Thomas Hill

Thomas Hill – Editor

Fifteen years' experience working in traditional and self-publishing environments

Overview

Thomas M. Hill is an author, editor, and book shepherd who has been working in publishing for the last fifteen years. For the last four years he has assisted self-publishing authors in developing, editing, and producing print-ready publications that are up to traditional publishing standards.

Raised in Arlington, Virginia, Thomas began his career in publication composition, design, and production in 2000 and has worked for the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the University of Virginia Press, the American Staffing Association, and the Computer Sciences Corporation in creative and editing departments. In 2006 he became a copy editor and proofreader for Rowan & Littlefield Publishing Group, where he worked on academic and nonfiction titles.

Among the assignments Thomas finds the most pleasurable are ones that require a great deal of research and thought--ones that take a great deal of time and energy to produce. Because he began his career in scholarly publishing, he tends to take a research-based approach to creating content while working in developmental editing roles. Character development for novels, research necessary to create a plot or write a nonfiction title, one-on-one developmental editing, and manuscript coaching: those are his strong suits. Additionally, he loves to engage his creative side by designing book covers and interiors for print or ebooks.

Thomas loves working with authors of any genre, but he is especially enthusiastic about titles that are thought-provoking, educational, or present unique perspectives on time-tested ideas. He has also studied four different languages (Spanish, German, Ancient Greek, and Arabic), so projects that deal with aspects of the cultures in which these languages are (were) spoken are of particular fascination.
Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Historical Fiction Thriller & Suspense
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Health & Wellbeing Humanities & Social Sciences Philosophy Political Science & Current Affairs
Languages
English (AUS) English (CAN) English (UK) English (US)
Awards
  • Readers' Favorite Literature Award, Fiction

Work experience

Lampas Books

Feb, 2010 — Present

Lampas Books provides book production support to authors who intend to self-publish or seek a literary agent/publisher. Content and ghostwriting, Level I, II, and III editing, book interior design and layout, proofreading, and ebook design.

Self-employed

Feb, 2010 — Present

Contributing writer and developmental editor/content writer for over a dozen published articles, three ebooks, five full-length novels, eight contributions to existing novels, and four full-length nonfiction books.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group

May, 2006 — Jun, 2010 (about 4 years)

Served as a proofreader and copyeditor for for RLPG's imprint

University of Virginia Press

Jun, 2004 — Jan, 2005 (7 months)

Served as proofreader for academic titles

Portfolio

ECONOMIC WAR IS DECLARED ON THE UNITED STATES by a cabal of foreign interests. Napoleon Hancock and his covert team determine that the drought in California is in fact man made. They find that weather-altering technology has been used to limit rainfall on the ... read more
Will you, your loved ones be safe at work, school, a nightclub, when shopping or at the 10k race? That’s what the innocent victims of terror thought before the deaths and injuries in Orlando where 49 were killed and 50+ injured. Innocent workers in San Bernard... read more
As seen on RedbookElle * Yahoo! News * Bustle * Popsugar * and moreNewly divorced Rhonda, haunted by her sister Evelyn’s ghost, travels to an old palazzo in Rome to confront Marco, the man who stole her sister’s heart―only to find out he’s vanished in the wake... read more
Developing World Class Leaders explores why the vast majority of leadership programs fail to deliver satisfactory results and what can be done to create a world class leadership development program. It explores 12 fundamental elements of why most programs fail... read more
During a routine robbery investigation, Miguel Angel Ibrarra, a National Rural Policeman--one of Mexico's infamous Rurales--stumbles upon an atrocity against the Yaquí People in the state of Sonora in 1900. A slight stroke has led him to question the things th... read more
This is a book about the mystery of existence, a memoir that transports the reader into many dimensions. Here, there is much to explore about how we find our way when circumstances feel overwhelming and impossible. We are all on the same journey; this deeply i... read more
Super Hero Single Dad addresses the needs time-strapped dads have who yearn for the significance of being a super hero to their kids. The father’s of today’s generation are faced with the harsh reality of scarcer finanical resources, limited visitation and a d... read more
Forty Days at Kamas

Preston Fleming

“A brutal portrait of a dystopian America, full of dramatic irony and shocking revelation.” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Weighty in ideas, Fleming’s book is both informative and deeply disturbing and provides an intriguing read.” SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW“A page-turner…mov... read more
Shopping as an Entertainment Experience explores the ways in which shopping has become a significant entertainment feature in our daily lives. Dr. Mark H. Moss examines the department store, the mall, and the e-store to demonstrate how shopping is often the mo... read more
The Constitution – I’m Not Kidding and Other Tales of Liberal Folly pokes fun at many of the political left’s sacred cows: big government, taxes (the high kind), environmentalism and global warming. Did I mention big government? The book also looks at the left... read more
Secret Talks Between Tokyo and Washington offers an insider's perspective of the political, economic, and security-related negotiations of Japan and America between 1949 and 1954. Translated by Robert D. Eldridge, for the first time the memoirs of Miyazawa Kii... read more
In his first book, An Introduction to the History of Project Management: From the Earliest Times to AD 1900, the author took an investigative journey through the history of project management of Western history that represented a timeline of over 5,000 years. ... read more
In his first book, An Introduction to the History of Project Management: From the Earliest Times to AD 1900, the author took an investigative journey through the history of project management of Western history that represented a timeline of over 5,000 years. ... read more
In his first book, An Introduction to the History of Project Management: From the Earliest Times to AD 1900, the author took an investigative journey through the history of project management of Western history that represented a timeline of over 5,000 years. ... read more
Louisiana Creoles examines the recent efforts of the Louisiana Creole Heritage Center to document and preserve the distinct ethnic heritage of this unique American population. Dr. Andrew JolivZtte uses sociological inquiry to analyze the factors that influence... read more
In A History of the World Cup, Clemente Lisi chronicles the most popular sporting event in the world, providing vivid accounts of individual games from the tournament's origins in 1930 to modern times.
In the Wake of Terror focuses on the controversies over the linkage of class exploitation and the ideology of racism, the role of nationalism in postcolonial politics, and ethnic exclusion.
"In Awaken to Existence, Arian Herbert invites the reader to join him on a fanciful journey "back home" to our nature; a place of peace from which we have never truly left. In a world where there are so many theories about happiness and inner peace, Arian sugg... read more
Transitions: A Nurse's Education about Life and Death is a collection of stories from Becki Hawkins's patients over the past thirty years of her career. She started off as a nurse's aide, became a registered nurse, and began her career in oncology. A couple of... read more
The Big Picture

Christopher Hall

THE BIG PICTURE CRACKS THE OBAMA CODE... The Big Picture is a diligently and thoroughly researched tour de force of the Obama record. With hilarious and penetrating insights, this hard-hitting, no-nonsense guide to the Obama presidency connects the dots betwee... read more
In this book, you will: Learn how unconditional love can awaken your intuitive gifts. Reveal how to open your heart to access your highest intelligence. Uncover how to communicate with your angels and spiritual guides. Awaken your own psychic abilities. Identi... read more
Does your life seem like one struggle after another? Constant struggle is a sign of not being aligned with your right purpose and work. The guidance to help you navigate life and find your true purpose will become clear once you activate The Intuition Principl... read more
Palestine in the Egyptian Press follows the evolution of the press institution in modern Egypt, as well as of the prominent role the Palestine question played in its rise to political prominence. Through the lens of the press, author Ghada Hashem Talhami studi... read more
To Live Fully, Here and Now formulates a coherent and comprehensive understanding of Alice Walker's spiritual wisdom in the age of heightened global awareness, natural devastation, and spiritual crisis. Simcikova argues that to fully understand Walker's comple... read more
Although the British romantic poets―notably, Blake, Wordsworth, and Byron―have been the subjects of previous ecocritical examinations, Kate Rigby’s Topographies of the Sacred is the first book to compare English and German literary models of romanticism. Rigby... read more
A hybrid in both content and style, Paranoia and Contentment is a bold and original investigation into Western intellectual history. John Hampsey approaches paranoia not as a clinical term for an irrational sense of persecution but from a uniquely positive per... read more
In Academic Freedom in Hong Kong, Jan Currie, Carole J. Petersen, and Ka Ho Mok explore the unique situation in Hong Kong, a tiny jurisdiction in which there is active protection for the freedom of expression despite the close proximity and relationship with m... read more
Throughout the ages, great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Aquinas,Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Nietzsche, and many others have had incredibly useful things to say about overcoming the strife of everyday living and attaining happiness. Unfortunately ... read more
Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In The Value of Solitude, John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positi... read more

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