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is a Colorado-based professional freelance writer who has had hundreds
of columns, articles and reviews featured in numerous publications,
both online and offline, since she began freelancing full-time in May
1997.
She has 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.
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. She has also held membership in The Authors Guild, The American Federation of Astrologers, American Indian Science & Engineering Society, Pikes Peak Writers, Enid Writers Club, Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. and National Association of Women Writers, among others.
She hosts two internet radio broadcasts: Unknown, Unthinkable & Undead for the International Order of Horror Professionals, and Elemental Musings, a broadcast for writers and creatives.
Her article on online promotion appears in the January 2001 book release, Writer's Online Marketplace : How & Where to Get Published Online, edited by former Inkspot editor Debbie Ridpath Ohi. She was also a featured interviewee in Bobbie Linkemer's 2002 book, Going Solo: How to Survive and Thrive as a Freelancer. Her book, Sun Signs for Writers,
was released by F & W Publications in August 2006. Her first fiction book, Mending Fences, was published by Whiskey Creek Press in September 2006. She is also a co-author of The Complete Writer: A Guide To Tapping Your Full Potential.
Bev is a
client of the Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency in New York City. Her fiction is represented by MPL Creative Services, Inc.
When
she is not writing, she is furthering her education in Applied
Communications and Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Her
favorite fiction author of all time is the inimitable Stephen King.
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