Shelley Ontis, Writer

Since 2004, I’ve interviewed a high-powered New York executive, a top dog trainer and animal behaviorist, an accomplished drafter and interior designer, doll artists, several dog owners, and several owners of hobby shops that range from exotic boutiques to mom-and-pop shops run out of the family-home basement.  I have the experience and skill to conduct a professional, friendly interview and craft an engaging profile or biography.

Doll Reader is a high-end hobbyist publication that appears 9 times a year, with a circulation of over 50,000.  As a columnist for Doll Reader Magazine for a year, I interviewed doll artists for the “Artful

Creations” column, as well as several shop owners all across the United States for the ” Shop Talk” column.  Most interviews were conducted on the phone, though I interviewed the owner of a local shop, Jan Dolls, as well as took photographs for the column.

In, 2004, I interviewed Mr. David Niggli, CEO of FAO Schwarz, just before the grand re-opening of their flagship New York and Las Vegas stores, for a special “Shop Talk” column.

DPK Public Relations, for Park Cities Obedience School

I interviewed several clients of Park Cities Obedience School and wrote testimonial articles about their experiences. I also interviewed master dog trainer and school founder Phil Marr for 3 articles about dog training, through DPK Public Relations. See some examples at the Park Cities Website See some examples at the Park Cities Website and by clicking the thumbnails.

I currently write celebrity-watch pop-culture posts for the TMZ and AOL “Star vs. Star” blogs for the Yovia Network. A few examples:
George Carlin, 1937-2008
Innocent Dawn Wells Surrounded by Dopeheads
Simon Cowell Insulted By Viagra Offer
Buzz Bites: Stars Shine at Comic-Con

Other opinion and memoir pieces for the Yovia network include:

He Didn’t Shoot His Eye Out, So There, A Christmas Story is more than just entertainment.

Backwards, and in High Heels. Could Hillary do anything he could do, better?

Change Will Do Us Good 2008 Presidential Poll

Big Brother Wants You Is a world without war possible?

A Piece of Sky for Hollywood Squared

One Step at a Time for Fit and Living

A Writer’s Resolutions: A Year in the Life of a Manuscript This writer’s going green.

The Good Old Days Really Weren’t A look back after 100 years

Articles and Copywriting

• 15 articles written for children all about Webkinz and Webkinz World online for Tip The Cow LLC
• 12 event invitation scripts to be recorded by a voice actor for Goodinvitation.com, including the poker invitation the site uses as an example.
• Some category descriptions and several pet product descriptions, as well as 3 articles, written for an online pet gift retailer. Product example 1. Product 2. Product 3. Losing a Pet, Gifts for Pet Lovers, Dress up Your Dog.
• Several rewritten articles for the Prevention Magazine blog, through Yovia network.
• Several short blog posts for kids at the Princess Bride Game blog.  Ex: Have an Adventure with a Book and several reviews of websites for girls, and kids’ game sites
• About two dozen, short informational blurbs about car wheels done to the client’s specifications for a specialty blog. Two examples of my work there are Wheels for a Toyota Prius, Pimp Your Hybrid CarMob Wheels for your Mustang GT and
• 19 articles all about cigars rewritten to at least 50% uniqueness while maintaining meaning and word count for Red Juice Communication Studio
• 20 pieces of short fiction used to promote the launch of an adult webstore, link and samples available upon request.
• Over 250 adult website reviews done to the client’s length and keyword specifications, information and samples available upon request
• Scam Slam! Newletter, created all content. More info and article samples here. (2002)

Other Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry Credits

• Blackmail and Propaganda in Blood, Blade & Thruster, Issue #3, online p.32 (2007)
  
• Space Cowboy in Blood, Blade & Thruster, Issue #2, print (2006/2007 issue)
• A Deer, shortlisted in the Jerry Jazz Musician short fiction contest (2006)
• Curtains in The Rose & Thorn Literary Ezine, online (2004)
• The Art of Truth in Defenestration, online (2004)
• A Light Bulb Moment, NFG Volume 4, Issue 2, print (2004)
• The Price of Infamy, Refunds Prohibited, Planet Relish, Issue #33, online (2003)
• Frost, The Green Tricycle, Issue 14, online (2003)
• The Last Word, the-phone-book.com, v.11, online (2003)
• It is Written, isn’t it?, Jackhammer Ezine, online (2000)
• Second Prize in the Clean Sheets 1st Annual Dirty Limerick Contest, online (2001)
• Monochrome, Athena Incognito, print (1992)
• Three Weeks, Snakeskin, An Anthology by Anaconda Press, print (1992)
• Untitled, Up Against the Wall Mother, print (1991)
• Insatiable, The Miss Lucy Westenra Society of the Undead Newsletter V2#?, print (1991)
  
• Nightfire, The Miss Lucy Westenra Society of the Undead Newsletter V2#1, print (1991)