Professional/Personal Overview
I have more than 20 years' experience writing and editing in the seemingly unrelated fields of health care and music.
Work Info
Expertise
Copy Editor
8 Years
Editor
27 Years
Writer
30 Years
Specialty
Books & Literature
8 Years
Health
27 Years
Music
30 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
30 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Dirty Linen, world music magazine (11+), Inner Traditions book publisher (11+), Driftwood, Web-based music magazine (6-10), Goddard College (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Dartmouth Journal Services (11+)
Other Work History
Freelance Writer/Editor (2004 to Present)
Computer Skills
Word, OS 10, Windows, Dreamweaver
Technical Skills
Photography (digital and conventional film)
Equipment
Apple laptop computer
References
Maureen Wellen: Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia, (434) 924-7053 (former supervisor at UVa Marketing and Communications)
Awards
Circle of Excellence Award, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, for "At the Forefront of the Field," Heart Center brochure, 1996
Associations
Editorial Freelancers Association
Other
I am detail-oriented, able to work creatively within a structured format, and can remain focused on goals while acting as a member of a group.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Editing: Professional Medical Publications
(University of Virginia Oncologue )
Lead article from the University of Virginia's Cancer Center newsletter, Oncologue.
Writing: Health and Wellness
(University of Virginia Health Talk )
Community newsletter article about heartburn--how it affects us and what we can do about it, for the University of Virginia Health Center's community newsletter, Health Talk
(University of Vermont, The View )
Article about the University of Vermont's standardized patient program, in which volunteers pretend to be patients and act out illnesses to help train medical students.
Writing: Music
(Driftwood: online magazine , 1/23/2012)
Review of the CD "Sweetheart of the Sun" by the Bangles, the reunited pop-rock band from the '80s.
(Dirty Linen, folk and world music magazine , 2/1/2008)
Interview and feature article with Reuben M. Koroma of Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars regarding the documentary film of the same name about the band, then-recent concert appearances on five continents, the band's album, "Living Like a Refugee," and how the band emerged from the county's civil war.
(Seven Days newspaper )
Feature article from Seven Days, an arts and entertainment newsweekly from Burlington, Vermont, about the rediscovery and reunion of a local rock band that broke up before the Beatles' hit America. Amazingly, Mike and the Ravens are back together and ready to rock, in their 60s.
Book Copyediting
(Inner Traditions , 3/1/2011)
Book on the health and nutrition values of eating a "primal diet"; that is, a more meat-based diet, focusing on foods that were available to primitive mankind, before agriculture and definitely before processed foods and preservatives.
(Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group )
History of the Federal Reserve, from financial, political, and social angles, and written for a general audience.
(Inner Traditions/Bear & Company )
The Dogon people of Mali, West Africa, are famous for their unique art and advanced cosmology. This book offers a detailed look at the parallels between Dogon mythical narratives and scientific concepts from atomic theory to quantum theory and string theory.
(Inner Traditions/Bear & Company )
A manual for understanding the anatomical and emotional components of posture in order to heal chronic pain
Web Writing
(Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC , 8/1/2007)
A patient-oriented description of hemophilia: the condition, types, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term outlook. This is written for laypersons interested in learning more about the disease condition because they or someone they know might have or has hemophilia.
(LiveStrong.com, the Lance Armstrong Foundation )
An article on shopping for eye drops, including an overview of what eye drops can do for you, common types, and possible side effects. This is for www.LiveStrong.com, the new health and wellness site sponsored by the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Copy Editing: Scientific Journals
(Journal of Neurosurgery )
An article that I copy edited for the Journal of Neurosurgery. Written by researchers from the Department of Neurosurgery and Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Dusseldorf, Germany.
(Neurosurgical Focus )
An article that I copy edited for Neurosurgical Focus, the online journal of the Journal of Neurosurgery. The article was written by Florence Lefranc, M.D., Ph.D., and Robert Kiss, Ph.D., from Erasme University Hospital and the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Book Reviews
(Driftwood: online magazine , 12/21/2011)
Review of "Flying Saucers Rock and Roll: Conversations with Unjustly Obscure Rock n Roll Eccentrics," edited by Jake Austen. The book, published by Duke University Press, reprints extensive interviews with oddballs from the fringes of popular music.
(Driftwood: online magazine , 5/6/2011)
Review of "The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology," edited by Austin Powell and Doug Freeman. The book, published by the University of Texas Press, collects articles on music and culture in general from the Austin Chronicle, a weekly alternative newspaper, to celebrate the paper's 30th anniversary.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
