The Project

A senior editor at Three Ships, a digital marketing firm, saw my byline at Healthline and reached out in the summer of 2021. He said he was looking for “smart, experienced and talented freelance writers” to write content in the health and wellness space for their media partners.That included publications like Everyday Health, Aging in Place and Shape, among others. He offered me the work on the spot, and after we hammered out a few details, I had a fun new account.

The Process

Three Ships sent me between one and four assignments every month for years. I’d get detailed content briefs and style guides, and I had seven days to turn the work around. It was fast-paced and interesting—I wrote impartial brand reviews for products like Invisalign and Byte, as well as roundups of services like, ahem, online sex therapy platforms. Eventually, Pillar4 bought Three Ships, which meant I was working with new editors and branching out into optimizations as well.