Writing bestseller books is a topic than can’t be contained in just one post. I blog about how some authors use a formula and/or an algorithm to write bestsellers here, and how they achieve bestseller status here. But for the […]
June, 2019
Basketball Book Editor: A Journey Through the Glory Days
Basketball Book Editing — Armstrong Basketball Awww! I love when clients become friends. It was quite a journey as a basketball book editor when Ron Hancock contacted me to work on his true-life manuscript. He’s a former basketball star and […]
Engineering Editor
Engineering Editor for International Publications When the writing is technical but still requires creative and compelling copy, it’s helpful to have an experienced engineering editor in your back pocket — especially one who has been published in international […]
Lone Star State Editor
It’s a lot of fun being a Lone Star State editor. Whether in magazines or books, there’s something special about stories from Texas. In fact, I was named one of the 15 Top Texas Book Editors a few years back […]
College Football Editor: A Baylor Retrospective
My first alma mater was Blinn College, where I earned an associate degree in the 1980s. Then came a degree in English from University of Houston, and a near-completed master’s degree in digital media from Sam Houston State University. So […]
Political Editor: An Interview with First Lady Barbara Bush
A Very Fortunate Political Editor There are forty-four former First Ladies of the United States, and Barbara Pierce Bush is the forty-first. I think I achieved a career high when I landed an interview with her. That’s when others began […]
Sports Writing: An Interview with A.J. Foyt
A Sports Writing Career I’ve had a wonderful time interviewing athletes in a variety of sports. The sports writing spans from tennis to football to baseball and more. But some of the most interesting interviews center around race cars and […]
Sports Editing: Football Great Dan Pastorini
I’ve covered golf, baseball, lacrosse, tennis and more in my sports editing assignments. But my favorite is football — especially writing about the glory days of the Houston Oilers in the Astrodome. Sports Editing: Football As a contributing editor for […]