{"id":34,"date":"2014-01-18T12:27:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T20:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swaine.com\/editorial\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T21:01:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.swaine.com\/editorial\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Client List<\/a> \u2022 Nancy<\/a> \u2022 Mike<\/a><\/p>\n

Full disclosure: those are not current photos.<\/p>\n

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EDITOR \/ COPY EDITOR \/ PROOFREADER \/ WRITER<\/strong>
\nSelf-motivated professional editor with strong writing, editing, copyediting, and proofreading skills. Familiarity with Chicago Manual of Style, AP Style. Able to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, prioritize, and work under pressure with accurate and detailed results. Excellent communication skills (written and oral) for timely, effective interaction with all levels of division and company personnel and management as well as external business partners. Sensory skills: an ear for the well-turned phrase; an eye for color and design; a palate for taste, texture, and balance<\/p>\n

AREAS OF EXPERTISE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Editing
\n\u2022 Copyediting
\n\u2022 Proofreading
\n\u2022 Writing
\n\u2022 R\u00e9sum\u00e9 Writing
\n\u2022 Organizational Skills
\n\u2022 Strong Communicator
\n\u2022 Deadline-oriented
\n\u2022 Permissions
\n\u2022 Grammar, Punctuation
\n\u2022 Project Management
\n\u2022 Microsoft Office
\n\u2022 Research & Analysis
\n\u2022 Markup Language
\n\u2022 Audiobooks<\/p>\n

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Prose Garden LLC,<\/strong> Cave Junction, OR Aug 2009\u2013Present
\nEditor \/ Copyeditor \/ Proofreader \/ Markup Language \/ Writer \/ Marketer
\nCo-owner, with husband Michael Swaine, of The Prose Garden LLC, publishing company. Write, edit, copyedit, proofread, mark up monthly technical magazine (PragPub) for .pdf, .mobi, and .epub builds. Provide editorial services for outside clients, including The Pragmatic Bookshelf, Shimmering Resumes, and Dr. Dobb\u2019s Journal, among others.<\/p>\n

Southern Exposure Magazine<\/strong>, Grants Pass, OR 2004\u20132006
\nFreelance Writer
\nAs columnist for Southern Oregon magazine, wrote articles that focused on Southern Oregon food, wine, and culture.
\n\u2022 \u201cDay tripping\u201d Column<\/p>\n

MacUser Magazine<\/strong> \u2014 Ziff-Davis Communications, San Francisco, CA 1987\u20131997
\nManaging Editor
\nManaged and trained a copyedit staff of 3, coordinated the merging of editorial and art in order to meet monthly printer deadlines, responsible for quality control of final monthly product, which averaged 200 to 250 pages, with a circulation of more than 1.5M.<\/p>\n

Business Software Magazine<\/strong> \u2014 CMP Publications, Redwood City, CA 1986\u20131987
\nManaging Editor
\nManaged editorial staff, coordinating the merging of editorial and art in order to meet monthly printer deadlines. Responsible for editorial quality of product.<\/p>\n

InfoWorld Newsweekly<\/strong> \u2014 International Data Group, Menlo Park, CA 1983\u20131986
\nReporter, Copyeditor
\nResponsible for exacting grammatical standards. Promoted to reporter where I dug up stories that honored the pursuit of truth while meeting daily deadlines.<\/p>\n

Arts and Leisure Publication<\/strong>s \u2014 San Francisco, CA 1982\u20131983
\nExecutive Assistant
\nResponsible for correspondence for president, confidential reports, travel arrangements, calendars, meetings, events.<\/p>\n

CityGuide<\/strong> \u2014 Sausalito, CA 1981\u20131982
\nEditorial Assistant
\nResponsible for copyediting and proofreading annual travel guide magazine focusing on food, wine, restaurants, hotels, sightseeing.<\/p>\n

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

University of California<\/strong>, Santa Cruz<\/p>\n

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proficiency in a wide variety of software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, QuickBooks Pro, Filemaker Pro, InDesign.<\/p>\n

ENTREPRENEUR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summer Jo\u2019s Organic Farm & Restaurant & Artisan Bakery<\/strong>, 1999\u20132012
\nManaged a staff of 20, inspiring them to embrace and execute a vision that demands integrity in areas of food, wine, customer service, organic food and flower production, cleanliness.<\/p>\n

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MAGAZINE WRITING, EDITING, AND MANAGEMENT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Editor, PragPub<\/strong>, Pragmatic Programmers\u2019 software developer magazine, launched in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Editor-at-large, Dr. Dobb\u2019s Journal<\/strong>, leading software developer\u2019s magazine, 1988-2008.
\n\u2022 Editor, Southern Exposure Magazine<\/strong>, food\/wine\/tourism magazine for Southern Oregon, 2003-2008.
\n\u2022 Editor, Unix Review<\/strong>, software industry magazine, 2000-2001.
\n\u2022 Editor-in-chief\/Associate Publisher, Dr. Dobb\u2019s Journal<\/strong>, 1984-1988.
\n\u2022 Senior Editor and member of launch team, InfoWorld<\/strong>, computer industry newsweekly, 1981-1984.
\n\u2022 Columnist\/contributing writer\/editor, various publications in the United States, Germany, and Italy, including San Francisco Examiner, Upside, Farmer\u2019s Almanac, MacUser, UnixReview, PC Magazin, Business Software, Whole Earth Catalog, Southern Exposure Magazine.<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Editorial manager and consultant: Helped launch a book line and several magazines and newsletters.<\/p>\n

BOOKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Fire in the Valley: the Making of the Personal Computer,<\/strong><\/em> 4th Edition forthcoming; selected by Business 2.0<\/em> magazine as one of the 100 best business books of all time, made into a movie.
\n\u2022 Visual Quickstart Guide: RealBasic for Mac,<\/strong><\/em> Peachpit Press.
\n\u2022 Dr. Dobb\u2019s HyperTalk Handbook,<\/strong><\/em> McGraw-Hill.
\n\u2022 Co-author of the 20,000-word entry \u201cHistory of Computing\u201d in Encyclopedia Britannica<\/em> Online Edition.
\n\u2022 Development editor for numerous technical books.<\/p>\n

OTHER MEDIA AND VENTURES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Writer of book for movie Pirates of Silicon Valley,<\/em> TNT, movie nominated for 5 Emmys.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Writer and model for comic strip character Max Netroom, Investigatore Virtuale, published by the Italian company WebEgg.<\/p>\n

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