**Blathering for Coin**
**Blathering for Coin**
Things I have done for income.
Editing and Ghostwriting
Developmental and Content Editing :
Scope of Work:
-Fiction, developmental editor for “The 259th American” by Eric Kayihura, a novel set in the time of the Rwandan Genocide (publishing date TBD)
-Juvenile fiction (developmental editing)
-essays (content editing)
-articles and op-ed
Ghostwriting:
-Worked as ghostwriter for parts of a series of JV chapter books in progress. First in the series published 2022.
-Current project: non-fiction book length manuscript, to be published early 2024
University-Level Teaching
-Composition and Creative Writing
-Theater (Performance, Writing, and Theory)
-Publishing (Franklin Pierce University Literary Magazine)
Managing Editor
-Northern New England Review (Literary Magazine for Franklin Pierce University)
-Assignment Magazine (Literary Magazine for Mountainview MFA)
Academic Writing Support
I have super smart friends. Over the past two decades, many of them have enlisted me to help them with their academic writing:
editing and proofreading
front-end support exploring concept and modes of research
writing coaching (craft, voice, technical)
thesis development
understanding instructor expectations
Municipal, Legislative, Public Relations, and Communications
-media relations including press releases and acting as spokesperson
-legal writing (working with counsel)
-Public Statements
-Crisis Communications
-Informational presentations and resources.
-Human Resources and Policy writing
-Vision and Mission Statement
-Equity and Inclusion Declaration
Grant Narrative Writing
**Wrote grant narrative for multiple state, federal, and privately funded grants amounting approximately 500k over a period of three years for a rural Vermont town (pop. 3500):
building a skatepark
public park infrastructure
outdoor recreation development and way-making
communications infrastructure during Covid
digitization of land records