Professional Experience
I have more than 35 years' experience writing and editing, including the seemingly unrelated fields of health care and music.
As a freelancer, I have done book copy editing and proofreading on subjects such as climate change, the Federal Reserve, African-American folklore, monster movies, and action-adventure fiction. I have also done production editing for medical and science journals.
I worked in the University of Virginia Health System's Office of Marketing and Communications, where I wrote about medical treatment and research for a variety of publications, including patient-information brochures. I also wrote Web content and radio PSAs, and edited annual reports.
I played saxophone in my high school jazz ensemble and later with the musicians who became 10,000 Maniacs. I have written magazine and newspaper reviews and articles about many types of music, including folk, rock, Swedish folk-rock, jazz, blues, country, gospel, and reggae.
Expertise
Copy Editor
20 Years
Writer
42 Years
Editor
40 Years
Specialty
Books & Literature
20 Years
Health
20 Years
Music
42 Years
Industries
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
42 Years
Academia Other
17 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
20 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
42 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
New Jersey Monthly magazine (10+), Kensington Publishing Corp. (10+), Page Street Publishing (1-2)
Other Work History
Book copy editor and proofreader for Chicago Review Press, Kensington Publishing, Page Street Publishing, ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, the People’s Medical Publishing House in Beijing, and Inner Traditions/Bear & Company. Nonfiction work includes books on the Federal Reserve System, acupuncture, the history of monster movies, African-American folklore, and an encyclopedia of hairstyles. In fiction, cozy mysteries (including the Melanie Travis dog show series), the Jonathan Grave and Arliss Cutter thriller series, and Westerns.
Copy editor for medical and scientific journals, including Journal of Neurosurgery and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences as well as various journals for Dartmouth Journal Services (now Sheridan Journal Services).
Writer of book, video, and album reviews related to music for Dirty Linen magazine, Driftwood (online blog), Charlottesville (VA) Daily Progress, and C’ville Weekly.
Technical Skills
Photography (digital and conventional film); audio recording and radio production.
Computer Skills
Computers (Mac and PC), printers, scanner, digital photography.
Equipment
Apple laptop computer, digital camera.
References
Arthur Maisel, production editor (retired), Kensington Publishing Corp., arthurmaisel@gmail.com; John Gilstrap, author of the Jonathan Grave series, john@johngilstrap.com; Babette Reynolds, sales administration, New Jersey Monthly magazine, breynolds@njmonthly.com
Awards
Circle of Excellence Award, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, for "At the Forefront of the Field," Heart Center brochure, 1996. Best Articles of the Year, bronze medal, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, for Helix article on designer drugs, "Design for Dying," 1988.
Associations
Editorial Freelancers Association
