Courtney Shannon Strand, owner of CopyStrands.com—an eco-friendly freelance writing and editing business—helps small- to medium-sized companies with their writing and editing needs in an affordable and timely manner. Her passion for words propelled her through a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and landed her an enchanting job at InStyle magazine working in their copyediting depart-ment after she discovered grammar errors in the final paragraph of their cover story about a famous celebrity.
For over 12 years Courtney has edited and written copy for books, catalogs, magazines, and websites. She is self-taught in HTML, blog designs, and Content Management Systems (CMS). Courtney’s work has appeared in InStyle magazine, ELLE magazine, Northwest Runner magazine, Eddie Bauer's catalogs plus About.com, AOL City's Best, and CTQ Media's websites.
Courtney believes in staying on top of industry trends. She earned a Certificate of Editing in 2011 through Mediabistro's year-long intensive course for editors.
She believes in world travel to learn how others live and has immersed herself in 14 countries. Thanks to her career and travels she has learned more about research, fact checking, and how to communicate when no one speaks her language. Feel free to check out her simple résumé or her infographic résumé.
Her blog's tagline is: Be Chic. Be Green. Be Well-traveled.