Overview
I've contributed as an editor, copy editor, or writer to more than 200 guidebooks for the internationally respected travel publisher Fodor's (I currently work on the Pacific Northwest, National Parks of the West, New Mexico, New England, and Mexico City titles). Additionally, I'm the editor in chief of as well as the food and beverage columnist for The Pearl, a quarterly magazine about Portland, Oregon's hip Pearl District. And I've served previously as editor in chief for four different regional wedding and travel publications geared to the LGBTQ community. I'm also the former copy editor of New Mexico Magazine, and I've written for a variety of both mainstream and LGBTQ magazines, including Travel + Leisure, Sunset, AAA Living, Out Magazine, The Advocate, Canadian Traveller Magazine, and Four Seasons Magazine.
What can I offer you as an editor? The simplest answer is that I love helping talented writers realize their full potential as engaging storytellers. I'm also a bit of a grammar geek. Yes, I read style guides and ponder the implications of nonrestrictive clauses and whether or not to hyphenate compound adjectives entirely because I like to. As a copy editor, I focus on these sometimes arcane grammar and style issues so that you can focus instead on what you probably love the most about writing: telling your story.
I've been both a writer and an editor for nearly three decades. As a writer, I'm eternally grateful to a handful of editors I've worked with over the years who've helped me to fine-tune my message, organize my ideas, and—above all else—express myself clearly and compellingly. As an editor, I strive to help the writers I collaborate with to achieve these same ends. I'll communicate with you candidly but constructively, and I'll provide you with the flexible feedback you need to turn your manuscript into the book or article you envision.
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Awards
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award (best guidebook)
- IGLTA (International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association) Travel Writer of the Year Award (2017)
Work experience
The Pearl Magazine
I serve as the lead editor of The Pearl (thepearl.explorethepearl.com), a quarterly lifestyle publication about the Portland, Oregon's hip Pearl District. In this capacity, I also serve as the magazine's food and beverage writer, where I cover restaurants, bars, breweries, food shops, and other culinary-related neighborhood businesses.
Gotham Writers Workshop
I teach 10-week online classes in travel writing and food writing, and have also taught courses on how to get published and submit query letters, from New York City's acclaimed Gotham Writers Workshop (
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Peter G.
May, 2019