Portfolio
Writing Portfolio
Click on the below links to see just some of my published writing. Please note that some of my bylines use my former last name, Crone. Please ask if you’d like to see more clips in any category!
Personal finance writing
Small business writing
LGBTQ writing
Arts and culture writing
Travel writing
Copywriting
Personal finance writing
- Investopedia: Financial Challenges for LGBTQ+ Service Members and Their Families
- Experian: When is the Best Time to Buy a House?
- Experian: 7 Financial Tips for LGBTQ Newlyweds
- Forbes Advisor: Types of Personal Loans
- Consumers Digest magazine: The Best Credit-Card Offers: How They Stack Up
- Lending Tree: How Can the Credit Repair Organizations Act Help Me?
- Magnify Money: How to Pay for Transition-Related Expenses Without Going Broke
- Credit Karma: Goodwill Letters: What You Need to Know
- Business Insider: Prepaid Debit Cards Can Be Minefields Of Hidden Costs
- Christian Science Monitor: What should you do if your unpaid debt is in collections?
- MarketWatch: Small homes can offer big returns
- Nasdaq: Mortgage rate report
- CNBC: Here’s how much more it costs to own vs. rent a home in every US state
- USA Today College: 4 reasons you should work on campus during college
- USA Today: 5 Fears You Shouldn’t Have About Retirement
- Magnify Money: How Alexa and Siri Could Help You Get a Mortgage
- CreditCards.com: Why celebrity credit cards fail
- CreditCards.com: Severe debt can cause depression and even suicide
Small business writing
- Lending Tree: 5 Common Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- The Chicago Tribune: 7 Benefits of Using a Co-working Space
- NerdWallet: Getting Money to Open a Restaurant: How They Did It
- Gusto: 8 Tips for Getting Funding as an LGBTQ Business Owner
- Gusto: How San Francisco’s Most Successful Restaurant Owners Run Their Business
- Gusto: Everything You Need to Know About Offering Health Insurance
LGBTQ writing
- Yamaha Music: Sara Davis Buechner Finds Pride Through Music
- Yamaha Music: Pride Month Special: Breaking Barriers
- INTO: How Four Latinx Lesbians Restarted Their Lives After Being Wrongly Imprisoned
(Emily won the “Excellence in Long-Form Journalism” Award from the NLGJA for this piece) - INTO: Records of Wrongly Convicted Latinx Lesbians Are Finally Expunged
- Church & State Magazine (cover story): Transparently Cruel: How Transgender Rights Became The New Front In Christian Nationalists’ Culture War
- Modern Military Magazine (cover story): The Battle is Over: Biden Ends Trump Ban on Trans Military Service
- Experian: Financial Inclusion and the LGBTQ Community: Challenges Persist
- Care.com: How to Teach Your Kids What Transgender Means
- Care.com: 10 Ways to Support Your LGBTQ+ Kid at Family Gatherings
- San Antonio Current: No Lesbian Bars? No Problem: The Wolfpack Brings Together LGBTQ Women Across Texas
- Magnify Money: The LGBTQ Community Faces Many Financial Challenges — Here’s How to Overcome Them
- Spectrum South: 6 LGBTQ Texans Who Stood Up to the Trump Administration in 2018
- Out in SA: Allies United: Rabbi Mara Nathan
- Out in SA: #beHuman: A Mother’s Campaign to Bring Together Parents of Transgender Kids
- Out in SA: The Trans Teacher: Brandon Beck Educates Texas
- NerdWallet: LGBT Community Can Ease Retirement Worries with Planning, Guidance
- Christian Science Monitor: What Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling means for your finances
Arts/Culture/Lifestyle writing
- Faith & Leadership (a publication of Duke University): A Faith-Based Design Lab Teaches Churches How to Help Their Communities Flourish
- Inverse: 5 Reasons to Leave Work On-Time This Summer
- Care.com: After-School Activities: The Pros and Cons of Filling Your Kids’ Schedule
- Care.com: How to Help Kids Grieve Loss and Find Joy in an Unusual Holiday Season
- Flourish: No Motivation to Work? Here’s How to Get Back on Track
- Texas Monthly: Books that Cook review
- NerdWallet: The Austin Food Scene is Blowing up and Here’s Why
- NerdWallet: Texas Hill Country Wineries Find Success Amid Growing Pains
- DatingAdvice.com: Julie Orlov Shows Couples How to Build Strong, Lasting Relationships Through Therapy, Coaching, and Her Book
- DatingAdvice.com: Clinical Psychologist Dr. Eli Mayer’s Non-Judgmental Approach Helps People Improve Their Sex Lives
- Care.com: Here’s Why You Should Use a Nanny Contract — And What Should Be In It
- TRIBEZA magazine: Ricardo Arjona profile
- About.com: Where to Eat on South Congress Avenue
- ENVY Magazine: Uncorked restaurant review
- ENVY Magazine: Cookie Lounge review
- Austin Magazine: Home on the Range book review
Travel writing
- Inverse: Why Some Vacation — But Not Too Much — is Essential for Your Health
- BedandBreakfast.com: An Innkeeper’s Guide to Napa
- The Huffington Post: Five Things to Love About Asheville, North Carolina (wrote on behalf of HomeAway)
- The Huffington Post: Ghostly Encounters At Haunted B&Bs (wrote on behalf of HomeAway)
- The Huffington Post: 4 B&Bs That Promise Unique Experiences (wrote on behalf of HomeAway)
- TripSavvy: Horseshoe Bay Resort Is a Gem Hiding in the Texas Hill Country
- BootsnAll: A Journey to Peace in Playa Negra, Costa Rica
- BootsnAll: The First-Timer’s Guide to Avoiding Embarrassment at a Turkish Bath
- Maiden Voyage (my former blog): A Day with the Indigenous Bribri in Costa Rica
Copywriting
- Security Service Federal Credit Union: Boat/RV loan campaign poster
- Security Service Federal Credit Union: Business lending tradeshow sign
- Security Service Federal Credit Union: Retirement ad
- Security Service Federal Credit Union: Military services brochure
- Sitterle Homes: Luxury living print ad
- BedandBreakfast.com: B2B postcard to innkeepers
