ARE YOU LOST IN A SEA... SEARCHING FOR JUST THE RIGHT WORDS? Writing is an arduous, isolated task. Finding just the right words for marketing campaigns is a dreadful chore. If you find yourself lost in a sea of words, I would love the opportunity to assist you. Since the early 1990’s I have created brochures, manuals, press releases, ad copy, media kits, and technical documents. Many of my clients include university and DoD contractors. Developing and writing ad, marketing, or technical copy is one of the communication skills where I can assist you. As an award winning writer, I have an extensive background in professional writing, along with a diversified knowledge of computers and administrative abilities. A professional writer since 1984, my expertise includes: marketing copy, media kits, public relations, magazine, newspaper, technical, business writing, campus communications and award winning screenplays, just to mention a few. I have authored numerous articles for construction and beauty publications; seven screenplays; three full-length plays; technical and video scripts; and public service announcements. Also, I worked as a documentation specialist for a DOD contractor, and edited/revised manuals in an academic setting. My home office is fully equipped with a computer with Internet, e-mail, fax machine, and printers.

If you are seeking writers who will meet deadlines and complete assignments in a timely fashion, I would love the opportunity to work with you. Serving the public as a freelance writer requires someone with talent, expertise, professionalism, and the ability to communicate in an effective manner. I have experience in a variety of public relations work, including business writing, newsletters, media kits, brochures, press releases, and other marketing materials. WRITING EXPERIENCE: Marketing copy, book editing, press releases for book publisher Published writer of regional, trade and national publications Newspaper editorials Health, beauty and construction trade magazines Award winning screenwriter, playwright Public relations Travel writing Campus Communications Contract work Writing consultant Recipient of grant for writing TEACHING CREATIVE WRITING: February 2005 – presentation of “So You Want to be a Writer,” Ashley Hall School for Girls, Charleston, SC – Creative Writing Club May 2002, Screenwriting vs. Playwriting lecture for North Charleston Arts Festival, held at Books-a-Million Bookstore, instructed class about the proper formats for screenwriting and the Samuel French format for playwriting AWARDS: 2004 – Grand Goldie Film Award for screenplay, “Not My Papa” 2003 – Certificate of Merit – 2003 International Screenplay Competition – American Screenwriters Association Writers Digest – “Child of Darkness, screenplay 2003 -- First Place, Playwriting – Certificate of Merit, Southeastern Writers Conference, June 2003 2003 – Third Place, Playwriting – Catfish Stew Anthology for “The Coffee Club,” a play, South Carolina Writers Workshop 2002 -- Third place, Best of Issue – short story, “Footsteps: Stepping Back in Time,” South Carolina Writers Workshop 2002 – Goldie Film Award for screenplay, “Child of Darkness” Staged Reading: 2002 -- Play, “Not My Papa,” held at the historical Ritz Theatre, Brunswick, GA, June 2002 Chesterfield Film Company Writers Film Project: 2001 -- Semi-finalist – Chesterfield Film Company Writer’s Film Project November 2001 2000 -- Semifinalist– Chesterfield Film Company Writer’s Film Project January 2000 1997 -- Semifinalist– Chesterfield Film Company Writer’s Film Project 1997

Ms. Perkins-Cooper began her writing career as a child, publishing a science fiction story in the third grade. Her areas of writing expertise include marketing for radio and television, fiction, non-fiction, articles, plays, screenplays, and marketing copy/press releases. In 2001, she published a complex memoir based on her father’s battle with esophageal cancer. The nonfiction memoir is titled, “Condition of Limbo.” As a writer of accomplishment, she works diligently to achieve her goals as a marketing consultant, and a professional screenwriter. Entering the America’s Best competition, she placed as a finalist in the teleplay category with her screenplay, “the Commish...The Signature Rapist.” Another screenplay, “Child of Darkness,” placed in the top 10 percent at the 1994 Austin Heart of Film festival. Additional screenplays were selected as finalist for the Chesterfield Writers’ Film Project and the Goldie Film Awards, Fade In competition, The Writers Network, and America’s Best, The Writers Foundation. In February 2004, she was awarded the Grand Goldie Film Award. Barbie Perkins-Cooper is a member of North American Travel Journalists Association; The National Writers Association; a member of Southeastern Writers Association, St. Simons, GA, and Vice President of South Carolina Writers Workshop. Barbie Perkins-Cooper, owner of Creative Communications, has twenty years of writing expertise for your marketing, communication, and PR needs. Call today to discuss your marketing, public relations, media and advertising needs. Press releases are a specialty. Every assignment will be handled with the greatest of professionalism. A portfolio of writing clips and photography are available, per your request.

Biography listed in several publications including: Who’s Who of American Women, 25th edition; 2000 Notable American Women, Who’s Who in U. S. Writers, Editors and Poets, International Authors, and Writers Who’s Who, WHO’S WHO in the SOUTH and SOUTHWEST View a few clips at: http://www.hardhat.com/ Look for my profile listed in National Directory of Editors and Writers for Hire, by Elizabeth Lyon -- publication date: March 7, 2005 http://www.natja.org/member/barbieperkinscooper Travel Magazine Member of NATJA [North American Travel Journalists Association] VP, South Carolina Writers Workshop http://www.globalproducer.com

For your marketing, editing, writing, or PR needs, why not contact: Barbie Perkins-Cooper, Photojournalist, Writing and Marketing Consultant 641 Palmetto St. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-4440 Phone: 843-884-7631 Fax: 843-881-6801 Email: barbiepc@bellsouth.net