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I help other people fulfill their writing ambitions. I have worked with
acquisition
editors to locate authors, develop manuscripts, and produce books. I’ve
worked with would-be authors to find publishers, then helped them turn
book ideas into books in stores. Here are some of the projects that I've
helped deliver:
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Managing Multiple
Projects
by Michael Tobis and Irene Tobis
McGraw-Hill 2002, 180 pages
From an Amazon.com reader review:
“The title seems to suggest that this book is about project
management, but since the authors define ‘project’ as
‘a commitment of time and resources aimed at a specific outcome,’
the book is really much more comprehensive. It's about managing
lots of things effectively as the same time. It's about managing
time, formalizing processes, dealing with emotional demands, avoiding
the dangers of setting priorities, compartmentalizing, tracking
projects, and making changes in systems.
“Just try to find another book that covers all those areas!
This book covers them–and the tone and style make it easy
to read. (It's interesting what can happen when a systems engineer
and a psychologist team up to write a book!)” |
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Business Plans
That Work
by Joan Gillman with Sarah White
Adams Media Corp, 2001, 304 pages
From an Amazon.com reader review:
“Business Plans that Work is an intelligent, common
sense approach to business that has a simple thesis, level headed
philosophy, and a well structured organization. Written by a business
consultant (and former art teacher–perhaps this helps the
lack of turgid written prose)...The book is clearly written but
not condescending to people new to business and tries to encourage
the reader that business is not a mysterious enterprise, but rather
a pursuit that requires foresight and planning, with, of course,
initial inspiration. … She also draws quite nicely on personal
experience from childhood to adulthood, which creates a comfortable
trusting relationship between reader & writer. I stood in my
local large bookstore branch, flipping through about 10 books on
the subject, and this one just seemed to have the right user-friendly
balance that made me feel comfortable reading it.”
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The 33 Most Common
Mistakes Made by Local Advertisers
by Brad Forsythe
Forsythe and Butler, 2001, 92 pages
“Entrepreneurs need short and concise advice
based on real world experience, not marketing theory” says
Forsythe. That’s why he has written The 33 Most Common
Mistakes Made by Local Advertisers. For the busy entrepreneur
or marketing manager engaged in local advertising, this book is
a fast-forward guide that helps you get it now and get it right.
Short, lively chapters deliver pull-no-punches advice gained from
Brad Forsythe’s 25 years of agency and media experience.
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Listen to an interview with Sarah White
on book development, recorded 5/14/2009 for "In
Business with Jodi and Joan."
 After
my book Madison Women
Remember appeared in 2006, the director of the Goodman
Community Center approached me about doing a similar book about Madison’s
East Side. With the grand opening of the
renovated center approaching in 2008, we had our occasion and our deadline.
 I
conceived the idea for this community oral history collection, received
a contract from Arcadia Publishing to produce it, found grants to fund
the work, found twelve narrators, recorded and edited their stories –
all in 9 months. What project would YOU like to see developed from idea
into print?
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| As a result of my
previous career in graphic design, I am all too familiar with every step
of the publishing process from book proposals to pagination. In those
years as a graphic artist, I learned that I enjoyed book production—the
task of bringing together text and graphics, page after page, with attention
to consistency and grace.
While I no longer pursue other graphic design
projects, I find book production as soothing as knitting. I like to take
on a few book production assignments each year.
I produce page layouts to printers’ specifications using Quark Xpress
or Adobe InDesign. I’ve worked with both traditional printers and
print-on-demand vendors.
I have an uncommon depth of expertise in print production. I offer technical
services to publishers, including proofing color separations and attending
press checks. I have also been known to teach these skills for corporate
publishing departments, in presentations and one-on-one sessions. Getting
it right the first time beats fixing it, and I know what it takes to get
it right. |
