Your success is my goal, and I will work with you to help your book publishing dream become a reality.
While working on your book project, I will help you understand the design and publishing process and assist you in thinking ahead to the promotion stage of your book project. Having a early plan for promoting your work is vital, and it is just as important as having a good product to start with. I will work with you to give your product a competitive commercial edge while thinking ahead to promoting your work.
I use only state of the art Adobe software preferred by commercial printers; Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. If your project is in Quark XPress, your files can usually be converted to Adobe InDesign.
Design is my passion, and I handle each book design project personally. I hold an earned Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Music from an accredited 4-year university, and have more than 25 years of professional design and publications, business copywriting and corporate marketing/communications experience. In addition to book cover and book interior design, my real-world design experience in logo design, advertising, training materials, newsletters, corporate collateral, print production and business websites offers an incredible value to you as an author.
Over the course of my career, I have worked with major nonprofit organizations, small businesses, associations, and many individuals with a dream of becoming published authors.
Working with those who have big dreams is inspiring and motivating to me personally, and I am always looking for those who fit this description!
In addition to fine arts endeavors, I participate in Internet marketing MasterMind groups and Internet marketing conferences so my knowledge continues to grow. My customers benefit from my knowledge, so I am always learning and exploring.
My current and past professional memberships include The International Association of Business Communicators; AWAI, American Writers and Artists, Inc.; and the Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN).
