Resume

Alyice Edrich is a freelance writer, editor, and web content writer. She is the founder of the award-winning magazine, The Dabbling Mum®, a regular columnist, the mother of two beautiful children, a devoted wife, a hardworking businesswoman, and a child of God.

Alyice produces quality work for individuals and businesses around the United States. As a freelance writer, she strives to bring the best she has to the table every time and looks forward to honest, constructive critiques that help improve the final output. She writes articles, blog entries, catalog copy, and web content. However, she does not write sales copy.

EDITOR & PUBLISHER

• The Dabbling Mum® -- 2000 to Present
  Built an award-winning online magazine from the ground up. Handled everything from basic html coding of the website to innovative low-cost marketing efforts to recordkeeping to purchasing, editing, and even writing content.
  
  Before returning to freelance writing full-time, the magazine received 40,000 monthly visitors, had 3 weekly e-zines boasting of 9,000 total subscribers, and acquired 12 new articles every month—all with no advertising budget.

REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR

Craft Publications - Online
• C&T Publishing's Blog, Monthly Creative Troupe Round Up Post, 2010 to Present
• Empty Easel, How To Create An Art Blog Series, 2010 to Present
• Empty Easel, Q&As with Established Artists, 2010 to Present
• Crafts Unleashed, Guest Designer & Product Reviewer, 2010 to Present
• Fave Crafts, Guest Designer, 2010 to Present

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ARTICLE WRITER: ESSAYS, FEATURES, HOW-TOS, INTERVIEWS, TIPS, ETC.

Magazines

• Cecil Child Parenting
• Hello! Morristown
• Family-Life
• Families First
• Ms. Magazine
• Obadiah Magazine
• Injection Molding News
• Venice Gulf Coast Living
  
  Newsletters, Electronic
  
• Absolute Write
• My Pampered Moments
• Scribe Quill
• Writers Weekly
  
  Newsletters, Print
  
• Kaiser Permanente Hospital
• National Business Association
  
  Newspapers
  
• Argus Leader - Letters To The Editor, 2008
• Faithful Times
• Merrill Courier
• Moms Network
• Quincy Star News
  
  Online Publications
  
• Check Your Health.org
• Christian Families Online
• DebtSmart®
• Demand Studios
• Disney Family Parenting
• Geo Parent
• Holistic Business Journal
• Pagewise, Inc.
• Search Engine Guide
• Small Business Brief
• and others.
  
  Reviews
• The Dabbling Mum®
• Amazon.com and Target.com
• Warner Brothers Online
• Midwest Book Review
• Review on cover of Last Gentile Book Series
• several websites and print publications

COLUMNIST

• The Dabbling Mum® eMagazine -- Reviews, 2000 to Present
• The Dabbling Mum®  eZine -- Q&A, 2000 - 2007
• Spirit-Led Writer Magazine -- Effective E-books, 2007
• Cecil Child Parenting Magazine -- Parent-To-Parent Column, 2006 - 2007
• Daily Marketing Ace -- Guest Columnist, 2004, 2005
• Write From Home Magazine -- Dabbling For Dollars Column, 2005 - 2006
• Writers Apprentice Magazine -- Monthly Marketing Column, 2004

CONTENT WRITER

• C&T Publishing, Catalog Content, 2009
• Institute of Allied Medical Professions, 2007
• Realtors, Articles and Brochure Copy, 2004 - 2006
• Small Business Entrepreneurs, Sales and Web Copy 2004 - 2006
• Online Education, 2005
• Other businesses on as needed basis.

WEB COPYWRITER

• A Personal Touch, 2003
• Cuddles and Dreamz, 2003
• Create An Invite, 2003
• Edrich Communications, 2002 - 2006
• Flutters acScent Stone™ Associates, 2003
• Flutters of the Heart®, 2002 - 2004
• Good Mourning Lord, 2002 - 2009
• Handcrafted Country Soaps™, 2003, 2004
• Holistic Home Retreats, 2004
• Invites By Design, 2004
• Instyle Papers, 2006
• InStyle Stamps, 2009
• Spa Today Lady, 2003
• Other sites on as needed basis.

BOOKS

Electronic Books: Author
• Tid-Bits For Making Money With E-books, e-book © 2005
• Tid-Bits for Marketing Your Business With Articles, e-book © 2004
• Tid-Bits for New Daycare Providers, e-book © 2003, 2008
• Mystery Shopping Earns You Perks!, e-book © 2002, 2003
• Work-at-Home or Stay-at-Home? You can do both, e-book © 2002
• Build Upon a Firm Foundation: Financial help with a biblical twist, e-book © 2002
• Tid-Bits for New Signing Agents, e-book © 1999, 2003, 2005
• Good Mourning Lord, e-book © 2004 (no longer for sale)
• Dear God, Why did you take my sister? © 1999 (publisher out of business)
  
  Electronic Books: Compilation Editor & Contributor
• TDM Speaks With Successful Authors, Vol. 1, e-book © 2005
• Krack'd Pot Moms Anthology, e-book © 2005
• Queries And Published Samples Anthology, e-book © 2005
  
  Print Books: Contributing Writer, Quote, or Entire Passage
• Girlfriend's Guide To Grief, to be published
• The Power of Slow: 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World, page 19
  published by St. Martins Press, 2009
• Publishing Possibilities, page 93
  ISBN: 978-0-615-26080-8, published by Brighter Day Publishing, LLC, 2008
• Grit For The Oyster, pages 22, 71, 100, 146, 171, 181
  ISBN: 978-0-9815592-2-3, published by Vintage Spirit, 2008
• What Can I Do: Ideas To Help Those Who Have Experienced Loss, pages 68, 126
  ISBN: 0-806-65327-2, published by Augsburg Books, 2007
• From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money Selling Information Products, pages 118-123
  ISBN: 0-470-05086-1, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006
• The Writersville Charity Cookbook, pages 96-97
  ISBN 1-58961-108-X published by PageFree Publishing, 2003
  
  eBooks: Contributing Writer
  
• Daily Marketing Ace's Top 200 Tips (So Far), e-book © 2004
• Copywriting-Success, e-book © 2003
• I’ll Write when the Kids are Grown, e-book © 2001
• Writers-Exchange 2000, e-book © 2000

EDITOR
Experienced in content editing, copyediting, and proofreading.

Website
• Good Mourning Lord, 2004 - 2009
  
  Online Newsletter
  
• The Dabbling Mum®, Email Newsletters, 2002 - 2008
• Parties Abound, 2001
• So Cal Kids Activities (Suite 101), 1999, 2000
  
  Text Email Newsletter (E-zine)
  
• FoH, 2003
• Soap News, 2003
• 5 Second Party (Wz.com), 2001
  
  Print Newsletter
  
• MOPS Talk, 1999, 2000
• Mopetts Talk, 1999, 2000
• Path Seekers Monthly, 1996

AWARDS

• Finalist, Top Ten Best Writer's Website, Writer's Digest, 2006
  (Designed, written, and maintained by individual.)
• Top 101 Websites For Writers, Writers’ Digest, 2005, 2006, 2007
• 3rd Place: Annual Editor Of The Year, American Christian Writers, 2005
• APEX®: Award Of Excellence: Web Sites, for The Dabbling Mum, 2004
• Golden Web Award, for The Dabbling Mum, 2003 - 2004
• Top Ten Best Selling E-book, Booklocker, 2002
• First Place Awards for "District Demonstrator Sales as a Supervisor",
  House of Lloyd Products, Inc., 1992
• "Excellence in Politics" Plaque in Political Science, Harbor Junior College, 1989
• Honor Roll and Attendance Awards

ASSOCIATIONS

Fellowship of Christian Writers, 2004 - 2007
The Writer's View, 2003 - 2007
Momwriters, 2000 - 2005
Knoxville Writer's Guild, 2004 - 2005
American Society of Notaries, 1999 - 2000
National Association of Signing Agents, 2001
National Notary Association, 2000

EDUCATION

AA Degree - Business Administration, 1990
Certificate - Paralegal Studies (ABA Approved), 1996
Certificate - Mediation Skills (ABA Approved), 1995
Certificate - Exceptional Customer Service, 1994
Certificate - The Exceptional Assistant, 1994
Certificate - Good Manufacturing Practice 101, 1994
Certificate - Career Awareness Program/Teller Procedures, 1986

MISC.

Fellowship of Christian Writers Main Forum, Assistant Moderator, 2006 - 2007
Fellowship of Christian Writers Friends Forum, Moderator, 2004 - 2006
E-book Discussion Group Moderator, 2004, 2005

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