Need a copywriter? I’m here to help you find your voice, bring personality and character to your brand, and to earn you happy subscribers and loyal followers in style.

After over a decade of experience in writing, editing, and publishing for books, websites, email campaigns, press releases, scripts, website construction, and artist branding, I recently published my 70,000-word memoir, traumedy, grimoire, or whatever you wanna call it. I’m a Portland-based trans lesbian from the South, a performing musician, model, actress, audiobook narrator, music producer, recording artist, etymology nerd, and insufferable punster.

Let’s create something together.

⇢Author of Transangelicism: memoir of a transgender ex-vangelical, followed by ongoing national book tour, released in 2024.

⇢ Frontwoman, manager, and agent of queer Appalachian doom punk band Public Universal Friend, including multi-album Mailchimp email campaigns since 2008, as well as interviews for NPR (WFYI Indianapolis), Mahogany (UK), and Pattern Magazine, in collaboration with numerous arts-based media publications across the U.S.

⇢ Administrator and email script writer/editor for GenderNexus, an Indiana-based gender-diverse social services clinic founded in 2014.

published excerpts:

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Since their debut in 2020, Public Universal Friend’s record Perennials has signified Friend’s progression of an earthy brand of indie rock songwriting, whose sonic roots cite post-punk and 90s emo with echoes of Appalachian roots and spiritual music. Friend’s lyrical themes have historically gravitated toward the value of emotive honesty and speaking truth in power, embodied through a profoundly unique perspective of identity, faith, and gender expansive existence. These poetic incantations foster an inclusive live environment of authentic engagement, all for the sake of exploring the overarching theme of finding out who we really are and the beauty of living within it.

With a vitality and youth in this new season of performance, we as listeners now experience the sounds and energies being exclaimed in a space full with the dignity and worth of each beautiful existence we bring to the table. With a voice so long in the making, the newest material is forever surprising, uplifting, and meeting us where we are, speaking truth in power over every space the music may occupy.

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– press release snippet from queer Appalachian doom punk band Public Universal Friend

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Thank you so much for your inquiry email! Attached is our welcome letter, which reviews our supports and services. Go ahead and fill out the info requested below and send it to ___@____.org and we’ll get you set up with a care coordinator as soon as possible. Thank you!

Feel free to copy and paste the reply to ___@____.org with only the highlighted information completed and you will be sent an invitation to create your patient profile in our HIPPA compliant secured server called Simple Practice. If you cannot complete the forms via the SimplePractice link that is sent to you, please let me know.

• Chosen Name (first and last):
• Name of your Caretaker if under 18:
• Pronouns:
• Date of Birth:
• Best E-mail to use to create your client portal: (only add if safe to use)
• Phone Number: (only add if safe to use)
• Caretaker Number and E-mail:

Services Requested: (Examples: care coordination, short-term therapy, WPATH Affirming Surgery Assessment & Support Letter, Name & Gender Marker Change Advocacy, Volunteering, Clinical Practicum/Residency)

Availability: days & times that you are typically free every week- (example: Monday evenings) Your appointment will be automatically scheduled with the clinician that has openings at this time so please be sure this is accurate.

Once we have received this information back from you, you can expect the following:

• You will receive an email from Simple Practice to complete your patient profile. Check your JUNK or SPAM email folders if you have not used this software before!

• Simple Practice is the platform that you will use to speak to your care coordinators, access documents, and use the secure online session links.

• Your profile that is added to Simple Practice will be matched to a care coordinator based on your availability and theirs. Your care coordinator will reach out to you to confirm the appointment they scheduled based on the availability you provided.

All appointments are scheduled are scheduled virtually over Simple Practice secured server unless you have requested an in-person appointment at our location ____________________.

If you have completed this information and do not hear from a clinician after 14 days, please reach out to ___@____.org and I will work to resolve any added delays in your care. Our average inquiry to appointment time is less than 20 days and we aim to continue providing excellent and fast care to Indiana’s trans and gender diverse residents.

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– email welcome script for GenderNexus.org

Jody Galadriel Friend can be reached by email at: jodygfriend@gmail.com

Jody

It matters not how deep one may bury this treasure should it be found. It’s not about believing it deep in your soul but in something as common as one’s senses. The soul is nothing without the sense by which to allay it. What then would a soul be but a vapor if there were no one to behold it? Behold yourself, honey

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