Overview
My experience encompasses everything from developmental editing to prep a manuscript for submission to editors; proofreading page proofs; creating and formatting ebooks for self- or professional publishing; and copyediting final manuscripts. My agency experience makes me a great fit for micro and macro edits for manuscripts and query letters! (Please note: My portfolio is a sampling of the hundreds of books I've worked on over my career - happy to share more specifics with interested clients.)
Services
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Languages
Work experience
The Lark Group
• Broker sales of book projects
• Review queries and identify market viability of submitted work; edit manuscripts; compose and edit sales materials; negotiate deal points and contracts between authors and publishing houses
• Initiate, negotiate, and close deals and contracts for project subsidiary sales, including foreign translation, audio, and film rights
• Build and maintain client and publisher relationships
Browne & Miller Literary Associates
• Launched and managed Browne & Miller’s digital initiative, selling titles and liaising on digital production with publishers; converting select projects from print to digital in house
• Brokered sales of book projects and built and maintained client and publisher relationships
• Initiated, negotiated, and closed deals and contracts for project subsidiary sales, including foreign translation, audio, and film rights
Sourcebooks
• Project managed all aspects of the production process for over titles annually in education, gift, and memoir lines
• Supervised scheduling, freelancer management, budgeting, and manuscript and page quality control for each title; and handled top brands, including Discovery’s HowStuffWorks and the Fiske Guide to Colleges
• Founded and led the company’s Ebook Team
John Wiley & Sons
• Managed the production process forProfessional and Trade culinary/cookery line, including author and brand management and color correction.