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STAFF
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Donna Levin
has twenty years experience as a writer and ghostwriter
of fiction and non-fiction, and as a teacher, editor, book
reviewer and author interviewer. Her books include the novels
Extraordinary Means, California Street, Get That Novel Started!
and Get That Novel Written! Her papers are included in Boston
University's Howard Gotlieb's 20th Century archives.
Donna
combines a critical eye as an editor with a supportive approach.
Her philosophy is that almost anyone can write and publish
a novel if that person is willing to combine patience and
persistence with hard work and an open mind. Over the years
many of her students have gone on to publish novels.
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Donna
graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California and
holds a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law (the University
of California at San Francisco). Her specialties are literary
and commercial fiction, women's fiction, and mysteries and thrillers.
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Andrea
Hurst has worked in
the publishing business for more than 20 years as an acquisition
and development editor, published writer, ghostwriter, and
literary agent. Her editorial and ghostwriting services
have been used by NY Times best-selling authors as well
as many up and coming writers to advance their careers and
achieve their publishing goals. She is a frequent speaker
and instructor nationwide at writer's conferences, private
venues, and the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA Program.
An
impeccable book proposal and professional manuscript are
the best way to catch an editor's attention. Many writers
fail to realize that book publishing is a business, and
that about 98 percent of books submitted end up rejected.
It is more important than ever for writers to do their homework
and make sure they are sending out a finely polished version
of their work.
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Andrea
will use her expertise to help you refine your work and create
a top-notch book product. When working with you, she will evaluate
your manuscript and marketing materials, then discuss your best
options either in person or through a phone consult. Her expertise
in nonfiction genres includes: business/personal finance, parenting,
relationships/women's issues/chic lit, self-help, personal growth/spirituality,
psychology, health/wellness/diet/cookbooks, gift books, true crime,
and memoir.
Services:
Andrea offers book consultations and evaluations, developmental
editing, book proposal and ghostwriting, press packets, marketing
plans, and platform building. She consults on self-publishing,
concept development, and referrals to agents and publishers.
Statement
of Ethics: Please note that I do not offer representation
to authors that I have worked with privately or in an editorial
or consulting capacity, as this could be a conflict of interest.
ABOUT
Andrea Hurst Literary Management: The agency offers representation
in the areas of nonfiction and fiction. The agency represents
both nationally acclaimed authors and emerging new voices. Look
for Andrea's next book to be released spring 2007, The Lazy
Dog's Guide to Enlightenment.
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Lutman has extensive experience
in editing, ghostwriting, and creating book proposals. As
an assistant at a literary agency, she has discovered first-time
authors and assisted them in developing their projects. Her
other areas of expertise include: copywriting; creating marketing
collateral, press packets, and web copy; and producing cover
and back cover copy for texts. Christina also has an M.A.
in English Literature, along with her B.A. in English (with
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Jane
Cutler has published fifteen
children's books (picture books, chapter books, novels,
and easy-to-reads), among them the prize-winning THE CELLO
OF MR. O, DARCY AND GRAN DON'T LIKE BABIES (A Reading Rainbow
Book), and MY WARTIME SUMMERS. Jane has been compared to
Beverly Cleary and Johanna Hurvitz (The Horn Book Magazine)
and to Patricia MacLachlan (Kirkus) and has been awarded
the coveted Zena Sutherland Award, The Bank Street College
of Education Award, The OppenheimToy Portfolio Best Book
of the Year Award, and many others. In addition, Jane has
been featured on C-Span, on KQED-TV, and on NPR, and she
was chosen by "The Bulletin for the Center for Children's
Books" as a 'Rising Star,' and included in the California
Reading Association's A Taste of Literacy.
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Jane
has published numerous short stories for adults and was the recipient
of a PEN award for short fiction and of the Herbert Wilner Short
Story Award. She has taught children's writing and short story
writing at San Francsico State University, at UCSF Ext., at Foothill
College, and privately.
Jane
has also put in time as an agent, an advertising copywriter, a
public relations writer, a speechwriter, a textbook editor, an
encyclopedia editor, a developer, writer, and editor of reading
and social studies materials, and a political researcher/writer.
She received her BA in English from Northwestern University and
her MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.
| Adair
Lara is an author and teacher,
a former columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and formerly
executive editor for San Francisco Focus magazine and managing
editor for is available for consultation on essay and memoir.
She is the author of the memoir, Hold Me Close, Let Me Go,
(Random House). Her students include Jackie Winspear, author
of the best-selling Maisie Dobbs' series; Janis Newman, author
of The Russian Word for Snow" and a forthcoming novel on Mary
Todd Lincoln called Mary; Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief;
Robin Wolaner, founder of Parenting Magazine and author of
Naked in the Boardroom; Terry Gamble, author of several novels
including The Water Dancers; Susan Parker, who wrote columns
for the San Francisco Chronicle and the book Tumbling After,
Peggy Vincent, author of Babycatcher, and David Gottfried,
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Adair
can help you turn that self- absorbed piece about your cat into
an insight into human nature by putting in the epiphany -the insight
you gained from your experience-that made it worth writing about.
How to find the images and details that will yank a reader out
of his or her life and into yours. Also, when to use imagery instead
of getting carried away describing everything in sight; when to
use detail, how much and which ones, and The Dread Necessity of
Inner Emotional Landscape. She can offer advice on how to publish
in newspapers, magazines, and the Internet.
When
the book is ready, she can help you with agents, titles, publishing,
the nonfiction proposal; whose job it is to promote sales of the
book (yours); when self-publishing is and isn't a good idea, and
publishing linked essays as a book.
Adair's
own published books include three collections of her columns,
the memoir Hold Me Close, Let Me Go, History of Petaluma, a California
River Town (Scottwell Associates), and Hanging Out the Wash (Conari
Press).
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Terence
Clarke is
the author of three critically-acclaimed novels, The Day
Nothing Happened, My Father In The Night and The King of
Rumah Nadai. His short stories have appeared in numerous
magazines, and he is the writer, producer and co-director
of a full-length documentary film now in development entitled
Chiquilín, about children in Buenos Aires learning to dance
tango with world-renowned tango maestros.
Terry
is interested in two areas of writing. For fiction, he will
edit your novel and give you solid guidance in what to do
with a manuscript that is giving you trouble. He'll make
insightful suggestions about how to improve your writing,
your story and your characters. He'll also advise you about
the publishing industry, about how to find agents and publishers,
how to understand contracts, and the ups and downs of working
with agents, editors and the media.
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Terry also is a business writer/editor
of keen ability. While writing his novels, he pursued a very successful
career as an executive in marketing and sales in the print and
internet software industries. He prefers working with senior managers
on key projects. He will edit your work or write it for you. Speeches.
White papers. Strategic marketing and business plans. Sales and
marketing presentations. Books (either personal memoirs or books
about corporate business development and/or strategies).
For a sampling
of Terry's own work as a writer, please go to:
http://web.mac.com/teryclarke/iWeb/Site/Blog/Archive.html
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Murray
Fins has ten years experience
in web development, design, layout and hosting. Whatever
your requirements may be, you are assured a website that
meets or exceeds your needs and includes all the details
and features that are important to you.
He works closely with clients via email and phone as each
site is developed to make sure it is what you want every
step of the way. Murray has a B.A. in journalism.
You
can browse through his portfolio at (www.axiominternetsolutions.net).
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