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Bio Bev Walton-Porter is a Colorado-based professional author, freelancer and editor who has over 25 years of writing/publishing experience. She has been writing since the age of nine. Her first articles were published in 1982 on the Tempo page of the Colorado Springs Sun newspaper (edited by Mary Mashburn). Since May 1997 when she began freelancing professionally, she has had hundreds of columns, articles and reviews featured in numerous publications, both online and offline Bev is the co-author of The Complete Writer: A Guide to Tapping Your Full Potential and author of Sun Signs for Writers (Writer's Digest Books), Mending Fences (Whiskey Creek) and Hidden Fire (Whiskey Creek Press). She was Inkspot's BookStop editor from July 1999 until March 2000 when the site was shut down due to lack of funding. During her editorship, her charge was to review and promote writing-related resources of interest to Inkspot readers on a biweekly basis. She has also been a contract editor for NBC Internet, senior editor for CyberTips.com, review editor for Eye on the Web and managing editor/contributing editor at Suite 101 -- Freelance. She has also reviewed software and books for CompuNotes, Inscriptions and The Charlotte Austin Review, Ltd. In the capacity of editor/publisher, she has produced two award-winning online e-zines for writers, including her current publication, Scribe & Quill. In addition to writing and publishing, she offers professional manuscript editing, review and ghostwriting services for private clients. Bev has conducted online courses on professional freelancing, electronic commerce and Internet marketing through the Academy of Web Specialists, Scribe & Quill and Coffeehouse for Writers since 1998. Many of her past students have gone on to become full-time freelancers and book authors in their own right. Bev was the Colorado state rep for ByLine magazine from 2000 - 2002 and she was elected and served as a delegate and Grievance Officer for the National Writers Union. In addition, she is pursuing advanced educational studies in Applied Communication and Philosophy at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Her article on online promotion appears in the January 2001 book release, The Online Guide To Writer's Markets, edited by former Inkspot editor Debbie Ridpath Ohi. She was also a featured interviewee in Bobbie Linkemer's book, Going Solo: How to Survive and Thrive as a Freelancer. In 2004, she released a revised version of Secrets of the Professional Freelancer and also published her first poetry chapbook, Shadows of the Soul. Bev studies a variety of subjects regarding Scotland and England, as well as quantum physics. She is a confirmed workaholic, happily logging 12-hour days, on average. In her spare time, Bev reads voraciously, immerses herself in counted cross-stitch, indulges her passion for the cinema and spends time with her fiance, Paul, and her two teenagers in the Rocky Mountains.
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* Member, The Authors Guild To receive a quote from Bev on your manuscript or other project, please e-mail a brief summary or sample (no more than ten double-spaced pages) in MS Word, .rtf or text format to scribequill@gmail.com. In addition, please provide information on the type of editing desired (line-by-line, developmental or substantive) as well as your project's total word count, deadline and any other style or special requirements. For general rate information or other questions not covered here, don't hesitate to e-mail me directly at scribequill@gmail.com. |
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