
Erin McReynolds
Freelance Writer + Editor
Marketing | Comms | Literary
I'm a problem-solver who squirts ink to survive and can squeeze a lot into a tiny space.
Basically an octopus. (And I can house a pile of shellfish like one.)
For 15 years I've been helping brand, marketing, and UX teams connect with people through language and voice. Companies like Audible, Dell, Facebook, Macmillan, and AMD.
From in-app microcopy to attention-yoinking product descriptions to longer-form articles, newsletters, and interviews.
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I'm also an essayist and short story writer. My work has appeared in literary journals such as The Sun, Kenyon Review Online, New Letters, and elsewhere, and has been included among the "notables" in the Best American Essays anthology. Since 2013, I've been an editor at American Short Fiction, proudly helping to publish some of the country's most exciting writers. I'm open to working with writers on their memoirs, essays, and stories as a developmental and/or line editor.
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Writing Philosophy
Bill Bernbach
“The truth isn't the truth until people believe you, and they can't believe you if they don't know what you're saying, and they can't know what you're saying if they don't listen to you, and they won't listen to you if you're not interesting, and you won't be interesting unless you say things imaginatively, originally, freshly."