About
Creative copywriter and travel writing enthusiast LAURA ROBERTS is the creator of the cheap-eats blog Shoestring Austin, as well as its predecessor Shoestring Montreal (retired). She is currently a columnist for Gifted Travel, a prolific blogger and occasional haiku writer, and is wrangling words for the completion of her first guidebook, Naked Montreal, available exclusively via Buttontapper.com this spring. As a professional freelancer with experience in a wide variety of communication styles, Laura is also presently available to work for you.
TAPPING BUTTONS: The story behind Buttontapper.com
Laura has been writing online from an early age, with precocious beginnings as a 13-year-old enfant terrible of the BBS community. During her young adult years, she published a saucy magazine in alternating print and web formats and worked as a columnist for Hour.ca, finally making the transition to her present role as a cross-platform creative copywriter for hire. Whether she is creating original content or editing the work of others, her goal has always been to press people’s buttons with well-crafted copy and just the right dash of cheeky attitude. Using her chosen domain name, Buttontapper.com, Laura puts a new spin on the ancient art of freelance writing, acting as a button tapper in both a physical (key-pressing at the computer) and metaphorical (“pressing your buttons”) sense.
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As if all of the above were not enough, Laura also:
- Graduated With Distinction (3.5 GPA) from Concordia University’s joint-honors program in Creative Writing & English Literature
- Is a professional member of the Writers’ League of Texas, as well as the English-Language Arts Network and the Quebec Writers’ Federation
- Reads approximately two books per week and aspires to the Shakespeare and Company “book a day” goal, chronicling her progress with mini-reviews on her blog, Crack Books
- Enjoys the benefits, daily, of having earned a Philosophy degree from a New York school with the suggestive initials F.U.
CONTACT
To contact Laura regarding writing or editing work, publishing opportunities, or other non-spam/scam messages, please get in touch using the handy contact page. (Please note: Offers of Viagra, member-lengthening devices, bust creams and notices of African lottery winnings will be deleted unread by her fast and efficient monkey butler.)
You can also follow Laura on Twitter @originaloflaura, for charming daily updates and links to whatever catches her fancy.