Monica Hodes-Smail

Editing | Writing | Communications | Professional publishing

Off The Clock • February 2013

Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream

This is a link to a blog I wrote for fun, detailing my experience at a float spa. It’s casual, but showcases my style and the way I organize my writing.

Headline, display text writing

“2 Ships Passing in the Night” - I wrote the headline, subhead and cutlines.

Headline, display text writing

“Rest Assured” - I wrote the headline, subhead and cutline.

Headline, display text writing

“Midnight Stack” - I wrote the headline and subhead.

Headline, display text writing

“S.D. Hoping to Soothe the Sting of Bees’ Decline” - I wrote the headline, subhead and cutline.

Headline, display text writing

“Untying the Debate on Shoeless Homes” - I wrote the headline and subhead.

Headline, display text writing

“Seventh Heaven” - I wrote the headline, subhead, cutline and inside refer.

Headline, display text writing

“San Diegans Rejoice as Restrictions Lift” - I wrote the headline, subhead, cutline and inside refer.

Front page layout

I did the layout for this front page, but I had an assist on the top right cutout and the fading of the bottom centerpiece photo. I wrote the centerpiece headline, subhead and cutlines.

Photo page layout

I laid out the accompanying inside photo page for the Marine centerpiece and wrote the headline and cutlines for that page.

Front page layout

Back Page feature layout

This page is meant to be in a digest style: small snippets of odd or interesting stories with art. Layout plus headlines, subheads, cutlines.

Inside news layout

Layout plus headlines, subheads, cutlines

Inside news layout

Layout plus headlines, subheads, cutlines

Inside news layout

Layout plus headlines, subheads, cutlines

Inside news layout

Layout plus headlines, subheads, cutlines

Inside news layout

Layout plus headlines, subheads, cutlines