Genres
Medical, Health, Wellness, Fitness, Magazine Editing, Fiction, Nonfiction, Business-to-Consumer, Screenplays, TV, Movie & Documentary Scripts, Websites/Web-o-mercials, Podcasts, E-commerce, Financial, Dietary, Allopathic, Alternative & Integrative Health, Science Fiction, Adventure, Romance, Westerns, Historical Novels, Biographical, Memoirs, Short Stories, Essays, Poetry, Commercials, Documentaries

Medical, Health & Wellness Editorial Management & Writing Experience

  • Managing Editor and Script Writer for Podcast, “STAT! The Podcast of Clinical Neurology News,” IMNG and Flow Productions. Served as alternative and allopathic healthcare researcher and writer for this online podcast. This podcast combines the best of alternative and allopathic healthcare modalities to create synergistic healing in people.
  • Writer & Editor: Have served as key writer and editor for natural health & wellness content for brochures and the website: www.ziquin.com. Assisted in brand positioning, mission statement, IT management, research, marketing strategies, and overall development of materials, website content, online forums, discussion groups, presentations at nationwide meetings, and more. Assisted in formulating and implementing company’s policies and procedures. Responsible for writing and editing testimonials (wellness achievers) on website.
  • Ghostwriter and Editor for book and book proposal for Undiet the Cowboy Way by Michelle West and Shemane Nugent; a book based on the alternative health principles by Dr. Joseph Mercola. Book is being shopped to major publishers. At last notice, HarperCollins was interested in publishing this and offering a six-figure advance.
  • Writer & Editor for the book, The Teen Brain by the late Dr. Laurence Martel. Researched medical data, scientific journal articles, magazines and more to assist in writing book for Dr. Martel. Book is being published by Dr. Martel’s family.
  • Ghostwriter, Researcher & Editor for the book, Your Doctor is Naked: The Power to Heal is Yours by Robert Scott Bell, who is an internationally recognized Natural Health & Homeopathic Practitioner, Lecturer & Public Speaker with an emphasis on Holistic Healing. His expertise is continually sought for alternative remedies containing the essential components for health and longevity from the purest natural sources found in the world. He researches, produces and hosts a weekly nationally syndicated radio show called The Robert Scott Bell Radio Show to over 85 markets in the U.S. that focuses on the theme, "The Power to Heal is Yours." He empowers his listeners with healing principles that can aid in physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, economic and yes, even political healing! Robert Scott hosts the fastest three hours of healing information on radio and deals with everyday health issues from the perspective of alternative/holistic health care.
  • Writer & Editor of Business/Marketing Plans/Book Proposal for Therapeutic Gemstones, Healing Mind, Body & Spirit, by Michael Katz.
  • Writer and Editor of numerous alternative healthcare articles as well as Business/Marketing Plans/Proposals for the RAM Foundation, A Foundation for Alternative Medicine Research. (Foundation to be launched within 2-4 years.)
  • Ghostwriter & Editor for book and marketing plan for I Woke Up One Day and I Was 40 by Tony Vercillo. This is a book about health, fitness, diet, and wellness.
  • Writer & Editor of TV Script for daily Kid Fitness TV Show, (think Sesame Street with a focus on health) produced in Florida. This TV show focuses on healthy eating and exercising for children to prevent obesity.
  • Writer & Editor for the award-winning book and documentary treatment for Children of the Atomic Bomb: The Lessons of a Japanese American Physician, 1916 to 1950, based on his personal story of the Japanese American incarceration in World War II. It relates how his family who lived in California, were imprisoned in a U.S. internment camp while he served in the U.S. Army. He was captured by the Germans and spent the rest of the war in a German prison camp while his parents were imprisoned behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp. He later studied the effects of the atomic bomb on children in Japan and currently utilizes a combination of allopathic and alternative healthcare treatments in addressing illnesses. As Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine at the University of California in Los Angeles, Dr. Yamazaki is consistently invited to speak at California statewide programs, as well as national and international conferences.
  • Writer & Editor for book, My Mother’s Bipolar: So What Am I? by Angela Grett. Edited book and wrote book proposal and marketing plan.

Additional Editorial Management, Ghostwriting, Editing, & Publishing Experience

  • Managing Editor, Chattanooga Style Magazine, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Have managed a staff of more than 15 freelance writers and been responsible for all magazine content, research, proofing, editing, and writing. Assigned articles to writers and oversaw all writing and editing. Have worked closely with Director of Marketing, Publisher, Owner, IT Manager, and Designer.
    Ghostwriter for several Best-Sellers including 9 published fiction books and 13 published nonfiction books.
    Author of Heart & Soul Series of career books, McGraw-Hill Publishing, New York, NY and Davies-Black Publishing, Palo Alto, CA.
    Writer and collaborator with writer and producer of the award-winning film, Paradise Road, starring Glenn Close, a $26 million feature produced by Fox Searchlight & Village Roadshow. Directed by Bruce Beresford, the film starred Glenn Close, multiple Oscar nominee and Tony Award winner, Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine, City Of Joy) and Oscar winner, Cate Blanchett.
    Editor for the fiction book and co-writer of the screenplay and movie treatment for Of Ice And Steel: A Cataclysmic International Conflict Across Space And Time. (Action/Adventure Fiction Book is being produced into a movie and distributed by Sony Pictures. The cast is proposed as follows: George Clooney as Danyankov, Anthony Hopkins as Zivon Vitenka, Gary Oldman as Becker, Richard Dryfuss as Nelson Evers,Bruce Dern as Paslav and Bill Paxon as McKinnon.
    Scriptwriter, Producer & Director for the PBS children’s television series, Adventures of Spuffy & Scruffy.
    Writer of screenplay and documentary of “The Lessons of a Japanese American Physician, 1916 to 1950,” based on the book, Children of the Atomic Bomb.
    Writer of a book proposal and ghostwriter of book for client's nonfiction book that just won a six-figure advance from HarperCollins Publishers.
    Editor for the children’s fiction book and script, The Adventures of Charlie & Moon, written by Martin Meader.
    Writer of numerous Book Proposals and Marketing Plans that have won 6-figure advances from Major Publishers.
    Contributing Writer/Editor for the Wall Street Journal, New York, NY.
    Ghostwriter and Book Proposal Writer for Free Money For Your Business, (currently optioned by publisher.)
    Scriptwriter, Editor and Book Doctor for numerous books including novels, nonfiction, television scripts, and screenplays.
    Ghostwriter for book, The Power To Heal Is Yours, by R. Bell.
    Writer for the websites: www.ziquin.com, (alternative healthcare website); www.sailerfinancial.com and more.
    Writer of numerous Business/Marketing Plans/Proposals including Feature Articles for the RAM Foundation, A Foundation for Alternative Medicine Research. (Foundation to be launched within 2-4 years).
    Writer & Editor for Chicken Soup for the Country Soul, Health Communications, 1998.
    Author of Dream Messages, Kroshka Books, Nova Science International Publishers, New York, NY.
    Author of The Dream Challenge, Dream Challenge Publishing, Nashville, TN.
    Author of the Heart & Soul Series of Career Books: Heart & Soul Career Tune-Up, Heart & Soul Internet Job Search, and Heart & Soul Resumes, Davies-Black Publishing, Palo Alto, CA.
    Co-author of: WOW Resumes: Sales & Marketing Careers, McGraw-Hill Publishing, NY.
    Greeting Card Writer & Designer for Hallmark, Blue Mountain Arts, American Greetings and Gibson Greetings.

Business-to-Consumer Business Management Experience

  • Owner & Operating Manager, Editorial Manager for Heart & Soul Career & Writing Center, based in Nashville, Tennessee for 15 years. As Owner and Manager, have been responsible for guiding, coaching and managing career campaigns for individuals. In addition, have managed a team of writers who wrote resumes, business plans, marketing proposals, brochures, books and more.
  • Websites: Have been in charge of writing numerous websites and working directly with IT Managers and graphic designers.

Workshop Presenter & Public Speaking

  • Speaker and Presenter at international conferences in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan, and Asia for more than 15 years.

Sample of Broadcast Video Production, Television & Broadcast Writing
Writer/Producer & Director for Marketing/Promotional Travel Videos, Moulin Madame B&B, Givry, France.
Writer & Video Director, “The Call of Soul,” video produced on location in Ireland.
Writer & Video Director, web-o-mercial, Bennie Dillon Lofts, www.benniedillonlofts.com.
Video Director for "On Sacred Ground" video produced on location on Mt. Fuji, Japan and Singapore.
Script Writer for Kid Fitness TV Show, PBS-TV, plus Producer of Reality Television Show currently in production.
Writer, Producer & Director of numerous television shows, radio & television commercials, documentaries, and infomercials including the Kentucky Derby, network television by CBS & ABC.
Writer, Producer and Director of PM Magazine for CBS in Kentucky.

Summary of Education & Career Accomplishments

  • Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications, Radio, TV & Journalism, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Cum Laude Graduate. Member of the National Writer’s Union. Member of Forbes Advisory Panel.

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