Book Doctor ~ Editor
Anita D. McClellan
From concept into print since 1988
Quick LinksQueen Victoria's journals & drawings from age 13 to marriage 1840 available outside UK thru June 30, 2012
Ruler (1837-1901) of a quarter of the world's land mass, one fifth of then-world's population, mother of 9 tips on writing a book while in prison
hey, Cervantes and Mandela did this A Newbie's Guide to Publishing by author J. A. Konrath
More info on writer go to http://jakonrath.com/ "Warnings About the Schemes, Scams, and Pitfalls That Threaten Writers"
Writer Beware® website British Library's recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments
a researcher's dream, a writer's heaven--hear what you are writing about Visit the Boston Public Library
a.k.a the "BPL," founded in 1848 as the nation's first municipal free-to-all library 
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About UsANITA D. McCLELLAN is an independent developmental editor, writer's coach, book reviewer, and guest speaker at writers' conferences, higher education writing centers, and at individual writing groups, where she works one on one in private settings. Formerly at Macmillan and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, she has attracted such authors as Dian Fossey, Gay Courter, Dr. Andrew Weil, Elizabeth Noble, Suzanne Arms, Susan Wittig Albert, Malcolm Margolin. She has worked as a scriptwriter in Shanghai. Her excellent networking has led her across the U.S., Europe, Africa, and the Far East. She has been resident editor at Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, North Coast Redwoods, Bennington, Cumberland Valley, and International Women’s Writing Guild conferences, and served as the U.S. PR director for the International Feminist Book Fairs.
"...the industry wants to pump out more books in less time with fewer, less-experienced editors. And so the burden of editing sometimes falls upon the agents, who need to shape up manuscripts before they can be successfully submitted to publishers....Who do the agents call? There's a good chance that their Rolodexes contain many of the same names that a few years ago were on the payrolls of the big house....the next time you're in the market for a freelance editor, this group would probably be a good place to start."
-- Authors Guild Bulletin Events
Every May for 10 days 85,000 people gather from around the world in a tented space in a village on the border of England and Wales to attend 500+ events centered on books and ideas. Writers, politicians, poets, scientists, comedians, philosophers and musicians come together on the greenfield at Hay-on-Wye, population 1450 and home to thirty (30) bookshops, to talk, eat, think, drink and be merry.
June 24-July 1, New Haven, Yale U campus: IWWG Annual Conference
International Women's Writers Guild 34th conference-go for 1 session, 1 day, all 7 days August 15-19, Craigville, MA: Cape Cod Writers Conference
Hit the beach in Hyannis while you hone your writing skills: bring the family! October 3-9: The Muse Online Writers Conference
free! no overhead! stay at home & attend from anywhere in the world in your jammies! October 15-16, NYC: IWWG "Big Apple Conference"
November 11-13, Dedham, MA: New England Crimebake Conference sponsored by Sisters in Crime/MWA
Keynoters Barry Eisler & Nancy Pickard, Master Classes, Wk-in-Progress Critiques, Panels--sells out FAST Bard College
Boston University School of Public Health Cape Cod Writers Conference Chicago Magazine Writers and Editors One on One Grub Street's Muse and the Marketplace Harvard University IWWG Big Apple Conference Meridian Writers Network Muse Online Writers Conference National Writers Union live Q & A NH Writers Project Writers' Day North Coast Redwoods Writers Conference Radcliffe Publishing Course Rhode Island Romance Writers Mini-Conference SCBWI-New England • "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Revision"
• "On Novel Writing" • "Write a Synopsis of Your Novel"-- and leave with a pitch line, a query letter, and a synopsis of any length required for submission • "Hooking Your Readers on Page One in Fiction/Nonfiction" • "Self-editing Strategies for Writing in Any Academic Discipline with Power and Clarity" "You were a much needed and great addition to the [editors and agents] panel on stage. Unfortunately, there was only one of you. We needed more of you." --Shirley Hewitt, nonfiction author
Member, Bay Area Editors Forum: www.editorsforum.org
"On one trip to Rwanda to film Dr. Dian Fossey and gorillas, I met Anita McClellan, who had edited Dian's book, GORILLAS IN THE MIST. It was Anita who convinced me that other people share my interest in animal words. That's when the concept of ZOOLEXICON took form.... My gratitude to Anita McClellan for her great help in getting ZOOLEXICON published." -- Dr. Warren Garst, Chief Wildlife Photographer for the TV series "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom": http://lib.colostate.edu/wildlife/
"I'm indebted to ...Anita McClellan ... for... incisive editorial contributions."
-- Gay Courter, best-selling novelist “Thank you again for your help nursing me through 'Wolf That I Am'.”
--Fred McTaggart, cultural anthropologist PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Authors Guild Bay Area Editors Forum (BAEF) Better Business Bureau Accredited Cape Cod Writers Center, Advisory Board Editorial Freelancers Association, ex-Officer, Board of Governors Grub Street Independent Book Publishers Association International Women's Writing Guild (IWWG) National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Red Fox Poets RedRoom.com SheWrites.com Sisters in Crime (SinC) Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Women's National Book Association (WNBA) Copyright © 2005-2013 Anita D. McClellan Associates, 464 Common St., Suite 142, Belmont, MA 02478 USA; (617) 575-9203--try email first. All rights reserved. Literary consultancy only. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU ACCREDITED |
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