Professional Writing Experience
(Aside from the freelance work that I do directly for authors...)
www.Bookideas.com Rapid Reviews Editor, July 2006 - Present
Complete responsibility for Rapid Review Service, supervise and
assign Rapid Reviewers, provide reviews of all genre books within
15 business days.
www.Bookideas.com Staff Book Reviewer, June 1998 - Present
Review books for a professional book review website affiliated
with Amazon.com.
www.Wings-Press.com Contracted Editor, November 2005 - Present
Responsible for guiding authors through the editing process in
the preparation of their manuscript for publication.
Senior News Columnist, June 2001 - Present
Monthly humor column, Gone Country, for print publication
in Roanoke, Virginia.
www.BookReview.com Associate Editor, December 2003 - January 2007
Complete responsibility for Express Review Service,
supervised reviewers, provided reviews of all genre books
within 15 business days.
www.Bookreview.com Staff Book Reviewer, March 2000 - January 2007
Reviewed all genre books, received from publishers, authors and editors.
www.we-publish.com
Contracted Editor, 2001 - 2003
Performed complete content edits of book length manuscripts.
www.HitchedMagazine.com
Columnist, February 2001 - July 2001
Monthly column for a webzine geared for young married women.
http://www.HerbalMusings.com Review Columnist, February 2001 - July 2001
Monthly column of book reviews for a web site that explores
and encourages the use of herbs.
A Grain of Salt Partner, Reviewer, October 2000 - July 2001
Publicity reviews for authors, publishers, and publicists of all genre titles.
WP World Muse E-zine Editor/Contributor, July 2000 - September 2001
Editor of The Industry Speaks - a feature section of a
monthly e-zine for writers.
Havoc Publishing Contracted Author, April 2000
Composed text for gift sized books and prompts for themed journals,
48-62 pages each title project. Ten titles completed, seven published to date.
www.Intellectua.com Contracted Author, February 2001
Published a Dream-Jobs-to-Go! ebook, titled:
How to Get Started as a Private Investigator.
Read a review of this title here.
www.InscriptionsMagazine.com Staff Book Reviewer, November 1999 - January 2002
Review assigned books for online writers web site.
www.Bookideas.com Reviewer Manager, December 1999 - April 2000
Coordinate publisher requests for reviews, manage reviewers for a book review site.
VIP Magazine Managing Editor, July 1999 - March 2000
Recruiting and managing writers, planning editorial calendar, and editorial work
for Virginia's Informed Parent Magazine.
VIP Magazine Staff Writer, November 1998 - March 2000
Regular column, titled, Under the Star on living in and around the Roanoke Valley,
regular column, titled, The Kid Critics Page of reviews on children's literature,
and various assignments of articles, profiles and investigative reporting on family issues.
The Center Post
Editor, Layout, July 1998 - July 1999
Edit content, layout and design of newsletter for The Presbyterian Community Center.
The Parents' Place,YMCA Grant Writer, March 1998 - January 2000
Research and writing of grant proposals for a non-profit organization.
The Parents' Page Editor, Writer, November 1997 - January 2000
Conducting interviews, writing articles, editing, layout and design of a quarterly
newsletter for The Parents' Place at the YMCA.
Regular Publications
The Roanoke Times Frequent Contributor,December 1996 - Present
Collage Magazine Monthly Columnist, September 1997 - March 1998
The Co-Optimist newspaper Regular Columnist, December 1997 - May 1998
The Forum Monthly Columnist January 1998 - May 1998
Other publications furnished upon request
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