Barbara Sjoholm
Author-Editor Clinic Director
www.barbarasjoholm.com
seaisland@seanet.com (for queries about the Author-Editor Clinic)
Barbara Sjoholm was the co-founder of Seal Press in 1976, where she was publisher and editor for 18 years, and an owner for 25 years. She acquired, developed, and edited numerous works of fiction, memoir, translation and women's studies. In addition to supervising projects at the Author-Editor Clinic, she runs a freelance editing practice and has edited dozens of manuscripts in a variety of genres. Many of the authors she has worked with have gone on to publish their books. She has taught writing at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle, and in the summer programs of Haystack, the Port Townsend Writers' Conference, and Flight of the Mind. She has also taught the course in Developmental Editing of Nonfiction in the University of Washington Editing Certificate Program. Her interest in putting authors and editors together comes from her background in publishing and her wish to help both authors and editors learn to work together as beneficially as possible.
Kathy Bradley
kathy.bradley@comcast.net
As a freelancer, Kathy does developmental editing, substantive editing, and copyediting. She is familiar with the Chicago, AP, and Falcon style guides, is comfortable with both fiction and nonfiction, and enjoys working with authors. Her favorite genres and areas of interest include biography and memoir; history; mysteries; young adult, travel; cooking; the Northwest, Canada and Alaska; the outdoors; weaving and sewing; ballet; and natural history. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the University of Washington Editing Certificate program.
Kyra Freestar
kyra@bridgecreekediting.com
Kyra Freestar has been providing developmental
editing, copyediting, and proofreading services to
authors, publishers, and nonprofits since 2005. She
particularly enjoys developing relationships with long
manuscripts and providing editorial suggestions—at
developmental, copy, or proof stage—that meet up with
the author's voice and vision. Kyra is interested in
both fiction and nonfiction, is excited about gender
politics and social science research, and has a
passion for science fiction and fantasy. Kyra is a
graduate of the University of Washington Certificate
Program in Editing and a member of the Northwest
Independent Editors Guild.
Pamela Greenwood
pdgreenwood44@earthlink.net
Pamela Greenwood has more than ten years combined experience in writing, editing, and teaching creative writing. She has published fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. She holds a B.A. in English from Seattle University and is a graduate of the University of Washington Editing Certificate Program. Pamela provides substantive editing and copyediting for fiction and nonfiction manuscripts; areas of special interest include mystery, memoir, gardening, quilting, natural history, and children's literature.
Karalynn Ott
karaott@comcast.net
Karalynn Ott has been working as a freelance journalist, writer and editor for seven years. Her clients have included Hour Detroit magazine, Crain's Detroit Business, trade weeklies Automotive News and Advertising Age, upstate New York papers Ithaca Times and the Ithaca Journal, and the National Park Foundation. She earned her B.A. in Journalism from Wayne State University in Detroit. She is a graduate of the University of Washington Editing Certificate Program. Together with Michele Whitehead she runs Verve Editorial.
Julie Van Pelt
julievp@earthlink.net
Julie has been an editor in trade and academic publishing for eleven years, both in-house and freelance. She manages book projects, edits at various levels (developmental, substantive, and copyediting), and has worked with high-profile authors and authors well-known in their fields. Subject area specialties include environmental history, assessment, and advocacy, natural history and sciences, travel and outdoor education, regional history, Asian studies, political science, and literary nonfiction. Julie is especially proficient with complex manuscripts that might involve multiple contributors, graphic elements, and footnotes or endnotes and bibliographies (she enjoys developing the appropriate documentation for a book's audience). She is a guest speaker in the University of Washington's Certificate Program in Editing, a co-instructor of “Careers in Editing and Proofreading” at Discover U in Seattle, and a member of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1992.
Michele Whitehead
michelekw@comcast.net
Michele Whitehead offers developmental and substantive editing, copyediting and proofreading services. She has a decade of experience that includes feature writing for several Seattle-based publications, proofreading for advertising/design agencies, and freelance editing for business clients and book authors. She earned a BA in English from the University of Puget Sound, completed the University of Washington's Editing Certificate Program in 2004, and is a member of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild. Michele enjoys helping organizations craft and polish their communications. She especially relishes the creative and critical thinking required of substantive editing, and is interested in both fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, particularly literary and historical fiction, travel, essays, and memoir. With Karalynn Ott, she runs Verve Editorial.
Nancy Wick
wicknb@juno.com
Nancy Wick has been a writer and editor for 30 years, working in newspapers and magazines, and has won both regional and national writing awards. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech and Drama from the University of Missouri and is a former film and theater critic. She also earned a doctorate in communication at the University of Washington. Nancy loves to read both fiction and nonfiction, and is especially fond of character-driven novels (both genre and non-genre), psychology/self-help books, essays and memoirs. She can also help writers of scholarly articles or dissertations in subjects outside the sciences.
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