Columns
Dallas Speculative Fiction Examiner
Forth Worth Writing Examiner
Forth Worth Hockey Examiner
Dallas Women’s Sports Examiner
North Texas e-News Contributor
Beacon-News.com (as Jean Sowders)
Blog Tours
- How Networking Worked for Me @ Marketing Tips for Authors
- Make Your Path, Mark Your Path, Walk Your Path: Building Your Platform @ Visions
- Mythology & Urban Fantasy @ SavvyAuthors.com)
- Make Your Path, Mark Your Path, Walk Your Path @ SavvyAuthors.com
- In-Writing & Thinking Outside the Box @ SavvyAuthors.com
- How Growing an Audience is Like Growing Weeds @ Romacing the Genres\
- Me & Chi—How to become the heroine of your own exciting writing life! @ FF&P
- Buttonomics @ FF&P
Ghostwriting
- Common Misconceptions About LBGT People for Barry Hoffman
- Children’s Literature and Creativity for Jerry Adkinson
- The Basics of Chain of Command for Michael Kent
- DEFCON Levels and What You Should Know for Michael Kent
- Feed Your Mind for Renee Mollan-Masters
- Volunteers Make the Special Olympics Special for Renee Mollan-Masters
- Spending the Weekend with Your Children for Sarah Walters
Newsletter Articles
- Gift salvaging for the writer: fountain pens — NOLA Stars RWA
- Kindle Reservations – Coeur de Louisiane RWA, Volusia
- County Romance Writers, Calgary (CaRWA), Virginia Romance Writers, Heart to Heart NTRWA,
- If it’s November, it’s National Novel Writing Month! — NOLA Stars RWA, Ottawa Romance Writers’ Association Love Knot Newsletter, WNYRW, The Heart Monitor, the North Alabama RWA Chapter, Connections CTRWA, Bouquet of Romance, Pocono
- Lehigh Romance Writers, Love Notes, the Newsletter of the Music City Romance Writers, Greater Vancouver Chapter RWA, HeartLA, Pikes Peak Romance Writers, Midwest Fiction Writers, Orange County Chapter RWA
- Interview: Rosemary Clement-Moore – YA RITA Winner 2009 — Coeur de Louisiane RWA
- Pushing Paranormal — Heart to Heart, NTRWA
Reviews
- THE PIRATE KING by R. A. Salvatore @ sfreader.com
- ACACIA by David Anthony Durham @ sfreader.com
~~ Books Edited/Proofed/Published
.Short & Twisted Western Tales ed. Becky Burkheart, (copyeditor)
.Short & Twisted Christmas Tales ed. Becky Burkheart (proofread)
.Highland Redemption: A Duncurra Legacy Novel by CeCi Giltenan (copyeditor)
.The Choice: The Pocket Watch Chronicles by CeCi Giltenan (copyeditor)
.Lighthouse: Midnight Road by Lorelei Buckley, (proofreader)
.Nexus Point The Fall of the Altairan Empire Book 1) by Jaletta Clegg,
.Budding Poets II, a Collection of Youth Poetry, ed. by Pat Hauldren (proofed, formatted & published)
.From Planet Texas with Love and Aliens, ed. formatted & published
~~ Employed as editor/copy editor/proofreader:
.Lockton
.Quad
.Story Perfect Editing Services
I’ve many clients since I started my EditingAlley.com career–individuals, small businesses, students. I won’t post the individuals unless they are part of their own business/business name. Most but not all:
- 1st Health, LLC
- A Dream Home For You (ADHFY)
- Community Base Alternatives
- Creative Circle
- Darren Nemeth Videos
- Essentially Books
- Examiner.com
- Global Cannabis League
- God of Our Nations
- Habakkuk Circle Consulting, LLC
- Life After Indictment
- Little Dove Pediatric Home Health
- Lockton
- Macatti Barbers
- Next Century Publishing
- North Texas eNews
- Savannah Career Institute
- Squad Sports Agency
- SRED Unlimited
- Story Perfect Editing Services
- TOK Trucking
- Tax Return Guru
- The Search Guru
- Quad
- Wellington
I’ve created, designed, and/or maintained websites, newsletters, brochures, and so on for various clients. Some are no longer in business, and some are, and some that are may have changed to new designers as I am no longer doing VA work.
Newsletters
DFW Writers Workshop
North Texas RWA
Websites (&/or maintained)
- Authors, Books & Coffee
- Author Management Media
- Candace Havens (original)
- EditingAlley.com
- Essentially Books
- Fort Worth Moon Society
- Laurie Moore Mysteries
- Low Mow Landscaping
- North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop
- Remote Girl Friday
- SRED Unlimited
- Websites4Authors
Writing Workshops
See my WORKSHOPS page for more info.
* The Art of Critique: Digging the Dirt Out of Yuor Draft
*Critiques: but mommy said it was grrrrreat!
* Editing Like a Pro
* Examining Online Media: How to build your audience before your book is sold
*Facing Off! Creating Unique Creatures as Characters
*Fangle Dangle Your Fantasy with Urban Delight
* Formatting Fundamentals: Shaping up your manuscript for publication
* Formatting for Effect: How to power up your writing
*Generating Gorgeous Genre
*Goths, Gadgets & Grunge: Steampunk Stories with Style
* Me & Chi: Increase your creativity and health with Tai Chi and meditation for writers
* NaNo-ing Your Novel to Publication
* New York Novels: How to write, edit, and polish your manuscript for the American publisher and audience
* The Science in Science Fiction (Tarrant County Community College)
*Sizzling Synopses & Captivating Queries
* Urban Fantasy: More vamp for your tramp and more bang for your fan
*Worldbuilding Wizardry
CONTEST JUDGE, RWA
2009
RWA West Houston Emily Contest
RWA Golden Rose Contest
RWA New Jersey Put Your Heart in a Book Contest
2010
FF&P; Farside
RWA Emily Contest
RWA Golden Rose Contest
RWA Great Beginnings Contest
RWA Lone Star Contest
RWA Put Your Heart in a Book Contest
RWA Romance Through the Ages Contest
RWA Suzannah Contest
RWA Utah Heart of the West Contest
2011
RWA Great Beginnings Contest
RWA Lone Star Contest
RWA Stroke of Midnight Contest
RWA Sheila Contest
2012
RWA Great Beginnings Contest
RWA Stroke of Midnight Contest
RWA Utah Heart of the West
RWA West Houston Emily
2014
RWA Emily Contest
RWA Golden Rose Contest
2015
RWA Daphne Contest
RWA West Houston Emily Contest
