Experience

Stay at Home Mom/Writer

• Writing and Editing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Stay at Home Mom/Writer

  • Jul 2006 - Present

  President of MOMS (Mothers Offering Mothers Support) Club International, local chapter, 2009-2010 Historian of MOMS (Mothers Offering Mothers Support) Club International, local chapter, 2010-2011 Member of MOMS (Mothers Offering Mothers Support) Club International, local chapter, 2007-present Founder of Snyder Book Club, January 2011 to present Lector at Christ the King Parish July 2011 to present President of MOMS (Mothers Offering Mothers Support) Club International, local chapter, 2009-2010 Historian of MOMS (Mothers Offering Mothers Support) Club International, local chapter, 2010-2011 Member of MOMS (Mothers Offering Mothers Support) Club International, local chapter, 2007-present Founder of Snyder Book Club, January 2011 to present Lector at Christ the King Parish July 2011 to present



Publishing

• Freelance Editor

  • Jan 2003 - Nov 2009

  Marble, a journal of poetry: 2003-present. The journal's founder and I produced the journal from submission stage to post-production and marketing, spending countless hours on each issue. PCI Educational Publishing: Spring 2006. Two contracts covered an extended training of my replacement and completing the second Coupon Math. Marble, a journal of poetry: 2003-present. The journal's founder and I produced the journal from submission stage to post-production and marketing, spending countless hours on each issue. PCI Educational Publishing: Spring 2006. Two contracts covered an extended training of my replacement and completing the second Coupon Math.



PCI Educational Publishing

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Editor

  • Feb 2004 - May 2006

  Senior Editor, Product Development and Marketing • Edit new and revised products and catalog ads during pre-design and final-approval stages • Write new catalog advertisements for seven different markets • Target and help improve content problems of product development products and catalogs • Communicate concerns with product development and marketing content and art directors • Improve the clarity of writing in new and revised product development and marketing materials • Proof any additional product development and marketing materials assigned • Ensure that all PCI products and catalogs are consistent with PCI style • Prepare new and revised catalog advertisements for display on the Web Site • Maintain an organized office of hard-copy files, electronic files, and spreadsheets • Fact check PCI products, catalogs, and marketing materials • Mac and PC experience: Apple Mail, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, Safari, InCopy, Quark Show less



PCI Education

• Senior Editor

  • Feb 2004 - May 2006

  Edit new and revised products and catalog ads during pre-design and final-approval stages Write new catalog advertisements for seven different markets Target and help improve content problems of product development products and catalogs Communicate concerns with product development and marketing content and art directors Improve the clarity of writing in new and revised product development and marketing materials Proof any additional product development and marketing materials assigned Ensure that all PCI products and catalogs are consistent with PCI style Prepare new and revised catalog advertisements for display on the Web Site Maintain an organized office of hard-copy files, electronic files, and spreadsheets Fact check all PCI products, catalogs, and marketing materials Mac and PC experience: Apple Mail, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, Safari, InCopy, Quark Show less



ECS Learning Systems

• Managing Editor

  • Sep 2002 - May 2003

  Draft writing and thinking prompts for teacher's magazine (Grades K-8) Develop, copyedit, proof literature guides and testing materials (Grades 3-12) Research and correlate popular requests, book reviews, etc. for title selection Assist in hiring process Implement incentive programs Hold weekly team meetings Train employees continuously Give performance evaluations Emcee ground-breaking ceremony for new location of company Mac and PC experience: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, Quark, and Internet Explorer Show less



Lynx House Press

• Publishing Assistant

  • Mar 2001 - Jan 2002

  Arrange book tours and submit books to competitions Arrange book tours and submit books to competitions



Eastern Washington University Press

• Assistant Editor

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2001

  Read and respond critically to manuscript submissionsProof and edit manuscripts and galleysSet and apply styles for book designEdit photos using Macintosh Adobe PageMaker and PhotoShop Arrange book tours in consultation with authors

• Assistant Editor

  • Sep 2000 - Jun 2001

  Read and respond critically to manuscript submissions



Writers in the Community

• Teaching Intern

  • Jan 2001 - Mar 2001

  Develop and teach writing lessons weekly for fourth grade class Lost Horse Press Conference Volunteer, 5/01, 5/02 Co-teach selected high school and grade school students in writing workshop Develop and teach writing lessons weekly for fourth grade class Lost Horse Press Conference Volunteer, 5/01, 5/02 Co-teach selected high school and grade school students in writing workshop



Self-Employed

• Instructor/Independent Provider

  • Jun 1997 - Jun 1999

  Intense, one-on-one academic and social instruction of autistic children Intense, one-on-one academic and social instruction of autistic children