website content, brochures, feature articles, public relations, query letters, technical writing and direct mail, among others. Laurie has written for a number of well-known North Carolina publications, including: Chapel Hill News, Durham News, The Pilot (Southern Pines), Fifteen501 Magazine, Wake Living Magazine, Office of Healthy Carolinians, The Rice Diet Program, UNC Department of Radiology, and numerous small business owners. Read more about Laurie...