Professional Experience
I have more than 35 years' experience writing and editing, including the seemingly unrelated fields of health care and music.
As a freelancer, I have done book copy editing and proofreading on subjects such as climate change, the Federal Reserve, African-American folklore, monster movies, and action-adventure fiction. I have also done production editing for medical and science journals.
I worked in the University of Virginia Health System's Office of Marketing and Communications, where I wrote about medical treatment and research for a variety of publications, including patient-information brochures. I also wrote Web content and radio PSAs, and edited annual reports.
I played saxophone in my high school jazz ensemble and later with the musicians who became 10,000 Maniacs. I have written magazine and newspaper reviews and articles about many types of music, including folk, rock, Swedish folk-rock, jazz, blues, country, gospel, and reggae.
Expertise
Copy Editor
18 Years
Writer
38 Years
Editor
38 Years
Specialty
Books & Literature
18 Years
Health
22 Years
Music
38 Years
Industries
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
17 Years
Academia Other
17 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
16 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
38 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
New Jersey Monthly magazine (1-2), Inner Traditions book publisher (10+), Kensington Publishing Corp. (3-5)
Other Work History
Book Copy Editor for Greenwood Press/Capital City Press, Inner Traditions/Bear & Company, Kensington Publishing/Citadel Press, and China's People's Medical Publishing House, including books on alternative medicine, the history of monster movies, African-American folklore, and an encyclopedia of hairstyles (2005 to Present); Production Editor for medical and scientific journals, including Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2008-2014); Contributing Writer, Dirty Linen music magazine (1991-2010); Public Relations Writer/Editor, University of Virginia, for health-and-wellness community newsletter, magazine for physicians, patient-information pamphlets, annual reports, and other publications (1986-2004); Music Editor, ThroTTle magazine, Richmond, Va. (1983-1986).
Technical Skills
Photography (digital and conventional film); audio recording and radio production.
Computer Skills
Computers (Mac and PC), printers, scanner, digital photography.
Equipment
Apple laptop computer, digital camera.
References
Arthur Maisel, Kensington Publishing Corp., AMaisel@kensingtonbooks.com; Laird Scranton, author, scrantonlr@aol.com, (518) 482-4508; Pat Soffel, sales administration manager (retired), New Jersey Monthly magazine, pjsoffel@gmail.com.
Awards
Circle of Excellence Award, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, for "At the Forefront of the Field," Heart Center brochure, 1996. Best Articles of the Year, bronze medal, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, for Helix article on designer drugs, "Design for Dying," 1988.
Associations
Editorial Freelancers Association
