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Whether you're publishing a newsletter or brochure,
pitching a product, need copy for your web site or looking for a job,
you need the sharpest, most relevant
approach to your reader.

Your must grab your intended audience's attention immediately,

and never let go, because you have just one chance,

mere seconds, to make a great first impression.

But if that first impression is full of typos and grammatical errors,
or just inexpertly or unprofessionally written, you and
your service or product will look just as shoddy as the writing.

I professionally write and edit business publications,
web sites, papers, proposals, cover letters, dissertations and theses.

I also design and write newsletters, brochures and pamphlets.

I can even preserve your family memories in writing,
after I speak with you and your special family members.

I collaborate with you to design nonprofit and small business
web sites to your specifications, at a reasonable cost.
Then I teach you to manage your own site, to keep your costs down.

As an experienced journalist, I'm even at my best on tight deadlines.

The 2009 closing of my previous employer, the Ann Arbor News,
after 174 years of publication and 27 years of employment
prompted me to record my Reflections on an era.
I hope you find it interesting, amusing and surprising.

Please check my resume and clips for examples of my work.

- Susan

Achieve your goals

I have years of experience writing for a daily newspaper audience on

virtually every topic, and doing it accurately and on tight deadlines.

I can surprise, engage and amuse any audience,

and do it quickly.

I can do it for you,

with personalized

attention and services.

Look as good as you are.

Pulitzer-nominated journalist

Tight deadlines on government,
medical, legal, feature, nonprofit
and investigative articles were
my bread and butter for years.

I do whatever it takes to do the job – jumping out of a plane,

fighting a fire, on high-speed

police chases, even making an

undercover crack buy with police.

I have the experience
you need.

Bring your family history

back to life

As a former journalist,
I can mine
the best nuggets
from your past.

Did your grandmother walk to a one-room schoolhouse
in her bare feet?
Did your father warm his backside
at the wood stove
in the winter?

Don't forget who you are.

Keep alive
the memories you cherish.

Susan L. Oppat

(rhymes with "stop it!")
Phone: 734.487.5464
E-mail: susanoppat@comcast.net

The Write Stuff

LOOK as good as you ARE!