If you are a published author in need of an assistant, or a publisher or agent looking for an assistant for one of your authors, you have come to the right place! Temporary, part-time, full-time - I'm interested in discussing it all. Please see the resume below for my basic points of experience, and contact me with questions and inquiries via the email at the bottom. Thank you! :)
**I'm mainly interested in children's authors (Young Adult and/or Middle Grade preferred, but will consider younger), and possibly genre authors.**
Author's Assistant Resume
>Author Experience- Hosted the Prudence Read-Along for the Gail Carriger Fan Group (6/16-7/16)
- Beta-read early draft of Glitter for author Aprilynne Pike (6/15)
- Hosted The Twixt Guided Tour for Harlequin Teen author Dawn Metcalf (10/14)
- Moderator, Gail Carriger Fan Group on Goodreads (since 10/13)
- Author Interviews and Blog Tour Stops for Skye's Scribblings blog
- Planned and hosted numerous writing programs and workshops with local published authors as leader of the East Valley Region NaNoWriMo group (Authors included Tom Leveen, Aprilynne Pike, Michael Stackpole, Viki Lyn, and Donna Hatch) (5 years)
- Autobiography assistance (typing, editing, research) (2007-2008)
- Former part-time legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary (10 years)
- Copious transcription
- Fast, accurate typist
- Miscellaneous skills: answering phones, scheduling appointments, filing, mailing, ordering supplies
- Over 15 years writing fiction (MG, YA, NA, Adult)
- Introduction to Writing Fiction (CRW170) college class (A+)
- Newsletters (writing, publishing, distributing)
- Windows with Microsoft Word, Publisher, Outlook, Excel
- Start-Stop Universal Transcription
- Twitter, Blogger, Gmail, Goodreads, Rafflecopter, some html
- Book blogger, Skye's Scribblings (reviews, tours, interviews, promotions, giveaways) (5+ years)
- High school graduate (homeschooled)
- Some community college
Contact me at:
scribblerskye[at]gmail[dot]com
