I am a passionate, strategic, and collaborative developmental editor and book coach with 35+ years of experience. I coauthored The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide: Plan, Write, and Publish Your Nonfiction Book with fellow editor and book coach Marisa Solis. Our proven step-by-step methodology enables subject matter experts to write a book that transform readers’ lives for the better.
I work one-on-one with aspiring book authors, coaching them through the publishing process, from idea to book proposal to publication. Clients, like Jo Miller who wrote the bestseller Woman of Influence, credit me with saving them time and money by helping them define and achieve their content goals. One of my most popular services is helping thought leaders complete their book proposals, with laser focus on a rock-solid table of contents and a sample chapter that sings.
As executive editor of lifestyle and children’s books at Weldon Owen, I developed clients’ content strategies and managed their books from idea through publication for nearly 10 years. I launched book publishing programs for Parenting and Working Mother magazines, and ran programs for brands such as Gymboree, Pottery Barn Kids, and Hallmark. Publishing partnerships included Chronicle Books and Scholastic. As a freelance editor, I work with publishers such as Klutz, The Collective Book Studio, Insight Publications, and New Harbinger Publications.
My topical super-specialties are health and wellness, leadership, and all things parenting. I also write about these topics.
I hold a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.