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About Jerrica

Jerrica grew up in the Ottawa Valley and moved to the “big city” of Ottawa for University in 2011. She chose to leave psychology behind and wound up in the culinary industry. She has worked as a cake decorator, line and prep cook, and fruit arranger.

The writing bug struck again when she started helping one of the kitchens with their blog and social media, which led her to pursue the Professional Writing program at Algonquin College. This program played well into her jack-of-all-trades way of being, since it provided education on not only a wide variety of writing and editing but glimpses of other publishing processes as well as design principles and communications.

Jerrica smiles at the camera wearing a large gold tree pendant necklace.

Jerrica also creates on Twitch, YouTube and TikTok. Their work surrounds video games, table-top role-playing games (like Dungeons & Dragons) and writing & editing. Their live streams are a place to find community where they play games as well as make art, react to reddit and sometimes just chat with their audience! YouTube is segregated into: video games including let’s plays and reviews; TTRPGs including edutainment, reacts and game play; and words including writing, editing and reading. Tiktok is the wild west where all of these things come together with a few TikTok exclusives.

 

While she creates in a vast amount of ways, Jerrica has A Way with Words is focused on, well, words. That being said, writing and editing aren’t the only things available through her services. You will find varying types of editing from substantive (with a focus on shorter pieces) to copy editing and proofreading. Her writing services are focused on web content but she also offers writing best suited to plain language. The little extra outside of words includes layout, simple illustrations and graphic design aimed at social media.

 

At the end of the day Jerrica is passionate about words and clear communication. Even if you don’t see the service you want listed here, feel free to reach out if you think it’s within her skill set. She’s excited to negotiate creative projects and loves a good challenge.

Interests and Specialties

  • Writing

    • Web content

      • Blog posts

      • Social media

    • Short stories

    • Plain language documents

  • Design

    • Layout 

    • Colour theory

    • Abstract design elements

    • Simple illustrations

    • Photo editing

  • Editing

    • Substantive - short stories

      • Especially literary, speculative, fantasy, and horror

    • Clarity and plain language

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  • Video Creation

    • Short and long form video

    • Script writing

      • Game reviews

      • How-to videos

      • Introduction videos

A series of simple illustrations. From top to bottom: Cutting board with lemon and knife, pot filled with water, amanita mushroom, purple crystals, sun with trees in front of it, and a dumbbell.
  • Topics of Interest

    • Food and cooking

    • Human behaviour and communication

    • Folklore and the occult

    • video-, board-, and table-top role playing games

    • nature and the outdoors

    • Health, wellness and scientific research of alternative medicine

    • Watercolour painting

    • Bullet journaling and scrapbooking

A series of simple illustrations. From top to bottom: a speech bubble, a brain, a pawn piece, a gaming controller, a paint palette and a paintbrush.

Resume Summary

Imminent Publications

 

Contributing Author to By the Fire Anthology: Shattered Reflections

 

Recent Publications

 

Contributor on Resilient Writers - Genre Writing Prompt Series (Mystery, Romance and Fantasy)

Published on SPINE ONLINE Specialty Sections - Poetry

Contributor to SPINE ONLINE Student Blogs

Contributor on the Fruit Couture blog

 

Work Experience

 

Content Creator under Pseudonym Chickadee - July 2020 to Present

Communications Officer (Work Placement) at Resilient Writers - March 2025 to April 2025 

Student at Algonquin College - September 2023 - April 2025

Fruit Designer and Content Writer at Fruit Couture - November 2021 - August 2023

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