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Beth Lieberman
Beth Lieberman Editorial Services
Los Angeles, CA
818.610.7492

Beth Lieberman Editorial Services provides coaching and developmental editing services for writers. For nonfiction writers this includes developing book proposals and collaborating on manuscripts; for novelists this includes analysis and guidance on storytelling skills, specifically dialogue mechanics, characterization, plotting, and point of view/narration. I also strategize with writers about publishing options.

In publishing since 1985. Have acquired, edited, and managed more than 500 published books. Former editor at Warner Books, senior editor at Kensington Publishing, and editorial director at Dove Books/NewStar Press.


years experience: 23
SKILLS
Writing, Ghost-writing, Book Doctor, Line-editing, Developmental editing, Proposal writing/editing
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
Women’s issues, Parenting, Motivational/self-help, Memoir, Judaica, General fiction, Commercial women's fiction
BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
Most recent Beth Lieberman Editorial Services projects:


A COURSE IN HAPPINESS by Mardi Horowitz, M.D. (Penguin/Tarcher 2008)


WILL I EVER BE GOOD ENOUGH: HEALING THE DAUGHTERS OF NARCISSISTIC MOTHERS FROM THE LEGACY OF DISTORTED LOVE by Karyl McBride, Ph.D. (Simon & Schuster, 2008)


THE PROPHET'S WIFE by Milton Steinberg (Behrman House, 2009)


RASHI'S DAUGHTERS: RACHEL by Maggie Anton (Plume, 2009) www.rashisdaughters.com


RASHI'S DAUGHTERS: Miriam by Maggie Anton (Plume, 2007)


RASHI'S DAUGHTERS: Joheved by Maggie Anton (Banot Press, 2005; Plume, 2007)


I HATE CONFLICT! SEVEN STEPS TO RESOLVING DIFFERENCES WITH ANYONE IN YOUR LIFE by Lee Raffel, M.S.W. (McGraw-Hill, 2008)


NOW AND FOREVER by Rosanne Bittner (Harlequin, 2008)


THE ADVERSITY ADVANTAGE: Seven Steps Towards Everyday Greatness by Erik Weihenmayer and Paul Stoltz, foreword by Stephen R. Covey (Fireside, 2007)www.adversityadvantage.com


FATHERSTYLE: Surefire Techniques Every Parent Can Use to Raise Confident and Caring Kids by Kevin O'Shea and James Windell(Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2006)www.thefatherstyleadvantage.com


IN THE SHADOW OF SURIBACHI by Joyce Faulkner (Red Engine Press, 2005) www.intheshadowofsuribachi.com


LOSING PATIENCE by Joyce Faulkner (Red Engine Press, 2004)www.losingpatience.com


THE INTELLIGENT NEGOTIATOR (Prima/Crown - October 2002)


LEGALLY BLONDE, the novel by Amanda Brown (Dutton - Winter 2002)


A few published authors and titles I edited during my tenure in-house:


NOVELISTS: Jayne Ann Krentz, Eileen Nauman, Susan Andersen, Ellen Archer, Susan Crain Bakos, Rosanne Bittner, Leigh Bristol, Sandra Chastain, Cathy Crimmins, Ginna Gray, Laramie Dunaway, Martha Hix, Katherine Kincaid, Susan Kyle, Doreen Owens Malek, Garda Parker, Cheryl Saban, Victoria Thompson, Joe Trainor, Becky Lee Weyrich


MEMOIR: Chosen by Fate: My Life Inside Death Row Records by McKinley Lee, Jr. with Frank Williams, Once More with Feeling, ed. by Joanne Parrent, Close But No Cigar by Melissa Miller Berry, Worse Than He Says He Is by Anika Rodman


HEALTH/NUTRITION/LIFESTYLE: The American Yoga Association Wellness Book, The Complete Guide to Nutritional Supplements by Brenda Adderly, The Herbal Home Companion by Teresa Loe, Cooking Without Recipes by Cheryl Sindell (foreword by Joachim Splichal), Bitchin in the Kitchen: The PMS Survival Cookbook by Jennifer Evans and Fritzi Horstmann, Romance On the Run: Five Minutes of Quality Sex for Busy Couples by Tara Roth Madden; Why Don’t You Have Kids? by Leslie Lafayette


PSYCHOLOGY: Journal to the Self: Journal Writing as a Therapeutic Tool by Kathleen Adams, Living in the Solution: Understanding and Using the Wisdom of the Rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous by John W. with James A., Meditations on Relationships and Meditations for the 21st Century by Mary Sheldon and Christopher Stone, The First Year of Marriage: What to Expect, What to Accept, and What You Can Change by Miriam Arond ( current ed-in-chief of Child magazine) and Samuel Pauker, M.D., Happily Ever After by Doris Wild Helmering, Think Like a Shrink by Christ Zois, Ph.D.


BUSINESS: On Communicating by Mark McCormack, The Internal Frontier by Morris Shechtman, Confucius in the Boardroom


I also acquired for paperback and/or audio formats works by John Banville, Harold Bloom, Janet Burroway, Elena Castedo, Da Chen, Annie Dillard, Paula Fox, Stephen Jay Gould, Spalding Gray, Robert Hellenga, Thomas Klemperer, T. Jefferson Parker, and others.

PREVIOUS PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
Speaker and guest instructor at NYU Publishing Program, Romance Writers of America Conference (national and regional), Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, San Diego State University Writers Conference, Palm Springs Writers Conference. Served as writing contest judge at Romance Writers of America (8 times) and Pacific Northwest Writers Conference.


1988-92 Board Director, Women’s National Book Association/New York City Chapter, 1994-2001 Board Director, Women’s National Book Association/Los Angeles Chapter, 2001-2 Board Director, CyclopsMedia.com. Member of Women's National Book Association NYC and Los Angeles Chapters, and Los Angeles People in Publishing. Listed in NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF EDITORS & WRITERS (M. Evans, 2005). See also www.theeditorscircle.com and www.laeditorsandwritersgroup.com.