Resources

May 2010
V. 1, No. 5

Biographies

Christina Arbini

christinaarbiniChristina Arbini has worked in Public Relations for 16 years in her day job for a global branding and interactive firm in Seattle, helping to promote the firm’s partnerships with national consumer brands to world-renowned icons. She is a firm believer of not just talking the talk, but walking the walk, and has applied her PR knowledge to her own self-promotion as a pre-published author. She is a steadfast evangelizer on the importance of self-promotion at any stage of a writer’s career.
Outside of her day job, she is actively writing and seeking publication for her own fiction novels. She is also a long-time member of RWA National, as well as several local writers chapters. You can find her online at www.christinaarbini.com, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.

Erin Brown

ErinBrownEditorErin Brown is a professional editor and has worked at several large New York publishing houses. She began her publishing career at HarperCollins Publishers, where she worked for over six years in virtually every genre, including mystery, romance, literary fiction, women’s commercial fiction, and non-fiction. She was privileged to work with numerous bestselling authors including J.A. Jance, Bruce Feiler, Elizabeth Peters, Jerrilyn Farmer, Lawrence Block, Carolyn Hart, and Mary Daheim. Most recently, she was part of the fabulous St. Martin’s Press team as an editor with the Thomas Dunne Books imprint. There, she enjoyed acquiring fabulous debut novels and editing such bestselling authors as Carole Matthews, Madeleine Wickham (a.k.a. Sophie Kinsella), Homer Hickam, Robin Pilcher, and many more. After almost a decade in New York City, Erin and her husband recently returned to their hometown of Austin, Texas, where Erin has begun a thriving freelance editorial business with her Web site www.erinedits.com. Although she often misses the chaotic hustle and bustle of Manhattan, she is now free to concentrate on what she loves the most: working directly with aspiring authors to get their work into the best shape possible before submitting to agents and houses. 

Donna Hole

 Donna Hole Donna Hole is an aspiring commercial fiction writer. She has completed all three novels for a trilogy, though only the first novel titled NOT HER MOTHER’S FATE is ready for publication. Donna also has written several short story thrillers, none of which has been published to date; and has recently started a fantasy novel.
When not working, writing or revising, Donna enjoys spending time surfing the Internet for research and contacting fellow bloggers. She started her own blog (donnahole.blogspot.com) in August 2009, and has been hooked on the community since.
Donna is employed full time by social services in Orland, where she lives with two of her five children (one adult, one not). Her hobbies are: reading, writing, blogging, listening to music, going to movies with her kids, and sleeping.

MaryRose Lovgren

MaryRose Lovgren MaryRose Lovgren received degrees from UC Davis in zoology and English Literature, where she enjoyed birthing cows and hand-feeding baby owls. She co-founded and managed a regional magazine "so that she could get published.” She currently divides her time between questioning her place in the universe, chasing her two young children and husband in the wilds of Northern California, and writing in cafes. Those desperate to learn more can visit www.maryroselovgren.com.









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Resources

Preditors and Editors: An excellent resource for anyone preparing to or in the midst of submitting their manuscript to agents and publishers.


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