Nicky Leach

Nicky Leach – Editor

Award-winning nonfiction writer/editor with 35 years' experience, specializing in travel, nature, health, creativity, and personal growth.

Overview

I'm a seasoned in-house and free-lance writer/editor of nonfiction, with over three decades of experience writing and editing books on a variety of topics. Based in the US West, I work with both US and UK publishers.
Services
Non-Fiction
Health & Wellbeing Nature New Age Self-Help & Self-Improvement Travel
Languages
English (UK) English (US)
Awards
  • Winner. National Park Service Cooperating Association Best Guidebook, 1992 for The Guide to National Parks of the Southwest (Southwest Parks and Monuments Association).

Work experience

Self-employed

Jul, 1989 — Present

Owner and principal of an editorial services firm. I enjoy all phases and aspects of creating publications and can help you plan your project, from inception to finished product. I write, rewrite, do developmental and substantive editing, copyediting, and proofreading of everything from books, websites, magazines, newsletters, business letters and brochures to catalog copy, exhibition text, postcards, reports, and monographs.

My specialty is general visitor publications on how to get the most out of the richly diverse US National Park System, but I also write and edit publications on complementary and alternative healing modalities, self help, general travel, ecotourism, local and sustainable businesses, nature, the arts, education, and the environment.

Clients are diverse and include Apa Insight Guides, Globe Pequot Press, Sierra Press, Findhorn Press, Guestlife New Mexico, Zion Natural History Association, Grand Canyon Association, the National Park Service, Ulysses Press, Sunset Magazine, New Mexico Magazine, and Alaska Airlines Magazine.

Portfolio

Insiders' Guide to Santa Fe is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this beautiful New Mexico city. Written by a local (and true insider), it offers a personal and practical perspective of Sante Fe and its surrounding environs.
Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, New Mexico Off the Beaten Path shows you the Land of Enchantment with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to those you never knew... read more
Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey.An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of the American S... read more
Insight Guide Arizona and the Grand Canyon is an essential guide to one of the most spectacular natural landscapes in the world. It includes advice on how and when to visit the Grand Canyon, as well as what other sights are worth visiting in the region. Our in... read more
This 224-page title ventures into the secret realm of cetaceans, where whales are sovereigns of the deep, and playful dolphins merrily hold court. Informative essays look at all matters cetacean, from their renowned intelligence to the history of whaling, as w... read more
Detailing the author's attendance at a Toltec workshop with don Miguel Ruiz in Teotihuacán, Mexico, this guide unearths and explores the unique and simple tool of forgiveness. The resource explains how this practical and powerful tool is believed to have immed... read more
Are you frustrated because you haven't yet healed? If your symptoms of physical, emotional, or energetic pains and illness keep reoccurring no matter what you've done, this book is for you! If you are overweight, or are inexplicably lethargic, unfocused, or fe... read more
Analyzing the ways in which the Grimm brothers' tales provide real, vital insights into how to live more happily, understand the need for personal and psychological growth, and find that significant other, this innovative study revives the true healing nature ... read more
Using simple methods and yogic theory, this unique guide focuses on the art of drawing as a way to unblock creativity and create artistic confidence. Both practicing and beginning artists will learn to develop drawing skills, overcome creative blocks, and ente... read more
A sculptor tells how she uses a technique originated in the times of the Egyptian pharaohs to make plaster masks of famous people and how she shares her art with blind patrons who touch her work and get their first tactile view of the world's notables.
A guide to ecological health presents the reader with directions on how to organize a community tree-planting project
Soul-searing, life-testing situations have what some call “fall-out blessings.” The book is about understanding some of the deeper lessons we are exposed to through caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. We all want a cure. But in... read more
A raucous, irreverent look into the Buddhist and Martial Arts worlds Can we be martial arts practitioners and Buddhists at the same time? Can these practices actually complement each other, in mindfulness? How do we reconcile Buddhist concepts like non-violenc... read more
An exploration of dreams as a spiritual source of healing and inner guidance for your health and well-being • Shares stories--confirmed by pathology reports--from subjects in medical research projects whose dreams diagnosed illness and helped heal their lives ... read more

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