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Dakota's latest book: "Ambitious, stylish..engrossing read!" Publishers Weekly
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writer, videographer : dakotastories@yahoo.com
dakota lane
http://www.dakotalane.org
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dakotalane
illustration
http://www.dakotalane.org/

Available for fiction and non-fiction projects, and optimize websites for authors/artists. yes, i do book trailers!
Youth mentor for at-risk population.

Google me now, and consider this:

N.Y. Times VOWS writer and videographer.

Award-winning Y/A author:

JOHNNY VOODOO/ wendy lamb, random house winner ALA BEST BOOK & NY PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST SUMMER READ

GOTHIC LOLITA/ simon & schuster

SECRET LIFE OF IT GIRLS/ simon

ORPHEUS OBSESSION/ katherine tegen harpercollins
My non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times, Interview Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan and Cosmogirl, as well as numerous other publications.

Music, essays and profiles for INTERVIEW MAG, NY TIMES, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, L.A. WEEKLY and more.
Latest piece in New York times, June 4 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/fashion/weddings/state-of-the-unions-runners-overcome-a-bad-patch.html

YADDO fellow.Print, photo and video: Edward Burns, Moby, Dalai Lama, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jack Nicholson, John Hiatt, Bill Graham, Levon Helm.

Award-winning author, photographer and editor, using creative self expression and a variety of goal setting and dream-building techniques to foster strength, hope and focus in kids of all ages and in diverse settings.

Taught creative writing and drama at (now defunct) Emergency Communities in New Orleans, mentoring for resident of MIDWAY in Kingston, NY,
mentor through Onteora School District Gifted & Talented, creative writing teacher and community builder at area schools and libraries.

NY YORK TIMES writer http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/fashion/weddings/01VOWS.html

Whether you've hit a wall in the middle of your fourth book, need to prepare a book for publication, or you're a novice writer hoping for some advice and polish, you can count on me for clarity, direction and inspiration.

I bring more than two decades of solid experience, offering concise feedback, inside industry advice and project development for commercial success.

I'll read your book or take you on as a long-term client--extremely reasonable rates, priced by project.

Ghostwriter, editor, book doctor, community builder, writing coach.

Author and Illustrator, photographer and video docs. Three-time ALA winner for young adult fiction, with major publishers.

Web copy and video content for Buddhist, art and nonprofit websites.

I've worked extensively as a mentor, private writing coach and book doctor for nearly two decades. As interviewer on ghost projects, known for preserving authentic voice. Extensive community work geared toward high-risk and gifted youth, through outreach programs, instant magazines and programs emphasizing empowerment through self-expression.

Have background in media connected to religion, as editor and staff writer for Northern California Jewish Bulletin, video producer for the Bahai Faith TV series,
editor of the Hebrew Book of the Dead. Most recently photographed two of the world's most prominent Buddhists, HH the Dalai Lama and HH the 17th Karmapa, during their separate visits to Woodstock, New York. Have produced a series of mini-videos on events at KTD monastery in Woodstock, including the visit of HH the 17th Karmapa.

Promo videos for author's books. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_g29mipBdI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEsTyB6_P7g

years experience: 25
SKILLS
Writing, Ghost-writing, Copywriting, Fiction writing, Developmental editing, Book Doctor, Copy editing
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
General fiction, Juvenile fiction, Biography, Religious, Mind/body/spirit, Lifestyle, Children's books
TRADE REFERENCES
TEENSREADTOO.COM
GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I got a copy of GOTHIC LOLITA from YaYnot?-seriously check that site out! This is a fascinating and beautiful tale of friendship and love. Told in alternating voices in short quick chapters, this tale reads like poetry. The story is accompanied by black and white photographs taken by the author that added a sense of mystery and beauty to the story.
I loved how the author unveiled more and more about each girl and the reader is able to uncover just how their lives are connected. It felt like I was slowly unwrapping a delicious candy bar but I could only have it piece by piece. This is a book to be savored. I will most definitely be passing this book along to my teens.

Children's Book Reviews

-- Publishers Weekly, 11/3/2008Gothic Lolita: A Mystical Thriller Dakota Lane. Atheneum/Seo, $17.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1396-2
Ambitiously structuring her stylish novel as alternating narratives and interspersing these with black-and-white photos, Lane (The Secret Life of It Girls) focuses on two half-Japanese, half-American girls who forge an unusual bond over their blogs, loneliness and fascination with the gothic Lolita subculture. Chelsea is in L.A. and Miya is in Japan; they've never spoken or even exchanged messages—they simply read each other's blogs. Their lives mirror each other's in their tragedies: when Miya's mother killed herself, her father abandoned her and her brother to an orphanage; Chelsea has not blogged for three years, since her brother disappeared). A manga that the girls love and the photographs add a surreal layer, as do the many mystical elements. There is even a suggestion that the girls have twin souls: Miya's grandmother consoles her about the twin who died in utero by saying that she was born immediately to someone else. Readers will find themselves quickly engrossed. Ages 12–up. (Nov.)

LEADING CLIENTS
Taught creative writing and drama at (now defunct) Emergency Communities in New Orleans, mentoring for resident of MIDWAY in Kingston, NY,
mentor through Onteora School District Gifted & Talented, creative writing teacher and community builder at area schools and libraries.
MOST RECENT PROJECTS
GOTHIC LOLITA, a mystical thriller novel, with photographs, Simon& Schuster. Pub date: November 2008.
Fueled by their love of the Tokyo Gothic Lolita fashion, and their mutual passion for a romantic manga, Chelsea (from Hollywood) and Miya (from a remote part of Japan) found each other through a simple twist of fate that will haunt them for the rest of their lives. Told in two intertwining voices, the mystery unfolds, revealing the truth about what it means to be a survivor.

NY TIMES VOWS http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/fashion/weddings/25vows.html

COSMOGIRL fashion pieces
Lead VOWS story in NY TIMES: May, 25 2008.

BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
SECRET LIFE OF IT GIRLS, Simon & Schuster-- fictional vignettes about popular girls, with hundreds of photographs.
THE ORPHEUS OBSESSION, HarperCollins, 2008-- teen obsessed with rock star tracks him down through his blog.
JOHNNY VOODOO, Random House, 1996--love and loss in New Orleans.
SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
JOHNNY VOODOO received starred Kirkus reviews, was a FLying STart Publisher's Weekly author and won American LIbrary Association Best Book and New York Public LIbrary Best summer book. Secret LIfe of It Girls won an ALA Best Book for Reluctant Readers and The Orpheus Obsession was Nominated for ALA Best Book and also received a School Library Journal starred review.
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