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WordMistress72

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Location: San Marcos, United States United States

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Experience

Freelance Writer

Feb 2002 - Present (11 years)

Self

Editing, writing or rewriting articles for a website; writing poetry and short fiction; copyediting colleagues' manuscripts; editing full-length book manuscripts; producing publicity materials for a local band and for promotion of my own and a colleague's literary endeavors

Assistant Managing Editor

Aug 2001 - Feb 2002 (6 months)

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Delegating tasks to staff of 4-6 writers, writing news and feature stories; proofreading and editing; page layout with Quark; representing newspaper at community events

Features Editor

Jan 1999 - Aug 2001 (2 years)

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Generating ideas for and writing feature stories; design and layout of Sunday full-page features and pages for Tuesday-Friday editions; making and maintaining contacts with news sources; working to expand variety of feature stories; occasionally assigning stories to others; serving as proofreader/copy editor; covering 3 school districts, serving as entertainment editor and church news editor

Staff Writer

Jun 1998 - Feb 1999 (8 months)

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Generating story ideas; writing feature articles; taking photos; typing; proofreading; page layout; covering one school district, local history and arts, education, religion, crime reports

Graphic Artist

Mar 1996 - Jun 1998 (2 years)

San Marcos Daily Record

Following exact specifications for building display ads for daily newspaper; color separation; typing, proofreading; page layout; designing and writing copy for house ads and fillers, using creativity; organizing work space to streamline production

Education

B.A. in English Writing, Magna Cum Laude

St. Edward's University

1991-1995

Publications

Falling Star Magazine

Secondhand Store Productions

Poem "Estrogen Island" published in literary magazine

Nefarious Ballerina

Shoe Music Press

Poems published on literary journal's website (http://www.shoemusicpress.com/nefariousballerina/issue43/issue4-3.html) and in journal's first print edition, "Nefarious Ballerina: Position One."

X Magazine

Flipped Eye Publishing Ltd.

Poem published in Issue 8 of literary journal focusing on the written work of performance poets.

Di-Verse-City

Austin International Poetry Festival

Poems published in 2005 and 2006 anthologies published by the Austin International Poetry Festival

Son of Words

Two poems printed in Vol. 6 of literary journal