Skills & Assets

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• the ability to provide content appraisals, substantive reviews, copyedits, and proofs for written materials
• the ability to set and meet objectives, deadlines, and budgets and to create and manage editorial schedules
• the ability to apply rules in Chicago Manual of Style, standard guidelines, and selected style books to ensure grammatical sense, logic, and consistency
• the ability to brainstorm, refine, focus, and enforce goals
• the ability to research, ghostwrite, and rewrite as needed
• the ability to employ established readability guidelines to assist in reaching general audiences
• the ability to adjust style, format, and content to fit the needs, interests, and knowledge of a target audience
• the ability to customize design and create understandable, searchable content for template-based Web pages

Recent Projects

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the-freelance-editor.com
Owner/Proprietor
Orlando, Florida
1997–Present

• A Walk Through Life   (personal memoir)
• Modeling a Successful Practice: A Guide to Ophthalmic Staff Development  (a procedural training manual for technicians)
• Tempting Fate   (romance fiction)
• Where Egrets Flew   (young adult historical fiction)
• The Crystal of the Pyramids   (murder mystery/thriller)
• The Last Dog in the World   (science fiction/fantasy script proposal)
• “Love Thy Neighbor”   (short story)
• School’s in: Federalism and the National Education Agenda   (published dissertation)
• “The Monroe Doctrine”   (article for the HICOF project of Facts On File)
• “Phil and Betsy: Together”   (personal memoirs and business history, in progress)
• Rades   (young adult fantasy, awaiting publication)
• Aysius: For Life and Land   (fantasy adventure, in progress)
• Alby: Book 1  (young adult heroine fantasy, in progress)
• “Union-Leaders in a Culture of Change”   (unpublished dissertation article)
• Prison to Paycheck   (self-improvement guide)
• Orlando, Then and Now   (photographic city history)
• Bad Vibrations   (noir-style detective mystery)
• Fade   (murder/mystery)
• KQP International Lifestyle   (Web site)
• Beanstalk   (young adult fantasy, in progress
• A History of Fashion, from A to Z   (nonfiction, in progress)

Practical Experience

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State Museum of History
Historical Publications Editor
Raleigh, North Carolina
1992–2000

• led production of Tar Heel Junior Historian, a biannual state history magazine
• coordinated Crossroads, a tabloid school newsletter
• reviewed, edited, and proofed materials such as audiovisual scripts, exhibit labels, books, guides, brochures, articles, reports, grants, and activity sheets for exhibitions, education programs, and special projects
• created “Editorial Guidelines to Staff,” a series of informational memos to assist writers in preparing museum-related copy
• served on and chaired publications committees and advisory boards

Freelance Library Services
Owner/Proprietor
Orlando, Florida
1987–Present

• provide research assistance to clients
• develop and maintain in-house research facilities and resource centers for small businesses and organizations
• provide summaries, annotations, bibliographies, and indexes for clients as contracted

Montgomery Co. Historical Soc.
Publications Director
Dayton, Ohio
1987–1992

• edited and designed the society’s newsletter, brochures, and journals
• researched background information for articles, exhibits, and tours
• assisted curator with cataloging and indexing
• maintained local clippings collection
• created and updated membership database

Dayton & Montgomery Co. P. L.
Reference Librarian
Dayton, Ohio
1980–1987

• assisted librarian/curator in managing local history collection
• edited monthly newsletter of new titles
• guided and assisted walk-in patron research
• researched answers to call-in patron questions
• organized special collections to ease patron use

Education & Training

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Manchester College
North Manchester, Indiana

• Major, School Media Services (a K–12 English education degree with a concentration in library science);   Minor, Journalism
• Funderburg Library, circulation/reference assistant
• Oak Leaves, staff member/editor

“On-the-Job” Learning

• workshops in QuarkXPress for Windows and Adobe PhotoShop
• seminars in HTML and XML coding
• classes in project supervision and management
• preparation for teaching composition and young adult literature