About me examples for writers

I am [first name], a writer in [your town]. I write features and essays, ghostwriting and copywriting. Send the brief and the deadline and I will say yes or no within a day.

Use this as the default on a personal site or portfolio.

I am a writer, and the part of the work I care most about is hitting the brief and the deadline without being chased. I am published, and my clients are mostly an editor or a marketing lead deciding in a minute whether you can write.

Use this when one specific standard is the reason people come to you.

I came to this work from [where you came from]. [Number] years later the thing that still holds my attention is hitting the brief and the deadline without being chased. I am published.

Use this if the route in is genuinely interesting. Skip it if it is not.

Right now I am mostly doing features and essays, for an editor or a marketing lead deciding in a minute whether you can write. I am published. If you want to talk about ghostwriting, send the brief and the deadline and I will say yes or no within a day.

Use this on a site you update. It dates fast, which is the point.

I am [first name] — a writer in [your town], published. [One true, small detail: a sport, a rescue dog, the town you grew up in]. Mostly I do features and essays and ghostwriting.

Use this where people hire the person. One detail, not a life story.

If you are an editor or a marketing lead deciding in a minute whether you can write, you are in the right place. I am [first name], a writer, and what I do about commissioning someone who misses the brief, or the deadline, or both is the reason most people stay on this page.

Use this when the right visitor should recognise themselves immediately.

I am published. Published clips you can read, with the outlet and the date, rather than a list of logos. Beyond the paperwork: I work on features and essays, ghostwriting and copywriting, and you send a brief and a deadline and get a yes or no within a day.

Use this where the licence matters and you do not want to lead with it twice.

I do one thing: features and essays. I could do the rest of the list, and for years I did. I am published. If that is what you need, send the brief and the deadline and I will say yes or no within a day.

Use this if you have deliberately narrowed. It reads as confidence.

Writer in [your town], published. Features and essays and ghostwriting. See the clips.

Use this where the form gives you a box and no more.

I am [first name]. I have been a writer for [number] years, working for an editor or a marketing lead deciding in a minute whether you can write. I am published. If it would help to talk, send the brief and the deadline and I will say yes or no within a day — there is no obligation in it.

Use this in a field where selling yourself hard would be a mark against you.