Overview
I am an expert provider of publishing services and consultant to independent and self-publishers. For over two decades, I have worked as a developmental editor, writer, and copyeditor, crafting fiction and non-fiction books and articles.
My mission is to help you give your writing exactly the impact you desire.
For many years, I served as managing editor of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell. I developed new titles from the famed mythologist's recorded lectures and unpublished writing, driving the release of 24 books, 27 videos, and 70+ audio lectures, as well as blog posts, newsletters, and marketing copy. Among the most successful projects I undertook was the first new edition of Campbell's seminal The Hero with a Thousand Faces in forty years. I also created several new posthumous works, including Pathways to Bliss and Myths of Light, as well as the travel memoir Asian Journals and his short fiction collection Mythic Imagination.
For other authors, I have edited fiction, verse, and non-fiction in a variety of genres and subjects, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to romance to memoir to technology to philosophy.
I am also an author. In creating my award-winning young-adult historical novel series Seasons of the Sword, I too have worked with editors across all of the stages of the editorial process. This experience gives me sympathy for the challenges and insecurities inherent in sharing your writing even with the best and most sensitive of professionals.
I can't wait to help you make your book everything you dream it can be!
My mission is to help you give your writing exactly the impact you desire.
For many years, I served as managing editor of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell. I developed new titles from the famed mythologist's recorded lectures and unpublished writing, driving the release of 24 books, 27 videos, and 70+ audio lectures, as well as blog posts, newsletters, and marketing copy. Among the most successful projects I undertook was the first new edition of Campbell's seminal The Hero with a Thousand Faces in forty years. I also created several new posthumous works, including Pathways to Bliss and Myths of Light, as well as the travel memoir Asian Journals and his short fiction collection Mythic Imagination.
For other authors, I have edited fiction, verse, and non-fiction in a variety of genres and subjects, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to romance to memoir to technology to philosophy.
I am also an author. In creating my award-winning young-adult historical novel series Seasons of the Sword, I too have worked with editors across all of the stages of the editorial process. This experience gives me sympathy for the challenges and insecurities inherent in sharing your writing even with the best and most sensitive of professionals.
I can't wait to help you make your book everything you dream it can be!
Services
Fiction
Historical Mysteries
Historical Romance
Magical Realism
Middle Grade
Time Travel
Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Technology
Writing & Publishing
Languages
English (US)
Awards
- BAIPA Book Awards
Certifications
- Copyediting
Work experience
Self-employed
Jan, 2012 —
Present
A small independent publishing company and publishing services provider with 100+ titles in circulation by 20+ authors
Joseph Campbell Foundation
Feb, 1999 —
Apr, 2022
(about 23 years)
Directed publications and communications of a thriving not-for-profit organization maintaining the legacy of late mythologist Joseph Campbell, generating 82% of all organizational revenue
Portfolio
Explore the Hero's Journey in stories as old as humanity and as new as last night's dream The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traf... read more
Explore the power of myth as humanity first discovered it Collected Works of Joseph Campbell edition — with up-to-date science In this first volume of The Masks of God — Joseph Campbell’s major work of comparative mythology — the preeminent mythologist looks a... read more
Master mythologist Joseph Campbell had a genius for finding the unifying symbols and metaphors in apparently distinct cultures and traditions. In Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal,Campbell explores, with his characteristic clarity and humor, the... read more
How does an actor bring a script to life? The actor must know how to read a script, break it down, and mine all of its clues in order to make the most effective choices. The Anatomy of a Choice: An Actor's Guide to Text Analysis offers the actor a concrete met... read more
Fifteenth Anniversary Edition with new notes by author David Kudler Sachiko and Kenji just want to welcome the new year in the proper way, but their mother tells them they don't have the money for a New Year's feast. An act of generosity brings help from an un... read more
Driven by a Dream...Chance brings producer/director Sir James Paxton to the Bournemouth Players, where the performance of an unknown actress fires his imagination and launches her on a dizzying journey from provincial theater to the post-war London sound stage... read more
30 Tales of Love Outside the Box from Amazon Best-Selling Author K.D. West! Two collections in one — including the complete Visitor Saga A young woman flying to her new home city discovers that sometimes embracing the unknown can be very, very nice. A happily ... read more
My Dearest Darcy... What do you do after Happily Ever After? Lizzy and Darcy are married. They’re ecstatically happy newlyweds. But a journey to London separates them. Whatever will they do? Write letters, of course! In this sequel to Jane Austen’s masterpiece... read more
Renowned for exploring the social implications of modern technology, Howard Rheingold has been dubbed by MIT "the first citizen of the Internet." In this collection of funny, prescient, thought-provoking essays, originally published during the 1970s and 1980s,... read more
Sometimes, darkness gives way to light Helen was supposed to be heading on her honeymoon — off on a sexy trip to Fiji with her long-time fiancé. Her cheating, sleaze-bag, lying fiancé. And so she is off on a trip to the mountains with her best friend Tommy and... read more
Explore myth as a tool for personal growth and transformation Joseph Campbell famously defined myth as “other people's religion.” But he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual through the journey of life, providing a sort ... read more
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