BRENDA WINDBERG
Writer/Editor/Program Coordinator
TITUSVILLE,FL
Summary
Dedicated professional with two decades of event planning experience, encompassing both large and small-scale educational events and related administrative, marketing, and customer service duties; over 25 years of writing and editorial experience to include fiction, memoir, and nonfiction books, newspaper and magazine articles, medical publications, and corporate communications; and 20 years as an instructor in adult education, addressing writing technique as well as offering creative mentoring, story development, and career coaching.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Editor/Writer, Program Coordinator
FREE EXPRESSIONS SEMINARS AND LITERARY SERVICES
Tampa, FL
09.2002 - Current
- Seminar planning and coordination, including venue search, contract negotiation, travel arrangements, student registration and communication, and on-site logistical coordination for three to five national events per year
- Editorial staff for Writing the Breakout Novel Intensive Workshops with literary agent Donald Maass, providing classroom instruction and one-on-one consultations to more than one hundred students annually, assisting writers with style, content, and marketability of their works- in-progress
- Collaborated in curriculum development for the Writing the Breakout Novel Workshops, multiple locations nationwide
- Editorial services-story development, comprehensive manuscript evaluation, ghostwriting, line and copy editing
Writer and Editor
Radish Fiction
New York, NY
06.2019 - 10.2021
- Contracted writer and editor for two different serialized stories published on the Radish Fiction app
- Wrote three to ten episodes per week (at least 1500 words per episode)
- Edited three to five episodes per week (ranging between 1500 and 2000 words), depending on publishing schedule
Staff Writer
FLORIDA HEALTH CARE NEWS
Tampa, FL
10.2009 - 01.2011
- Responsible for client management
- Conducted doctor and patient interviews
- Transcribed interviews
- Created 12-15 medical articles highlighting patient background and treatment experience in each three-week publication round
- Proofread each issue prior to printing
Editorial Assistant/Feature Writer
HARTFORD TIMES PRESS/CONLEY PUBLISHING
Hartford, WI
02.2000 - 02.2003
- Final proofreader prior to printing
- Primary fact-checker
- Interviewed subject for human interest stories
- Wrote feature articles and obituaries
- Provided administrative support
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS - English
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Skills
- Educational Program Planning
- Venue Selection
- Catering Coordination
- Registration Management
- Budgeting and Finance
- Student Support Specialist
- Developmental Editing
- Manuscript Evaluation
- Ghostwriting
- Copy Proofreading
- Interviewing
- Research
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
Timeline
Writer and Editor
Radish Fiction
06.2019 - 10.2021
Staff Writer
FLORIDA HEALTH CARE NEWS
10.2009 - 01.2011
Senior Editor/Writer, Program Coordinator
FREE EXPRESSIONS SEMINARS AND LITERARY SERVICES
09.2002 - Current
Editorial Assistant/Feature Writer
HARTFORD TIMES PRESS/CONLEY PUBLISHING
02.2000 - 02.2003
BACHELOR OF ARTS - English
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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