Overview
I am the author of two books by major traditional publishers, including the memoir "Into the Soul of the World."
I'm a ghostwriter and an experienced editor of nonfiction and memoir with more than 20+ years at the highest levels of publishing. I specialize in memoir and narrative nonfiction. I am passionate about working with authors who write about mental health issues, spirituality and religions, travel, and adventure.
I coach authors to write memoir and nonfiction. As a coach, I provide expert guidance that helps new authors write and publish their books. I am a publication coach, as well.
I ghostwrite books, articles, and blog posts.
I got my start as a magazine editor at a major American consumer magazine. I spent 15 years working as a successful magazine journalist and travel writer. My memoir "Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing" was published by Hachette Go. My book "Real Mosquitoes Don't Eat Meat" was published by W.W. Norton. My articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Newsweek, GQ, Wired, National Geographic, Yoga Journal, Men's Journal, Travel + Leisure, and other publications.
Services
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Certifications
- Masters Degree in Journalism
- Certification in Magazine Editing and Publishing
Work experience
Self-employed
Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing is a powerful memoir about an adventure journalist’s decade-long, round-the-world quest to overcome his drug addiction and to understand and heal from past traumas.
Suffering from PTSD and severe depression from past trauma, battling an addiction to overprescribed psychiatric medication, and at the rock bottom of his career, journalist Brad Wetzler had nowhere to go. So he set out on a journey to wander and hopefully find himself—and the world—again.
Into the Soul of the World is Wetzler’s thrilling, impactful, and heartrending memoir of healing—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Self-employed
I am passionate about helping authors write and publish their books. I provide editorial manuscript evaluations and developmental editing to authors. I coach authors to write and publish books.
Outside Magazine
I assigned, edited, and rewrote longform nonfiction articles (5,000 words) to some of America's finest magazine journalists and writers of longform narrative nonfiction, including Jon Krakauer, Peter Matthiessen, Ian Frazier, Chip Brown, Tim Cahill, and others. I won multiple National Magazine Awards for my work on several magazine articles and sections, including Jon Krakauer's longform article "Into Thin Air," which I conceived, assigned, and edited.
Varied
Write longform narrative nonfiction articles for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Wired, Men's Journal, National Geographic, Outside, and Travel + Leisure, among other publications.
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