Ray Sylvester - Editor
Developmental editing, copyediting, and writing for the nonfiction world: health, diet, nutrition, fitness, ecommerce, and entrepreneurship.
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I’m a writer and editor specializing in health, fitness, diet, and nutrition, with an emphasis on an ancestral ("Paleo") approach. As a freelance editorial consultant, I'm driven to work with authors and clients who want to help people change their lives and see the bigger picture.
I also have significant experience in the worlds of ecommerce, digital innovation, and online entrepreneuship. My background includes writing and editing for Pat Flynn's Smart Passive Income brand; marketing and business development for third-party sellers at Amazon; social media market research at Nielsen; content marketing and strategy at an ecommerce design startup; healthcare-technology market research and journalism at the Advisory Board Company.
I’m also a Guild-Certified Practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method, a somatic approach to better movement through cultivating awareness.
I also have significant experience in the worlds of ecommerce, digital innovation, and online entrepreneuship. My background includes writing and editing for Pat Flynn's Smart Passive Income brand; marketing and business development for third-party sellers at Amazon; social media market research at Nielsen; content marketing and strategy at an ecommerce design startup; healthcare-technology market research and journalism at the Advisory Board Company.
I’m also a Guild-Certified Practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method, a somatic approach to better movement through cultivating awareness.
Languages
English (UK)
English (US)
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Management
Computers & Internet
Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits
Health & Wellbeing
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Sports & Outdoors
Technology
Work experience
Writer/Editor
Smart Passive Income
January, 2019
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Present
(about 2 years)
Editor/Writer
Winning Edits
March, 2017
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January, 2019
(almost 2 years)
Writing and editing (including ghostwriting) for a digital agency that imagines, crafts, and governs content for brands that crave a close-knit and prosperous relationship with their customers.
Senior Content Specialist
Rocket Code
August, 2015
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March, 2017
(over 1 year)
Development and execution of the content strategy for a digital agency focused on website optimization and software solutions for ambitious ecommerce brands.
Editorial Consultant
Self-employed
September, 2012
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Present
(over 8 years)
Marketing/Account Manager
Amazon Services (Amazon.com)
September, 2012
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June, 2014
(over 1 year)
As part of the third-party seller account management and marketing team at Amazon, I uncovered business development opportunities and created marketing materials aimed at helping third-party sellers grow their business on the platform. I created and edited content for email marketing materials, seller-facing videos, seller surveys, printed collateral, and other communications and initiatives.
Portfolio (19 selected works)
The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist
Frank Forencich
Climate change, habitat destruction and species extinctions threaten our biosphere. Political chaos, inequality and extremism wreak havoc with our societies and culture. Obesity, diabetes, depression and stress-related disorders cause our bodies pain and unhappiness. As ecopsychologist Theodore Roszak put it, “The earth hurts, and we hurt with it.” Our bodies are the canaries in the coal mine ... read more
By presenting Paleo eating as a diet genre as opposed to a static diet with black and white rules, The Paleo Dieter' s Missing Link empowers readers to create their own individualized diet, make decisions and choices for themselves and create a lifelong eating and living practice based on Paleo principles.Whether the reader s focus is on health, healing or athletic performance, the information... read more
Digestive Health with REAL Food
Aglaee Jacob MS RD
Health begins in the gut. In addition to digestive disorders, many other health problems can stem from damage to your intestines, including migraines, skin problems, autoimmune conditions, and weight abnormalities, so tackling your digestion first is smart if you want to maximize your chances of obtaining optimal health. Beyond simply managing your symptoms, Digestive Health with REAL Food wil... read more
Dough Nation
Nadine Grzeskowiak
A compelling story from an emergency/trauma/critical care nurse's perspective of her own struggle to regain health after 40 years of being misdiagnosed as many different maladies instead of being diagnosed correctly with celiac disease after a scary 4 year plummet into multisystem organ failure. Dough Nation investigates the health, social, political and economic factors regarding gluten intol... read more
Paleo Magazine is dedicated to giving people the tools and information they need to make the best personal choices for living the Paleo lifestyle. Each issue is packed with information on diet, exercise, daily living, recipes, reviews, the latest research, raising Paleo kids and much more!
Paleo Magazine Readers' Favorites Cookbook is a collection of over 50 of the most popular recipes from past issues of Paleo Magazine, along with great recipes submitted by actual readers. Each delicious recipe is accompanied by at least one mouth-watering, full-color photo and is sure to become a staple in any grain-free home. With recipes such as Pumpkin Scramble, Spiced Maple Pecans, Bison S... read more
Paleo Magazine Readers’ Favorites Holiday Recipes Cookbook brings together favorite recipes from our past issues as well as recipes from members of the amazing Paleo community, to give you over 75 delicious, holiday-inspired recipes. Each recipe is accompanied by a mouthwatering full-color photo, as well as the story of why that particular recipe is important to its contributor and how it help... read more
Digestive Health with REAL Food: The Cookbook
Aglaee Jacob, Foreword by Robb Wolf
The recipes in Digestive Health with REAL Food: The Cookbook expand on the information first introduced in Digestive Health with REAL Food by providing 75 more delicious recipes to help you build your own optimal diet. Each recipe, developed by registered dietitian Aglaee Jacob, utilizes foods that are easy to digest, anti-inflammatory, nutrient-dense, healing and low in irritants and allergen... read more
In this expanded edition of Let Go, best-selling author and successful online entrepreneur Pat Flynn explores what it means to let go of the things that keep us from the journeys we yearn to forge and the achievements we aspire to attain. With eight new chapters, Flynn shares with readers the wisdom he’s learned during the years since he was let go from his architecture job during the height o... read more
Getting Back to Happy: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Reality, and Turn Your Trials into Triumphs
Marc Chernoff, Angel Chernoff
Empowering advice for overcoming setbacks, from the authors of a wildly popular blog that's read by millions of engaged readers each monthThrough their popular blog Marc & Angel Hack Life, Marc and Angel Chernoff have become go-to voices in the area of personal development, reaching tens of thousands of fans each day with their fresh and relatable insights. Now they're writing the book they wi... read more
The dream of content marketing is that it’s going to be a magical funnel that drips money into your bank account. Its lure is that it will create an inbound sales machine.But what should you do when it doesn’t work like that? Or even at all?That’s the question this book is here to answer. It’s a formula that will show you exactly what to do (and how to do it) to achieve tenfold marketing resul... read more
The Paleo Magazine's 3rd Holiday Cookbook brings you 75 favorite holiday-inspired recipes from members of the Paleo community. Every delicious recipe is Paleo-friendly - no grains, gluten, legumes, or soy - and is accompanied by a full-page, full-color photo, as well as insight as to why the recipe is important and how it can help make the holidays special.
Paleo Fitness: Maximize Your Performance
Leslie Klenke, Jason Seib, Stacy Toth, Stephanie Gaudreau, Sarah Fragoso, Darryl Edwards, Ben Greenfield
Paleo Fitness is 280+ pages of workouts, tips, and delicious, performance-based recipes from thought leaders in both the Paleo and fitness communities! This e-book is a must-have for anyone interested in maximizing their performance and aesthetics through a diet, movement and lifestyle that is fully focused on realizing their genetic potential.Some of the incredibly talented contributors inclu... read more
New Old Way: Ancestral Health and Sapience for the Modern World
Forencich, Frank
The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation
Michael Matthews
The Leangains Method: The Art of Getting Ripped. Researched, Practiced, Perfected.
Berkhan, Martin, Aragon, Alan
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Ray was fantastic. Very professional and timely. He delivered the edit to a very high standard and his communication throughout was superb. Highly recommended!
Benjamin Daly, July 2018
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