Rona Gindin

Rona Gindin – Ghostwriter

Travel, restaurant and wellness content producer contributing clear, engaging editorial and marketing copy, on time, with a can-do attitude.

Overview

I’ve been writing about restaurants and travel my entire career, along with food, cooking, beverages, wellness, agriculture, weddings and events. Let me use my expertise to help you.

Restaurants
I began my career as a junior editor at a B2B for a foodservice industry magazine, and for the next 20 years traveled around the country interviewing executives, watching chefs cook, attending conferences and touring commercial kitchens. When I stepped into the freelance world, I started copywriting projects for restaurant and noncommercial companies and associations.

Now I also write for consumers—magazine and website features, blog posts, website copy and brochures. I’ve been a restaurant critic for 20 years, hosted a TV show about restaurants, authored books about restaurants. and contributed to media including Epicurious, Food Network and airline magazines. I created the original website for the magazine Saveur, and assisted in starting up the publication Saveur's Wine Country.

I’ve been transitioning to corporate work, and now write website content and branding packages for restaurant and food-producing companies around the country.

Travel
I work within the travel field for both editorial and marketing clients. I write round-ups for consumer magazines, content pieces for timeshare companies and marketing materials for timeshare companies. I was the founding editor of two custom travel publications, Caribbean Travel Planner, a twice-yearly magazine with three sponsors, and Discover St. Thomas – St. John – St. Croix, a hardbound hotel-room book.

I've done a ton with guidebooks too. I authored the Little Black Book of Walt Disney World for seven years, ghostwrote Thailand for Couples, and aggressively updated two Insight Guides to Florida.

I cover travel in other ways too. I write news pieces for attractions and aviation training trade media, and contribute consumer-facing features for outlets including the National Geographic Travel website. I travel the globe, yet live in Orlando and cover its theme park, cultural and natural attractions for magazines, websites and corporate blogs regularly.

Wellness
I'm all about wellness, and bring easy-to-read, fact-filled info to readers as a ghostwriter for a major healthcare system's website.

I know the restaurant, travel and wellness industries from several angles, and can use that experience to write your book. I'll take on any topic, delve into it until I'm an expert, then hand you a thorough, on-point, accurate, clearly written and engaging product.
Services
Non-Fiction
Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits Health & Wellbeing Parenting & Families Sex & Relationships Technology Travel Weddings
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2014 — Present

Rona turns in-depth research into easy-to-read text. She has been a magazine editor, book author, website creator, writer, copywriter, blogger and restaurant critic. She creates short- and long-form editorial and marketing works, including branding packages and blog posts, on assignment.

Portfolio

What are the best bets on International Drive? What are your sit-down options in the theme parks? Which restaurant has a James Beard Award-winning chef? Is lunch in the Cinderella Castle really worth it? Orlando-based Gindin lays out all the options city-wide ... read more
Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventureThis new edition of Insight Guide Florida is a comprehensive, full-colour travel guide packed with inspiration and information. It includes engrossing features on everything from colonial Turf Wars and Art Deco Arch... read more
2013 Edition!. Here's your pocket guidebook to all the magic! The Little Black Book of Walt Disney World is just what you need to navigate the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Downtown Disney, accommodations, and Disney World's... read more

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David N.

David N.

Mar, 2021

Rona was amazing to work with. She is very passionate about her work and made my life really easy by answering all my questions, concerns, feedback when required about the book. She was really easy to work with and I loved her writing style. Thank you for helping me with my first book.
Rona G.
What a wonderful collaboration we had, David. Fun, interesting, top quality — and now we have a beautiful, informative book from our efforts.

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