MEET OUR EDITORS

ELIZABETH PLACE

has been writing and editing for over twenty years. 

Her client list includes

Reader's Digest, ConnLife, Pitney Bowes, and Banker's Trust.

A pioneer on the worldwide web, Elizabeth edited the Senior Network's webzine, Townspring.com, and wrote and edited for other web sites, helping to bring traditional print audiences into the electronic age. She has concentrated her work on nonfiction and proposals using Pragmatech software, with a focus on "Editing to Sell."  Her expertise includes business, health, sports, travel, human interest, interviews,

and corporate communication.

LINELL SMITH

is one of the finest voices in journalism today.

For years her work appeared in

The Baltimore Evening Sun, and her stories and features have been finding readers and winning awards in The Morning Sun for over a decade now. Linell's journalism has received three nominations for the  Pulitzer Prize. Linell brings talent,style and experience to every project, along with a deep understanding of human nature. 

WAYNE FARQUHAR

Crime writer/cop Wayne Farquhar has done it all from homicide investigator to hostage negotiator.  He is our "consultant on crime".  Wayne can answer questions and help bring a realistic edge to all kinds of crime fiction. 

His article on "The Top Ten Tips on Crime-Solving" will be featured in the upcoming Bear Press Almanac in 2008. 

PETER HEYRMAN's

first short story was published in Twilight Zone Magazine in 1984.  Since then Pete has written everything from op-ed articles for The Washington Post to advertising copy on the Internet. Pete has brought his creative editorial touch to novels,self-help books, family memoirs, and oral histories. Horror novelist Greg Kihn (Tor Books) has said of him: "Pete gets to know your voice, and makes it sing."

  

JANE SHOCK

is a part time executive recruitment, classification and staffing specialist with three years experience in the Federal Government and six years with the State of Maryland.  She writes job descriptions, job announcements and has reviewed hundreds of federal job applications.  She has seen the Federal hiring process in action from the first review of applications to the hiring of selected candidates.