Our Team
Every member of the My Word Publishing team has a passion for writing, books, publishing, and design. While separately these skills are valuable, together they are unstoppable. When you let us help you become a published author, you are immediately taken under our wings to be walked through the process. Let us hold your hand as we traverse the road to becoming a published author together. Learn more about our My Word Publishing family below.
Meet Our Publishing Consultants
Polly Letofsky
Publishing Consultant
Bryan Canter
Publishing Consultant
Jackie Devine
Publishing Consultant
Katya Fishman
Publishing Consultant
Kirsten (K.B.) Jensen
Publishing Consultant & Fiction Editor
Amanda Miller
Publishing Consultant
Camille Parker
Author and Publishing Consultant
Shelly Wilhelm
Children’s Book Development & Editor
Richard Wolf
Publishing Consultant
Sir Oliver McDougall (Ollie)
CFO: Chief Furry Officer
Meet the Rest of Our Team
Jen Bisbing
Development Editor & Proof Editing
Bobby Haas
Editor & Writing Coach
Kristen Hamilton
Fiction Book Editor
Donna Mazzitelli
Editor & Writing Coach
Alexandra O’Connell
Editor & Writing Coach
Mary Walewski
Book Marketing
Victoria Wolf
Cover Designer, Interior Designer and eBook conversion
Nick Zelinger
Cover Design
Jen Bisbing
Editor & Proof Editor
While in grad school, Jen studied literary criticism, and for two years, she read more books than she thought was humanly possible. Week after week, class after class, she took apart story after story. What she learned is that strong opinions about the same body of work will probably always differ. However, if an author writes with clarity about his or her theme, readers will have greater insight and appreciation. So that’s what Jen does now—she helps authors with clarity. And to further assist authors with illuminating the heart of their books, she obtained a Chicago Manual of Style Postgraduate Editing Certificate from the University of Chicago.
From basic copyediting to full developmental work, Jen specializes in making books consistent and polished. Contact her at jennifer@jenniferbisbing.com.
Bobby Haas
Editor & Writing Coach
Asked about his favorite kind of books to edit, Bobby Haas is fond of answering “any book written by a committed and enthusiastic author.” Writing can sometimes be a difficult, lonely task; creating a book is a magnificent achievement. Haas loves particularly the collaborative nature of the editing process, the trust and communication that evolves while the writing becomes the book.
“Everyone has a story,” Haas says. “My job is to help writers find it, and then help them strengthen their voice and their craft in order to tell it well.”
A former newspaperman – both writer and editor – Haas understands the pressure of producing. He balances his frequent calls for “Clear, Concise, Compelling” with a nurturing, supportive attitude. He has helped novelists, psychologists, business mentors, motivational speakers and more achieve the dream of holding their book in their hands.
Haas’ novel Midnight Valiant – A Parable was a finalist for Best Literary Fiction from CIPA. He offers Coaching, developmental, copy, and line editing. He can be reached at WriteOn@BobbyHaas.com
Kristen Hamilton
Fiction Book Editor
Fiction book editor Kristen Hamilton is the owner and sole employee of Kristen Corrects, Inc. (www.kristencorrects.com), where she provides manuscript editing services for veteran and first-time authors. Kristen earned a degree in English/writing at Boise State University and has over a decade of manuscript editing experience, having been editing since 2003. To date, she has edited over 300 books for self-publishing and traditionally publishing authors, and several authors whose books she has edited have won awards and have topped Amazon’s bestsellers lists.
Reading is Kristen’s passion, so when the workday is over, she can usually be found curled up with a good book (alongside her three cats, Sophie, Charlie, and Jack). She loves watching cat videos and scary movies, eating pizza, teaching herself French, and traveling, and she is likely planning her next vacation. She lives outside of Boise, Idaho.
Donna Mazzitelli
Editor & Writing Coach
Donna Mazzitelli is the Word Heartiste. When she started Writing With Donna in 2011, she had no idea how much people would need in addition to a good writer, editor and writing coach someone who does it with heart and intuition.
To date, Donna has helped dozens of men and women connect with their core inner voices and express their writing with authenticity and genuineness. Her gentle, clear guidance and non-judgmental approach allow people to navigate the places and spaces that sometimes can be difficult to explore.
Donna understands that finding our voices is critical to living an authentic life. The more we are able to connect within, the more our readership will connect with us. Everyone has stories to tell, information to share, and profound aha moments to reveal. Yet, not everyone feels comfortable conveying those life moments through the written word.
Whether you need help transferring those life events onto paper, a partner to co-author, a ghost writer, or another pair of eyes to review what you’ve written, Donna loves supporting you to bring your written words to life and into the hands of others.
The services Donna offers include content and development editing, and copy-line editing.
Alexandra O’Connell
Editor & Writing Coach
Alexandra is an award-winning book editor and writing coach, and the 2017-2018 President of the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. She was worked on books on business, leadership, personal development, spirituality, health, and memoir, as well as fiction. Her work includes developmental, content, and line editing. Find Alexandra at www.alexoconnell.com.
Mary Walewski
Book Marketing
Mary Walewski of Buy The Book Marketing has 3 simple goals for her clients:
(1) De-mystify the internet and online marketing.
(2) Enable her clients to make good marketing decisions for their books.
(3) Enjoy the process! Mary offers personalized coaching on marketing and social media, marketing plans, social media assessment, setup and management.
Contact: mary@buythebookmarketing.com.
Victoria Wolf
Cover Designer, Interior Designer and eBook conversion
Victoria brings 27 years of graphic design, branding and strategic marketing experience to create beautiful and creative custom book cover and interior designs for authors in every genre. She has won multitudes of awards for your book covers.
Nick Zelinger
Cover Design
Nick Zelinger is owner of NZ Graphics (NZGraphics.com)
A graphic designer for over 20 years, Nick Zelinger has worked for ad agencies and print companies; been an art director for an aviation magazine; has designed product packaging for manufacturers; created large signage for store fronts and company vehicles and Rapid Transit; designed promotional material for the Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies, KOA Radio and Clear Channel.
His book design work has garnered multiple national and international awards from USA Book News, Indie Book Awards, the IPPYs, the San Francisco Book Festival Award, the Valley Forge Freedom Medal Award, Colorado Independent Publishers Association’s EVVY Awards, and more.
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