Hello!

I’m Sue Van Fleet, a freelance writer and editor based in Toledo, Ohio. My writing experience runs the gamut from health and lifestyle stories to business and enterprise articles. I am the assistant news editor at The Daily Telegram in Adrian, Mich., but I freelance regularly and am looking to branch out.

I have had articles published in the Toledo Free Press, a 120,000-circulation weekly; Toledo Business Journal, a monthly business publication; and The University of Toledo Alumni Magazine, which I previously edited.

I am the contributing editor for Lenawee, a quarterly lifestyle magazine covering Lenawee County in Michigan, and Lenawee Pulse, a quarterly health magazine that is inserted in The Daily Telegram and distributed throughout the county. I have also edited a 44-page events magazine for the Toledo market and two community newspapers.

Business is blooming for an Ogden Station couple and their daylily business

This feature on a Michigan couple and their daylily business appeared in The Daily Telegram in Adrian, Mich.

Daylily story

Undeniable presence: Up close with sculptor Ken Thompson

I had the pleasure of profiling sculptor Ken Thompson of Blissfield, Mich., for Lenawee, a lifestyle magazine for Southest Michigan.

Ken Thompson profile

Uncover the essential and make room for life

I recently went on a mad decluttering spree, so I wrote a column about it for the Fall 2010 issue of Lenawee Pulse, a quarterly magazine devoted to health.

http://bit.ly/cjplEr

Plasma therapy

I wrote an article about platelet-rich plasma therapy, a fascinating procedure that uses the patient’s own blood to stimulate the healing of soft-tissue injuries, for Lenawee Pulse magazine and GateHouse News Service.

http://bit.ly/9pACjZ

Children and gardening

This article on children and gardening appreared in The Daily Telegram in Adrian, Mich., on April 22, 2010.

http://bit.ly/bOXvO4

Inspired by models of graceful aging

I wrote this column on aging and some women I admire for the Spring 2010 issue of Lenawee Pulse, a quarterly magazine devoted to health.

http://bit.ly/bGGzjc

Health column

I find that eating in line with my values is surprisingly difficult, so I wrote a column (rant) about it for the Winter 2010 issue of Lenawee Pulse, a quarterly health magazine. It was also posted on the Web site of the newspaper I work for, The Daily Telegram in Adrian, Mich.

http://bit.ly/5SIQ0N

Profile

I wrote a cover story about Adrian Mayor Gary McDowell and his wife, Janet, focusing on their life at home. For the spring 2009 issue of Lenawee, a lifestyle magazine for Southest Michigan. (MS Word doc)

At home with the McDowells

Gardening

I’ve done a fair bit of writing about gardening. Included here are stories I did for Lenawee magazine on fun garden ideas, companion planting, trees, and three people who are crazy about roses. (PDFs)

Lenawee-Garden Ideas-Spring 08

Lenawee-Companion Plants-Spring 08

Lenawee-Plant Tree-Winter 08

Lenawee-Roses-Summer 08

Food

This story, written for the fall 2008 issue of Lenawee magazine, focuses on three people who make homemade jam. (PDF)

Jam story – Fall 2008 Lenawee magazine