Susannah Ortego, Editor - Crestone, Colorado


BOOK EDITING, PRODUCTION COORDINATION FOR PUBLISHERS

HBJ Media Systems, Inc., San Diego, California: Editorial Assistant responsible for performing photo research and permissions work, editorial and production coordination for business books, working closely with authors, freelance copy editors and photographers, book designers and production staff. NOTE: When this division was relocated to Orlando, Florida in 1983, I continued to do both copy editing and proofreading on a freelance basis for Harcourt Brace, Business Books and College Texts divisions. Titles: Study Guide to Introduction to Management (2nd edition), Principles and Techniques of Effective Business Communication: A Text-Workbook (2nd edition), Professional Development: The Dynamics of Success (2nd edition). Instructor's Manual for Professional Development. Al-Baz Publishing, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida (formerly in Houston, Texas): Contracted to help launch a small publishing company producing fine English translations of the works of Sufi saint Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani. Responsible for establishing editorial guidelines and control, detailed copy editing and proofreading, obtaining ISBN and Library of Congress numbers and printing bids, coordinating all aspects of production including book cover design and production. Also developed promotional ads, flyers and brochures, found distributors, and kept cost/sales records until books successfully launched. Brought three translations from manuscript to bound book. Al-Baz is now a firmly established publishing company with more than a dozen translations on its list. Titles: Revelations of the Unseen, The Sublime Revelation, Utterances of Shaikh Abd alQadir al-Jilani Reference: Ruslan Moore, publisher, Al-Baz Publishing Inc., 1445 NE 16th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.		Al-Baz Publishing and the International Subud Committee (ISC), Jakarta, Indonesia: Production manager and copy editor for History of Subud, Volume] Working with Indonesia-based author Harlinah Longcroft, edited and produced the first of three proposed volumes providing a detailed history of an international, nondenominational spiritual association. Took this book, filled with Indonesian names and terms, and complete with maps, photographs, glossary, notes and bibliography, from manuscript to bound book stage. Pauline Books & Media, 50 Saint Paul's Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts: Freelance copy editing and proofreading; fiction and nonfiction; adult and young adult; print and e-books for Catholic publishing house run by the Daughters of St. Paul. Titles: (Copy edits) Genius Under Construction, by Marilee Haynes; A Single Bead, by Stephanie Engelman; Martyred: The Story of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, by Susan Tan.(Proofreading) Saints Alive! The Faith Proclaimed and Saints Alive! The Gospel Witnessed
MAGAZINES AND TRADE JOURNALS
Hart Publications, Denver, Colorado: Publisher of four slick, monthly regional trade magazines serving the oil and gas industry, including Western Oil Reporter and Gulf Coast Reporter: Copy editing and proofreading from initial draft through blueline stage.		American Horologist and Jeweler, Denver, Colorado: International trade magazine for clockmakers, watchmakers and jewelers: Assistant editor - copy editing, rewrites, proofreading and production coordination.

INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATIONAL REPORTS, MANUALS AND MATERIALS
M. Rosenblatt & Sons, Inc., Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, San Diego, California: Four years as full-time Editorial Quality Assurance Specialist responsible for identifying and resolving deficiencies in format, completeness, and editorial and technical content for shipboard maintenance manuals produced under a major U.S. Government contract. Reference letter available. Dames & Moore, international engineering consulting firm, Denver, Colorado, office: Extensive temporary and freelance word processing, editing and proofreading, most particularly of Environmental Impact Statements, proposals and numerous U.S. Geological Survey reports. San Diego Unified School District, Materials Development Department, San Diego, California: Freelance developmental editing, working closely with teachers, and production coordination to produce sheltered science curriculum guides in biology and earth sciences for English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.

SUBSTANTIVE AND COPY EDITING, PROOFREADING FOR SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS
*Revelation Subud* by Emmanuel Elliot Substantive editing for a British author, whose spiritual biography required extensive reorganization and other editorial 'midwifery" on its way to delivery.		*Battles between Somebodies and Nobodies: Combat Abuse of Rank at Work and Home* by Julie Ann Wambach, PhD. Her experience as a dispute mediator and counselor prompted Dr. Wambach to assemble this book on the dynamics of power and handling situations wherein power is abused. She delves into the nature of hierarchies and notes that conflict within social groups turns into rankism when those in charge promote themselves and their interests while bringing harm to a person or community.
*Lost in Tibet: The untold story of five American airmen, a doomed plane, and the will to survive* by Richard Starks and Murcutt, Miriam. Caught in a violent storm and blown far off their intended course, five American airmen--flying the dangerous Himalayan supply route known as "The Hump"--were forced to bail out just seconds before their plane ran out of fuel. To their astonishment, they found they had landed in the heart of Tibet. There they had to confront what, to them, seemed a bizarre--even alien--people. At the same time, they had to extricate themselves from the political turmoil that even then was raging around Tibet's right to be independent from China.		*Ask Dr. Mac: Take the Journey to Authentic Leadership* by Greg Giesen. The president of Greg Giesen & Associates, a management development company specializing in conflict resolution, leadership development, teambuilding and motivational speaking, Mr. Giesen weaves a story that almost every person in management and human resources can relate to well, about an employee who is thrust into management without adequate preparation. His protagonist ultimately succeeds, with the help of a mentor, by applying sound principles of effective human relationships and management.
*Student Survival Skills* by Deane Howard A study guide designed to help students and their parents, primarily from lower socioeconomic classes struggling with English as a second language, develop study and social skills. Project involved substantial line editing, reorganization and reformatting.		*Psych-K™*by Rob Williams, PhD An introduction to the Psych-K technique, written by its developer in response to demand from a wide national following in the self-help field. Provided light copy edit before he turned the manuscript over to a book packager.


Styles Demonstrated experience with Chicago, AP and GPO style manuals, and access to other style guides as needed. Comments My editing and editorial/production experience is eclectic, reflecting a wide range of interests and opportunities I've enjoyed while working in this field for more than 25 years. Aside from my editing and proofreading skills, I bring creativity, conscientiousness, and attention to detail to all my projects. I now live in a rural Georgia community, which virtually requires me to work out of remote station, communicating effectively by e-mail, phone, fax and express mail, but am open to travel as necessary for the right project.

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