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2003-present
SP Editorial Services, San
Jose, CA
Principal
Recent
projects include:
 | Development editor for
Pragmatic Bookshelf (2006-present), editing business, technology,
and fiction titles. |
| Project manager for Apress
(2007-present), managing technology titles. |
| Copy editor for Apress (2003-present). |
| Copy editor, marketing materials and white papers,
Perforce. |
| Site reviewer, the Webby
Awards. |
| Author, articles and reviews of consumer Web sites for
NetClearly Magazine (view
published articles). |
| Development editor for Manning
Publications books (view edited
books). |
1998-2002
Fawcette Technical Publications, Palo Alto, CA
Executive
Editor, Visual Studio Magazine
(Senior
Editor, 1998-2001)
| Planned magazine direction and content. |
| Responsible for all phases of article development: Planned, acquired,
content edited, and copy edited feature articles and columns. |
| Recruited and cultivated authors. Managed technical and freelance
editors. |
| Developed vendor relationships. |
| Wrote cover copy, case studies, editor’s notes, and articles for
magazine. |
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1996-98
IDG Books Worldwide, Foster City, CA
Senior
Development Editor, End-User
Applications Books
(Development
Editor, 1996-97)
| Guided new series design and development; directed team building.
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| Managed development editors in End-User Applications group. |
| Performed
complete editorial and project management tasks for book titles. |
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1995-96 Benjamin Cummings
Publishing, Menlo Park, CA
Assistant Editor, Management
Information Systems Books
| Managed
textbook projects in the Benjamin Cummings division of Addison
Wesley: Directed manuscript review process; developed and
critiqued manuscripts. Prepared marketing reviews and analyses. |
| Created and maintained complete Web sites for MIS titles, including
all HTML programming and content creation. |
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1994-95 Allyn & Bacon Publishing, Needham, MA
Editorial Assistant,
Humanities Books
| Coordinated reviews of textbook drafts; prepared
manuscripts for production. |
| Systems operator for Humanities areas of Simon
& Schuster College Online: Uploaded materials, maintained bulletin
boards. |
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1994 Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing, Needham, MA
Production Editor
| Coordinated manuscripts through all phases of the production process;
created textbook designs and layouts. |
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Smith College, Northampton, MA
| B.A., English Language and Literature, with high honors |
| Junior
Year Abroad at King’s College, University of London |
| Honors: First Group Scholar, Hatfield Memorial Prize for fiction
writing |
| Activities: Entertainment Editor, Smith College Sophian |
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View my published articles
and read my blog.
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Listen to my
podcast interviews with Pragmatic Bookshelf authors.
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I recently completed my first novel, and
paint acrylic portraits and landscapes on commission.
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