Versatile editor/writer with strong experience in all phases of book development and production. Detail-oriented self-starter adept at working independently and as part of a team. Proven ability to meet tight deadlines.

Skills and Specialties

• Skills: Substantive editing, line editing, copyediting, cleanup editing, developmental editing, rewriting, writing, research, proofreading, project management
• Nonfiction Topics: Health, nutrition, dieting, cooking, fitness, pregnancy and childbirth, parenting, relationships, psychology, self-help, lifestyle, politics, pet care, New Age
• Fiction Genres: General, mystery, suspense, thriller, romance, fantasy, young adult
• Software Programs: Word, WordPerfect

Selected Clients and Employers

• Avery Publishing Group/Penguin Avery
• Barron's Educational Series
• Big Universe
• East Woods Press
• Fair Winds Press
• Galaxy Science Fiction magazine
• Hollan Publishing
• Intermark Educational Corporation
• iUniverse
• Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Special Children's Sports Foundation
• Rebus Publishing/WholeHealthMD.com
• WND Books
• Private authors

Highlights

• Won Small Publisher's Association award for best parenting book for Pregnancy to Parenthood by Linda Goldberg, Ginny Brinkley, and Janice Kukar
• Worked as part of team that produced massive Nutribase Nutrition Facts Desk Reference
• Project managed approximately 40 books per season for Barron's Educational Series
• Helped create and produce The Doomee Pre-Writing Program for teaching pre-handwriting skills to exceptional students
• Coordinated the efforts of five occupational therapists in developing The Graphic Fine Motor Program: A Rehabilitative Program for Health Care Facilities for teaching pre-handwriting skills to disabled adults
• Revised and updated The Mid-Atlantic Bed and Breakfast Book by Corinne Madden Ross
• Wrote web content on variety of health topics for WholeHealthMD.com
• Copyedited short stories, proofread galleys, laid out copy, and read unsolicited manuscripts for Galaxy Science Fiction magazine
• Designed and produced fund-raising materials for Special Children's Sports Foundation
• Designed and produced materials for national-distributor training program
• Researched local high school yearbook market to help new publisher determine strategy

Education

• BA, Journalism, Long Island University

Related Experience

• Publications Chair, Editorial Freelancers Association