All services are provided by Jess Santacroce

Content writing services are available for area artists and other content creators and educators. I also write for businesses and organizations that serve those populations.  My areas of specialization are the arts, adult learning and education, low-income living, scam and hoax prevention and recovery, and other mental health topics....but if it is addressed in your art....I can write about it for you under the umbrella of "arts writing." Reach out to me about any written content you may need. 

 

Teaching, tutoring, or coaching in writing and related skills is available for adults (18 and older) from the Utica area. Preference is given to those in the arts and/or post-secondary and adult education, but all reasonable requests will be considered. 

 

Packages: 

Package 1: Unlimited pre-written content :    $0.00

The content in "The 315" is available for use on your website. If you see an article that would make good content for your site, simply copy and paste it onto the site with the following byline: 

by Jess Santacroce, Writer & Editor: The 315

Originally published at www.artistcafe315.com 

 

You do not need to fill out an order form for package 1. Just help yourself. 

 

 

Package 2: Custom article: $200

Fill out the order form, wait for me to accept the project, and I will get to work. The article belongs to you. You may run or print the article anywhere you wish, with or without my byline. Topics do not necessarily have to be those addressed in the art on this page. Articles can be anywhere from 800 to 1500 words in length. If you need a shorter piece or longer piece, please reach out to me. 

Ongoing orders are gladly accepted. If you need someone to write an entire blog for your website, refresh your evergreen content on a regular basis, or write regular lesson plans or other material, please reach out. 

 

The order form is available by email. Reach out to me at: artistcafe315@gmail.com to request a form. 

 

If you are a fellow artist, educator, or other type of content creator and/or presenter, and you would like to collaborate with me on a project, please reach out to me by email at artistcafe315@gmail.com or message me on my personal facebook page. 

 

Package 3: Teaching, coaching, or tutoring in writing skills: $50/hour or standard contract rate

Private tutoring, coaching, or teaching in writing and related skills is available at the rate of $50/hour. Human resources professionals, program directors, project managers, CEOs, or others who would like to hire me to coach staff members, students in a tutoring program, or other clients in research, writing, and related skills will pay $50/hour.

If you are an administrator or human resources professional at an accredited college or university, I am available to teach courses in basic writing skills, communication, and related topics to your students on an adjunct basis. Arrangements will be made through your school's standard process for adding faculty to the adjunct pool and accepting course assignments each term.  My professional email is: artistcafe315@gmail.com

No order forms or contact forms are necessary. 

 

Private individuals or businesses that are not accredited local colleges and universities, please email me for an order form: 

artistcafe315@gmail.com 

 

Frequently asked questions: 

1. What exactly are you offering to do? 

Content writing consists of providing written content for others to use on their website, social media site, in print, or in person. I can write articles, blog posts, evergreen content, skits, short fiction scenes for trainings and presentations, and other material. Each accepted order entitles you to two drafts of your project. If you require additional drafts, they will be considered additional projects. 

 

Teaching, tutoring, and coaching in writing either means I am providing individual or small group instruction to you or your clients or serving as an adjunct faculty member at your college or university. 

 

2. Why should I hire you to write when I can just use AI?

I fully understand that you can just use AI. I hope you understand that AI generated content is nearly always of lesser quality than content generated by a human being. A bot simply isn't capable of picking up on things like the tone of your voice or your word choice when talking about a population you feel called to serve, your passion for your project, or your frustration over an issue the way another human being can.  Hiring a person also means working with someone who cares about you and the success of your business, career, or project. Bots do not care whether or not the writing they produce serves you, and helps you reach your goals. I do. 

 

3. Can't I just do the writing myself?  Anybody can put words on a page.

Maybe. If you're also a writer, you certainly can do all your writing yourself. But do you want to? Hiring another writer to do things like write your bio for your band's page, write evergreen content for your business' webpage, or write an article for the company newsletter can save you time and energy you can spend on other things. If you're not a writer, you want to hire a writer for your written content for the same reason you take your car to a mechanic instead of looking up the problem on YouTube and trying to fix it yourself, save up to get your hair colored at a salon instead of buying a box of color at the drugstore, or...if you're a business owner...have your office cleaned instead of doing it yourself. 

 

4. How much will this cost me? 

Prices are listed above. Please reach out to me if there are any questions about pricing. I do plan to run regular specials and discounts, but they will not be listed on the page. Please reach out to me via email to learn about any current offers. 

 

5. Are you going to try to sell me a course you created, claiming that I can make thousands of dollars every month self-publishing and freelance writing? 

Absolutely not. I was a freelance news reporter from 2004-2017 and have been a freelance content writer off and on since 2017. Freelance writing is not a guaranteed path to riches, and there is no formula that can make it so. To make your living from freelance writing, you set your income goal, then network, cold email, advertise, and promote your writing until you secure enough client work to meet that goal, the same as you would need to do to establish a freelance practice that paid the bills in any other field. 

 

6. Is there anything you won't write?

As a Christian, I will automatically reject anything that denigrates our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, promotes new age practices, encourages racism, homophobia, sexism against women or men, unfairly attacks or spreads misinformation about any group of people, or encourages any form of abuse or exploitation. Please do not ask me to write content that supports anything illegal. I will not help you cheat, whether that be in school by writing your papers for you, or on your romantic partner by writing you a personal ad. I reserve the right to reject projects for any other reason as well. 

 

7. What if my website deals with NSFW (adults only) topics? 

As long as the content, intended audience, and clients are all consenting adults, I will accept "not safe for work" assignments.  Discretion and respect are assured. I will never embarrass, judge, or "out" anyone for anything that goes on between them and other consenting adults, or for the content they create and market for consenting adults. 

 

8. You mention singing on your "about" page. Are you available to sing at events?

Only if you want the audience to get bored after one song and leave. I can sing, but not well enough to hold anyone's interest for very long. If you need a singer, you want my husband, with whom I share this website, not me. 

 

9. Can you tutor my child or teen?

I am not currently offering tutoring services for children or younger teens. I do teach writing skills to adults, age 18 and older. 

 

10. What are your qualifications as a writer and teacher?

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Theater with a minor in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Literature and Writing. I have taught writing and related skills to adults for just over ten years and counting. Before becoming a writing teacher, I was a reporter for more than ten years. I also have some experience editing, tutoring children, blogging, and writing and self-publishing fiction, for a total of about twenty years paid writing experience as of 2025.  

 

11. Are you looking for a full-time job?

No. Please don't send me job listings unless they are opportunities to join additional adjunct pools or material I can use to write for my blog or for yours. 

 

12. I can help you put all that behind you! Would you like to learn how you can start your own business with my company? 

I am already signed up to sell Avon as a personal use representative, though I am not currently selling or using Avon products. In two years, I have purchased $157.00 worth of AVON products. I received $128.00 in free gifts from the company, earned $38.00 commission, and got an $11.00 rep only discount on a product I was going to purchase anyway. This puts me ahead by $20.00. If I wanted to do direct sales, I would have stayed with Avon and actively started selling it as soon as I broke even. I didn't. I went back to using Revlon, Bath and Body Works, and Victoria's Secret for my cosmetics. 

 

13. I am interested in the content writing service you provide, but I don't want to pay for it. Can't you just do this for me? You love to write. 

Your doctor hopefully loves medicine and helping people live healthy lives. The person who fixes your car has probably loved cars and working with their hands most of their life. If you get any type of professional appearance maintenance, the people who provided that are going to be huge beauty industry fans. You wouldn't think of walking out of your doctor's office without paying or handing them your insurance card so they can get paid. And I truly hope you're not the type of person to speed off from the mechanic or run out of a salon or barber shop without paying your bill. I wish we could all just do what we love for free and still thrive, but that is unfortunately not the world we live in. 

 

14. Do you offer anything for free?

You may help yourself to the articles in "The 315" free of charge, or for a tip if you wish. To get your free copy, simply copy and paste the article. All I ask is that you add a link back to our page. 

 

15. I'm not trying to demand free things, but I am struggling, and I truly cannot afford to pay the fees listed. Will you accept what I can pay?

I will only accept whatever you offer to pay if you are offering me work teaching writing as a representative of an accredited college or university. Anyone else must pay the rates listed above. Please reach out to me for any specials or discounts I may be offering on other services. 

 

16. How does the teaching, coaching, and tutoring work for individuals or businesses that are not colleges or universities? 

That can be arranged according to your convenience and my availability. I can come to your place of business and provide in-person lessons or workshops. If you are an individual, we can meet in a public place. If you would prefer online tutoring, lessons, or coaching, I can provide that via email or chat. Please be aware that I will not come to anyone's private home, meet anyone in an isolated place or area, or give out my home address as a meeting place. Because I teach at area colleges and universities, I cannot meet individuals or small groups on any local campus for the purpose of teaching, coaching, or tutoring. 

 

17. What's with all this "writing career" talk? Aren't you a teacher? Didn't I see you on campus at one of the local schools? 

A huge part of my writing career is made up of teaching writing and related skills to other adults. Most of this work is done as an adjunct faculty member at some local colleges and universities. I am not a certified teacher and cannot teach high school or lower. 

When you teach as an adjunct, you're kind of a weird cross between an employee and a freelancer or independent worker. On paper, when you enter a school's adjunct pool, they make you an employee. You get w-2 and w-4 tax forms. You get an employee ID, keys, access to office space, and some of the employee perks, depending on the school you're working for. You have to follow the same rules as any other employee. This is why no schools I teach for will ever be mentioned by name on this page. I don't want to cause any conflicts of interest or imply that my opinions are shared by any school I teach for as an adjunct. I will also decline any projects from anyone who works or studies at any school I teach for as an adjunct. If I am teaching writing or related subjects at a school, I am already being paid for my writing skills. I'm not there to find additional writing work. 

 

In other ways, you're your own boss. There is no long-term contract and no requirements to publish professional papers, so you are available to hire yourself out to two or even more schools at once, teach at one school one term and another two schools the next, all three or more the term after that, then back again, depending on what the rest of your workload looks like and what courses each school offers you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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