Professional Experience
An enthusiastic editor and freelancer, I have had experience working on educational books for children, true crime novels, and pop culture biographies. Often, the projects I work on need extensive fact-checking, research, and rewriting. I'm also a geek who understands technology and a fiction reader who hates a bad plot. Nothing would please me more than working in a genre that I haven't yet had the chance to experience.
Expertise
Editor
4 Years
Fact-Checker
3 Years
Writer
Entry Level
Specialty
Books & Literature
2 Years
Education
2 Years
Industries
Book Publishing Trade/B2B
1 Year
Book Publishing Consumer
2 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
4 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Cosimo Books (1-2), OTTN Publishing (3-5), Roaring Brook Press (6-10)
Other Work History
Oct. 2005 - Jan. 2007 OTTN Publishing - Associate Editor
Structural editing and copyediting for two complete series and various parts of series
Successfully dealt with challenging, inexperienced, and disorganized authors
Completely rewrote and/or wrote sections of books
Wrote and edited photo captions and back cover copy
Proofed galleys
Acquired writers
Fact-checked manuscripts
Created indexes
Researched world history in preparation for a series
Jan. 2005 June 2005 New Horizon Press Publishing Intern
Copyedited manuscripts for two True Crime (400pg, 300pg) and two Self-Help (250pg each)
Proofed typeset manuscripts for True Crime and Children's books
Wrote catalog copy, tipsheets, and back cover copy
Evaluated manuscripts for approval or rejection
Acted as acquisitions editor with various authors
Created promotional flyers
Wrote pitch letters
Assembled targeted marketing contact lists
Assembled and mailed media press kits
Technical Skills
basic HTML, basic CSS
Computer Skills
Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, MS Office, OpenOffice, Windows, Mac, Thunderbird, Firefox, InDesign, Quark, Photoshop
Equipment
Thinkpad laptop, MS Word, OpenOffice, Chicago Manual of Style
References
Jim Gallagher - OTTN Publishing
MaryAnn Johanson - Cosimo Books
Associations
American MENSA
