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is a Colorado-based professional author, editor and writing coach 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, manuscript reviewer/editor for AEG Publishing/Eloquent Books, 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. Her columns have been featured in Mike's Writing Newsletter and Inkwell Newswatch at Freelance Writing Organization International.
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, Romance Writers of America, Enid Writers Club, Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. and National Association of Women Writers and Military Writers Society of America, among others.
She has hosted two internet radio shows: 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 book, Going Solo: How to Survive and Thrive as a Freelancer.
Bev is the author of Sun Signs for Writers, Mending Fences,(Whiskey Creek Press) and Hidden Fire (Whiskey Creek Press). She is also a co-author of The Complete Writer: A Guide To Tapping Your Full Potential (Red Engine Press).
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, editing or coaching, 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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