•wrote The Indispensable Field Guide to Freelance Writing, published on Amazon.com in January of 2009 (go to http://AmyFarrar.notlong.com)

•wrote Global Warming (Essential Viewpoints), a book directed at middle school students, published in 2007

•wrote the foreword to 2012: A Guide to Spiritual Awareness (see http://2012guide.notlong.com)

•wrote a direct mail piece about three books published by a nonprofit organization

•wrote a monthly on-line column directed at the teaching community for an educational nonprofit

•wrote weekly news stories for an on-line news organization

•wrote press releases for an environmental nonprofit organization

•wrote travel articles that were published for two large daily newspapers

•wrote articles about disability issues and legislation for a newspaper directed at people with disabilities

•wrote feature stories and profiles for a legal trade publication

•wrote articles for a women's business magazine

Editing Projects

•proofread history and science textbooks for a textbook publisher in New York state

•proofread Lunds & Byerlys food labels for a design firm in Minnesota

•wrote, edited, and managed the production of a monthly feature magazine

•edited a 1,000-page life skills curriculum guide for an educational nonprofit

•edited a new Web site, a curriculum guide, briefs, transcripts, executive summaries, and other materials for a division of the University of Minnesota

•edited clinical letters for a medical device company that helps people with cystic fibrosis

•edited a technical proposal for a marketing company

•edited and coordinated the production of a quarterly magazine published by a nonprofit organization


Amy Farrar has a B.A. in English with a minor in History from Rutgers University (1989).