John DeLamar - Editor

Let's talk about writing.

When I was younger my mother used to keep her first edition Stephen King hardbacks on the highest shelf of her closet. They were out of my reach, and they were fascinating. I wanted to pull those shining tokens of the forbidden down and pour over them. Eventually, I would. I would read them cover-to-cover, and over again. I would spend days inside turning pages, scouring language and prose. I would let them lead me to another author, another, and, still, another in a succession of imagination.

This hobby turned passion follows me to this day. Friends will casually joke at how I will bring a book with me to the bar; or I will engender strange looks from passersby on the street as I walk and read.

Jump ahead to 2011 in Burlington, VT... My students loved hearing these stories. Daily readings for class were made more entertaining by stories of my reading experiences with the texts, and the promise of readings outside of the box. While my colleagues would be teaching the writ curriculum I would bring Stephen King, Clive Barker, Pat Conroy, Joyce Carol Oates, Tori Amos, Norman Mailer, Tim O’Brien, David Sedaris, and any number of popular authors into the classroom. I wanted to open my students’ eyes to the wider world of literature. I wanted to teach them style, form, grammar, syntax, and editing through texts they could engage and admire.

I have been an editor, a writer, an educator, a manager, a volunteer, and an advocate. All of these professions have equipped me with the tools to be one hell of an Editor... for you!

I am interested in working with all types of Authors and all types of genres. There is nothing that is outside of my box, because I am constantly thinking outside of it.