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writer, editorial services : janehobsonsnyder@gmail.com
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Jane Hobson Snyder
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2520 Kenmore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27608
919-302-5788
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EDITOR/JOURNALIST seeking agent for novel: WHAT HER MOTHER NEVER TOLD HER, WHAT HER MOTHER NEVER KNEW.
RECENT EXPERIENCE: From 2006-2012, I was Contributing Writer for food/travel at the Independent Weekly (IndyWeek), the awardwinning alt-weekly for Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC. Wrote a monthly column, Food Chain; contributed features/profiles/restaurant reviews; and conceived/reported multiple cover stories for quarterly DISH (food) issues.
PAST EXPERIENCE: From 2000-2002: Assistant Editor in the New York office of Da Capo Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, focusing on music journalism, food writing, and world/military history. From 1999-2000: Articles Editor at Mirabella, directing book reviews and author coverage, until the magazine was folded by Hachette. From 1994-1999: Project Coordinator and Graphic Designer at the North Carolina Writers' Network; Assistant Editor at Brightleaf Book Review; design associate at Running Feet Books; editorial reader under Shannon Ravenel and Kathy Pories at Algonquin Books; and editorial intern to Will Blythe at Esquire magazine.
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years experience: 19
This writer is looking for an agent
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SKILLS
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Writing, Fiction writing, Developmental editing, Book Doctor, Line-editing, Copy editing, Proofreading
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GENRES & SPECIALTIES
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General fiction, Travel, Lifestyle, Children's books
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TRADE REFERENCES
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References:
Lisa Sorg
Editor-in-chief, IndyWeek
302 E. Pettigrew St., Suite 300
Durham, NC 27701
919-286-1972
lsorg@indyweek.com
Former food editor, IndyWeek:
Jennifer Strom
Associate Editor, The Lo-Down
268 East Broadway #A303, NY, NY 10002
www.thelodownny.com
jenniferlstrom@gmail.com
Former editor at Da Capo Press from 2000-2002:
Andrea Schulz
Editor in Chief
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
215 Park Avenue South, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10003
andrea.schulz@hmhpub.com
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MOST RECENT PROJECTS
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WRITING SAMPLES/ CLIPS:
View 60+ cover pieces, features, and columns in my author archive:
http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/ArticleArchives?author=1180616
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PROJECTS ON OFFER/ PROPOSALS AVAILABLE
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Novel, in progress: WHAT HER MOTHER NEVER TOLD HER, WHAT HER MOTHER NEVER KNEW - frank, funny, wry novel about a woman overwhelmed by her role as a parent and wife. Chick-lit, but smart and at times dark.
Short Stories, complete:
"Scars on the Aspen, Impossibly High" - woman flees to remote Montana cabin with her three children after finding her husband cheating
"Finding Ground" - North Carolina piedmont, 1966; superintendent trying to integrate the schools hits a young black boy with his car
"Titanic, No Iceberg" - old friends reunite for a week at the beach, but it's been a decade and they've changed for the worse
"Motherhood, in Three Acts" - excerpt from novel in progress
"Treatment" - An alcoholic in his twenties, brilliant and mesmerizing, begins to unravel, but his family is frozen by a sense of decorum
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SPECIALIZED TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, HONORS
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EDUCATION: Isidore Newman School, New Orleans; and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA with honors, English. Studied fiction with Doris Betts, Daphne Athas.
PERSONAL: live in historic Raleigh, NC; two children, 7 and 9, with husband Graham Snyder; in group for published writers led by novelist/journalist Peggy Payne; volunteer teacher in public schools; avid USTA league player.
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