ASK THE EXPERTS: The Art of Editing, with Kate Hannisian
Channel: Independent Publishers of New England
Date: 06/10/2016

+Kate Victory Hannisian, owner of Blue Pencil Consulting,  is a writer, editor and content developer who helps clients tell their stories through books, articles, and other vehicles for the written word. Kate will be speaking at IPNE 6th Annual New England Publishing Conference on 10/21-22 in Portsmouth, NH (http://ipne.org/event-2029799).

Her specialties include:
* helping her clients develop book proposals and book manuscripts,
* polishing their manuscripts (and preserving the author’s “voice”) through careful editing, and
* helping them choose the publication path that makes the most sense for their book and mission.

Before starting her own firm, Kate spent 17 years as a journalist, writing business-to-business newsletters on financial and business topics.  Kate is an affiliated faculty member at Emerson College, where she has taught courses on book publishing and copy editing. She has conducts workshops and gives talks on writing and publishing in a variety of venues.

Kate holds a BA degree in English Literature and Speech Communications from Boston College. She is a member of the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce, the North Shore Business Forum, and Grub Street (a Boston-based nonprofit organization for writers). In her free time, Kate is working on writing her own novels and is a parent volunteer. 

Contact Kate at kate@bluepencilconsulting.com or visit bluepencilconsulting.com.