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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
A powerhouse editor and writer, Patrice Rhoades-Baum specializes in editing nonfiction manuscripts as well as writing content for business websites, technical white papers, and marketing collateral. She is backed by 25 years of high-tech corporate marketing. Career highlights include copywriting all content for 2 large Hewlett-Packard websites – each with a $250,000 budget – and publishing a business case study article in Fortune magazine.
Victoria is an multiple-award-winning designer bringing 31 years of graphic design, branding, website development, and strategic marketing experience to her work. She creates beautiful and creative custom book covers, interiors, eBooks, and websites for authors in every genre.
Her design process is intuitive and interactive, which allows authors to have a hand in the fun and creative process of designing their book.
Learn more and view her portfolio at wolfdesignandmarketing.com.
Mary Walewski of Buy The Book Marketing has three simple goals for her clients:
Contact: mary@buythebookmarketing.com.
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