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Freelance writer for
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Freelance writer for
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Freelance writer for
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"Whatever the mind of man
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believe, it can achieve." |
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Freelance Writing
Services Include
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- Nonfiction
writing
- Product
evaluations
- Public
figure profiles
- Monthly
newsletters
- Articles on
public figures
- Travel
articles
- Forensic
articles
- Law
enforcement news
- Trade
publication news
- Newspaper
articles
- Political
articles
- Opinion
articles
- Current
event news
- Technical
articles
- White papers
- Travel
articles
- Tourism
articles
- Article
photography
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| As a
full-time professional, non-fiction freelance writer and
photographer, my primary area of work is writing magazine
articles and providing the photographs accompanying the
articles.
Over the years I have had
the opportunity to write stories for a number of magazines
and some major news events for newspapers. I have worked as
a radio news reporter (an FM station), and on staff for a
town newspaper as the local reporter covering everything
from new babies to oil well drilling and more!
I continue to write
articles for law enforcement magazines and have published
four books on forensics. I have written profiles, travel
articles, articles on architectural projects, interviews and
more. My freelance writing services are by assignment, or
request, and includes any research and interviews needed for
the subject matter.
Lee Griggs Freelance Publication Portfolio
My writing experience includes
profiles on public figures, interviews, product evaluation, travel, genealogy,
research and technical topics, general interest, special features and
political articles.
Freelance photography is also featured in many of the following
publications.
Published articles in:
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Chief
of Police
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Women Police
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Sheriff's Magazine
Sample Article
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National Locksmith
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Keynotes
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Services
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National Genealogical Society
Quarterly
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Construction Equipment News
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Construction
Review
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Time
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Travel South
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Carolinas Magazine
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Blue
Ridge Country
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Mac Directory
- Chronicle-Independent
newspaper
- The State
- St. Louis Post
Dispatch
- Chattanooga News-Free Press
- Waynesboro News
Virginian
- Many other trade,
local and national magazines and papers
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Lee Griggs,
Authored Publications and Activities
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Authored
a book on “Forensic Lock Investigation" that was been adopted as
a training manual in forensic laboratories and investigative agencies
worldwide
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Authored and published a “Reference Manual for Investigators"
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Authored and published “Tool Mark Identification and the Locksmith"
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Authored and published a reference text, “So You’re About To Be Deposed"
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Published White Paper, “Biometrics And Business Today"
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Published White Paper, “Fingerprint Biometrics and Access Systems"
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Published White Paper, “Locksmiths and the Electronics Age"
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Write and publish a number of
topical blog sites including political,
historical and general interest issues
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Mentor a number of aspiring non-fiction writers.
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Speaker to high
school and college, adult education classes on non-fiction writing
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Lee Griggs, Personal
History
 US
Marine Corps – Non-Commissioned Officer and USMC Veteran
with Honorable Discharge,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Engineering and
Literature, major in Journalism and American Literature.
Winthrop University, SC. Writing, Journalism, Marketing and
Advertising.
On-going education classes in magazine
writing, journalism, fiction writing, accounting, business
law, criminal investigation, forensics. Dale Carnegie
graduate and instructor. Public Speaker. Toastmaster.
Computer usage – Includes MS Office applications,
bookkeeping, research, HTML, website preparation and
maintenance, VoIP, IM, specialized applications. Mac
computer user. Former police
officer, skydiver, pilot, skin diver, cave explorer, news
reporter, chimney sweep, mechanic, locksmith, political
consultant- jack of many trades and able to write on all of
these subjects, as well. Employment history includes:
Self-employed Marketing Consultant, Writer, Photographer,
Security Consultant, Forensics Examiner (Locks & Alarms),
Public Speaker and Instructor. Manufacturer’s
Representative. Staff Writer: Mac Directory magazine, and
MacDirectory.com |
Associations and Awards
- Charter member, South Carolina
Locksmith Association, Inc.
- President, South Carolina Locksmith
Association, Inc., from 1986 through 1990.
- Re-elected President, South Carolina
Locksmith Association, Inc., in 1998
- Awarded Locksmith Hall of Fame Award
in 1990 for contributions to the profession
- Awarded Life Membership in SCLA in
1998 in recognition of service to association
- Initiated Professional Locksmith Day
in South Carolina. Now copied by many states
- South Carolina Notary Public
- Life Member - Kershaw County
Leathernecks, USMC League
- Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Iota
Chapter
- Military Order of the Stars and Bars
- Sons of Confederate Veterans
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