Johanna Castro

Who is she?

Johanna Castro is a freelance writer. She writes features for magazines and newspapers, marketing collateral for businesses, and she also blogs. She’s written,  updated and contributed information for travel guidebooks, as well as provided various written content for a wide number of organisations. She facilitates on-line and hands-on writing workshops. She’s not related to Fidel and she does not smoke cigars. Ever. But …she does like champagne, tequila and beach massages. A lot.

What can she do for me?

Produce professional, targeted and timely writing within set deadlines.

The Good

She’s been writing for newspapers, magazines and businesses since 1981 (she was just a child

The Bad

I’ll think about that tomorrow

The Ugly

The amount of Lindt chocolate she can consume in one sitting would probably scare you.

But seriously ….

• Her media specialties are travel features, personality profiles and observational humour.
• She takes her own hires, digital photos.
• Writing for organisations on a retainer basis is always a pleasure.
• She writes targeted marketing collateral including  press releases and newsletters.
• Creating, writing and maintaining Blogs is a passion.
• She facilitates writing workshops and retreats – How to Write for Magazines, How to Write Articles that Sell & How to Set Up a Blog in 10 easy steps are three favourites.
• She has worked for or had assignments with companies which include: Fodor’s Travel Guide (Australia), South West Catchments Council (Australia), MXit (Cape Town), IPC Magazines (London), Daily News (Durban), The Islander (Jersey)
• Her work has been accepted by many publications around the globe which include:-

Fodor’s Australia Travel Guide Book, The West  Australian, A Place in the Sun, Living Abroad, Woman & Home, On the Home Front, Riding Magazine, Your Business, Femina, Living & Loving, People Dynamics, The Lady, Writer’s News, Devon Life, Good Housekeeping, Shoreline, Essentials, The Islander, Traveller, Country Life, Pace, Sethala, The Motorist, Travel World, Scope, Bona, Botswana Airways in-flight magazine, Thandi, Flying Springbok, Sunday Times (SA), Daily News (Durban), The Mercury (Durban), Sunday Tribune, Windhoek Observer, Windhoek Advertiser, South West Times (Aus).

Blogs and Blogging

• http://www.zigazag.com (Travel & Lifestyle Australia)
• http://www.southswan.com (South Swan Readers & Writers)
• http://www.blogonwithit.com (Writer/Blogger under construction)

Helping Others

In 2000 and living in the Philippines, she wrote and self-published a children’s novel in support of an orphanage in Manila.

Bragging a bit

She has won a writing award, a photography prize, and been interviewed for and featured in several publications.

What should you do now?

Contact Johanna – for travel features and profiles,  marketing collateral, newsletters, case studies, reports, blogs or writing workshops. Email: jo@jocastro.com