Professional Experience
Award-winning writer, copy writer and developmental book editor. Highly thorough and effective book doctor. Recognized for medical and science writing, SEO materials and researched articles. Proven skills in high-level analysis and improvement of manuscripts, with a special focus on genre fiction.
Expertise
Book Author
2 Years
Copy Editor
5 Years
Writer
10 Years
Specialty
Home & Garden
5 Years
Religion
7 Years
Medicine
3 Years
Industries
Academia Other
7 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
1 Year
Online/new media
7 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
7 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Aurora Regency (6-10), Aspen Mountain Press (1-2), Gadling (1-2), eCopywriters (10+), Aura Speculative Fiction (6-10)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Pocket Books (3-5), FYI (1-2), Cicada Magazine (1-2), Demand Studios (10+), Ebook Editing Pros (10+), Kibin (10+)
Other Work History
My work has been in freelance writing for over a decade, including both fiction and non-fiction sales, including ghosted work and contract work.
Technical Skills
Professionally capable as an auxiliary image editor in Adobe and Corel systems. Web design in Dreamweaver.
Foreign Language Skills
Modest schoolroom French and Mandarin
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office Suite 2007 (Includes Word, Excel), Adobe Creative Suite4 (includes Dreamweaver), Corel Graphics Suite X5, Corel Painter 11, Celtx, some HTML. Windows 7, Windows XP, Celtex
Equipment
Dell Inspiron 6000, Asus eee pc 1015pem, digital drawing tables (Intuos4 and Bamboo), modest digital camera of no particular greatness, audi headphones, tons of backup flash.
References
David Bloom, B&H Marketing (dbloom1@gmail.com), Suz C, eCopywriters, primary editor (suz@ecopywriters.com), Roby James, editor, Norilana Books, (robyj@sff.net), Callie Messerschmitt, Kibin, (callie@kibin.com), Marcy Ullom, FYI, (marcyu@fyionlinelearning.com), Linsey Peterson, A Pass Education, (lynsey.peterson@apasseducation.com
Awards
Pocket Books Strange New Worlds, I, 1998
Pocket Books Strange New Worlds, II, 1999
Honorable Mention, Writers of the Future, 2001
Nebula Qualifier, noveletta, 2007
Associations
Society for Technical Communication,
Media Bistro,
SFWA,
ACES
