Mark Chimsky, my editor and writing coach is offering a number of master classes in writing. Mark was God-send to me and helped me create my 144 page book proposal for The Shaman & His Daughter which led to getting a great literary agent. Mark is an amazing editor and really one of the finest coaches that I have known. It has been a great honor to me work with him. He has really helped me tap into my potential.
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Mark's Bio
Prior to his move to Maine, Mark ran his own editorial consulting business. He helped authors and agents develop book proposals and edit manuscripts. As an editorial consultant, he helped Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster create the proposal for their national best-seller, Working with You Is Killing Me.
Mark's editorial achievements have been noted in Vanity Fair, The Nation, and Publishers Weekly.
As a writer, Mark is an award-winning poet whose poetry and essays have appeared in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Wild Violet, The Oakland Review, Three Rivers Poetry Journal, and Mississippi Review.
In addition, Mark was on the faculty of New York University's (NYU's) Center for Publishing, and for three years served as the director of the book section of NYU's Summer Publishing Institute. He is currently an adjunct instructor in the Writing, Literature, and Publishing Department at Emerson College in Boston.
Mark has written for such online publications as The Huffington Post and Next Avenue, and he is currently a contributing writer for The Good Men Project.
Career achievements:
Editor of Johnny Cash's best-selling autobiography, Cash
Editor of Creating a Life You'll Love, winner of the silver medal for ForeWord's Book of the Year Award (self-help category)
Editor, 65 Things to Do When You Retire, named by The Wall Street Journal as "[one of] the year's best guides to later life"
Editor of Mom, Incorporated by Aliza Sherman and Danielle Elliott Smith, winner of the gold medal for ForeWord's Book of the Year Award (career category)
Editor of landmark book, Power Yoga by Beryl Bender Birch
Creator of Best American Erotica series, compiled by Susie Bright
Faculty, New York University's (NYU's) Center for Publishing (1999-2004)
Director of the book section of NYU's Summer Publishing Institute (2000, 2003, 2004)
Adjunct instructor in the Writing, Literature, and Publishing Department at Emerson College, Boston
Editor of 25 Women Who Survived Cancer: Notable Women Share Inspiring Stories of Hope
Contributing writer to The Huffington, Post, Next Avenue, and The Good Men
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