Producing Engaging Content

If you’re looking for a writer who can capture the essence of story, drawing in the reader/audience, we should talk!

I’ve worked as a freelance writer in Montana and Wyoming for more than 30 years. From blogs to brochures, newspaper articles to magazine stories, I develop ideas and orchestrate the written word to engage and inspire readers. Or, if given an assignment, I conduct the research, interview subject experts, and compose an article to educate and inspire readers.
 

Short stories I've written appear in eight Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and I’ve written articles for multiple issues of WREN (Wyoming Rural Electric News) Magazine, special editions of the Casper Star Tribune, a few issues of Raised in the West, and several online sites (including other authors’ blogs). I will have my first publication in Wyoming Wildlife Magazine in March 2025.

My story for for the April 2022 edition of WREN, "Missing and Murdered in Wyoming and Beyond," won first place in the Wyoming Press Association Awards the following year.
 

I've also crafted articles on the return of bison to Native American reservations, hydropower, wildlife migration corridors, youth outdoor education programs, and new and future technologies, such as rare earth and industrial minerals. For all of these stories, I've interviewed experts and crafted educational and engaging articles. I've often contributed photos to enhance the stories.

 

I served as editor and reporter for the West Yellowstone News in Montana and as a reporter for the Bitterroot Star in that state. I’ve also been a reporter and freelancer for the Douglas Budget in Wyoming. My journalistic experience and my creative writing endeavors meld, providing editors and publishers a unique style of writing to captivate their audience.

I've also written articles that appeal to children and families, including nature stories for Creation Illustrated.

I enjoy sharing about the natural world as well as writing other types of articles that inform, educate, and inspire.

 

Writing Examples

Here are links to some of my freelance work:

Newspaper and Magazine Articles:

Monika Leininger Blends Social Work with Environmental Justice – Breaking Through Series, Casper Star Tribune, 2020: https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/monika-leininger-blends-social-work-and-environmental-justice/article_4c500d37-f2e7-5f03-a140-6a3010f731f6.html

Feature on Judge and former Wyoming First Lady Nancy Freudenthal for the Casper Star Tribune: http://bit.ly/36EisbE_JudgeFreudenthal

Feature on Wyoming Vietnam Veteran Billy Montgomery for the Casper Star Tribune: http://bit.ly/2SvEULD_BMontgomery

National Monuments and Local Concerns – article in Western Confluence magazine: http://westernconfluence.org/national-monuments-and-local-concerns/

“Mommies Can Graduate”: Two Wyoming Pregnancy Centers Implement ‘Adopt-a-College-Student” Programs – article for Pregnancy Help News, May 2021.

WREN Magazine articles:

History of Transporation in Yellowstone National Park: https://issuu.com/nationalcountrymarket/docs/wren1023?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ

Wyoming Energy Authority: Strategic Energy for the State: https://www.wyomingrea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/21-WREN-P0113-April-2021-Issue_WEB.pdf

Fishing in Wyoming: https://www.wyomingrea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20-WREN-P0126-0720-WREN-Magazine_web.pdf

Small Business, Big Impact: https://www.wyomingrea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20-WREN-P0122-0320-WREN-Magazine_web.pdf

 

Guest Blog Posts:

This Writer's Life with Susan Palmquist:
https://thiswriterslife.com/wednesday-guest-author-weaving-life-passions-with-romance-writing-with-gayle-m-irwin/

Also on Live, Love, & Adopt Pets with Susan Palmquist:
https://llapets.com/weaving-life-passions-with-romance-writing/

Author Interview – Welcome to the Campfire with D.V. Stone: 
https://www.dvstoneauthor.com/httpswwwdvstoneauthorcomcampfire-blog/today-im-welcoming-gayle-m-irwin-back-to-the-blog

Persevering in Our Purpose – A guest post for author Karen Ingalls: 
https://kareningalls.home.blog/2019/11/09/persevering-in-our-purpose/

Special Spaces, Unique Places – on the blog Embrace Adventure by author Kim McMahill: https://kimmcmahill.blogspot.com/2020/06/special-spaces-unique-places.html