Experience

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  Muddy Puddle Press

  • President/Owner

    • 1990 - Present

    Muddy Puddle publishes my books and some that I edit for others. We charge modest fees for editing, formatting, and print production. We advise and train writers and assist in finding publishers for their work.Because of demand, we only develop projects that offer publishing potential and that are fun.The latest project involves writing one-sentence stories. Many writers get to snub their noses at English stick-in-the-muds who eschew "run-on" sentences and they tell strange, funny, serious, weird, ironic stories using a single sentence that may run from 200 to 2000 words. First book: ONE-SENTENCE STORIES was published March 2017. Book #2 ONE-SENTENCE STORIES will be published in March 2018. Join in the fun. Deadline is January 31, 2018. Submission details are at my website: www.valdumond.com. Oh yes — it's FREE!

  • Owner/Publisher

    • 1981 - Present

    I write, edit, and format books for Muddy Puddle Press. I publish my books under MPP, an imprint of Val Dumond Publications; I edit books for other writers who sometimes publish with MPP; I format my books and those of other writers for publication. I keep the accounts, answer the phones, sweep the floors, and turn the lights on and off.

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  Val Dumond Publications

  • Western Washington

  • Author, Editor, Writing Consultant

    • Sep 1981 - Present
    • Western Washington

    Working at my dream job -- writing. While editing a number of manuscripts, I have completed a pet project I call the "TWELVE IN 12": publishing a book a month for the 12 months of 2012. I took the opportunity to finish and polish numerous manuscripts of my own, accumulated over the year...

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  Val Dumond Publishing

  • Owner/president

    • Jul 1940 - Present

    I am an independent author, editor, publisher, writing mostly books, mostly about language, history, and creativity. Of late, I have been bitten by the novel-writing bug and am rollicking among the words of characters that I make up. One of my goals is to publish some of the glorious work of writ...