Project Manager Administrative Assistant

Joy Neaves

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Summary

During ten years as an editor at an award-winning, internationally

recognized children's book publishing company, I provided vision and

leadership for the content of our list, overseeing the acquisition,

development, and promotion of our books. For the past two years, as a

teacher and administrator, I have provided education and training to

students in classroom, workshop, and one-on-one settings. During this

time, I have also been a freelance editor.

Editor and Project Manager

Namelos editions and namelos services, Freelance Editor, 2009-present.

. Acquired, developed, and edited e-books for children and young

adults

. Provided editorial services to authors with works in progress

Front Street, Inc., Editor, 1999-2008.

. Launched the careers of fifteen first time authors

. Acquired, developed, and edited books for children and young

adults

. Presented at writers conferences and workshops

. Participated in national and state library and educator

conferences

. Managed co-production of books for Lemniscaat, an imprint of

Dutch picture books

. Negotiated contracts with authors and agents

. Managed paperback reprint list

. Created and directed an internship program

. Supervised an administrative assistant

. Mentored an editorial assistant

. Oversaw the acquisition, publication and marketing of

translations and English-language foreign titles

University Administrator

University Writing Center, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC, Assistant

Director, 2009-present.

. Provided ongoing education of undergraduate tutors in the

University Writing Center

. Completed formal review and evaluation of student consultants

. Served as the liaison to the Asheville Graduate Center

. Tutored graduate students and community members

. Designed and implemented a study to assess student learning in

the writing center

. Established an internship

. Spoke to students and faculty about the services of the UWC

. Reviewed written reports of writing consultations

. Led staff meeting discussions

. Reviewed records of consultant activity and reported activity in

the annual report

. Participated in the interviewing and hiring process for five new

tutors

. Planned, coordinated and mentored students in preparing for a

professional conference

. Assessed tutors' understanding of writing center theory

Teacher

A-B Tech Community College, Asheville, NC, Reading Instructor, 2010-

present.

. Taught an established curriculum of developmental reading skills

. Designed outside reading and writing assignments to complement

the designed course

. Mentored students and helped them get academic support services

Great Smokies Writing Program, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC,

Instructor, 2009-present.

. Proposed, planned, and conducted four ten-week workshops in

fiction writing

. Invited and organized several special guest speakers to

attend the class

. Led students in a public reading of their work at Malaprop's,

a local bookstore

Whole Novel Workshop, Highlights Foundation, Honesdale, PA, June 2009

and June 2011

. Participated in the selection of eight participants

. Fully edited four novels, providing detailed line edits along

with in-depth editorial letters

. Provided ongoing one-to-one consultations with writers

throughout the week

. Prepared special topics talks for each day of the workshop

Writers Workshop at Chautauqua, Highlights Foundation, Chautauqua, NC,

July 2007

. Critiqued eight manuscripts on an ongoing basis throughout the

weeklong workshop

. Provided detailed editorial letters and one-to-one meetings with

authors

. Lead break out sessions on Integrating Theme into Fiction and

Thinking Like an Editor

. Introduced Keynote Speaker, Larry Dane Brimner

Education

Western Carolina University, M.A. English (December 2011 Graduation)

UNC Asheville, B.A. Literature and Language, 1996. Minor, Women's

Studies

Professional Memberships: Past and Present

Sigma Tau Delta 2010-present

National Council of Teachers of English 2010-present

Children's Literature Association 2000-2008

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 2000-2008

American Library Association 2000-2008

Professional Development

Publications

"Defining Moments." The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle. Vol. 86, 2011.

Conference Presentations

UNC Asheville Career Center, Women in Writing Careers panel, Asheville, NC,

March 23, 2011.

Western Carolina University Graduate Research Symposium, Cullowhee, NC,

March 11, 2010: Presented a research paper.

Southeastern Writing Center Association, Decatur, GA, Feb. 12-13, 2010: Led

7 tutors in a presentation about the uses of self-evaluation in the writing

center.

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) conference,

Asheville, NC, Nov. 13, 2009: Delivered a keynote talk and introduced the

concept of namelos.com. 75 authors and illustrators were in attendance.

SCBWI conference, Madison, WI, Oct. 5-6, 2007: Delivered a keynote talk,

critiqued manuscripts, and served on two panels. 75 authors and

illustrators were in attendance.

SCBWI conference, Durham, NC, Sept. 28-30, 2007: Delivered a keynote talk,

critiqued manuscripts, and served on two panels. Conducted a workshop and

portfolio reviews with several illustrators. 150 authors and illustrators

were in attendance.

SCBWI conference, Asheville, NC, June 1-2, 2007: Presented a talk about

author-editor collaborations with author Andrea Cheng. 40 authors were in

attendance.

Children and Literature Conference, Orem, UT, March 27-30, 2007: Delivered

a keynote talk, conducted two workshops, critiqued manuscripts, and served

on a panel. Over 200 writers, teachers, librarians, and illustrators were

in attendance.

Asheville Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Critique Group,

Asheville, NC, Jan. 24, 2007: Conducted an informal talk. 25 authors were

in attendance.

Hamline College, MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, Minneapolis,

MN, Jan. 20-22, 2007: Delivered a keynote talk. 40 students were in

attendance.

North Carolina Writers Network, Charlotte, NC, Nov. 10-12, 2006: Served on

a children's literature panel and critiqued manuscripts.

SCBWI conference, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 3-5, 2006: Delivered a keynote talk,

hosted informal sessions about publishing, critiqued manuscripts, and

served on a panel.

Pacific Coast Writers Workshop, Santa Cruz, CA, Aug. 11-13, 2006: Delivered

a keynote talk, served on a panel, and critiqued manuscripts.

Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Children's Literature Conference, Cincinnati, OH,

Nov. 12, 2005: Presented a talks about author-editor collaboration with

author Andrea Cheng.

University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC, Sept. 14, 2005:

Spoke to a Sociology class about editing and publishing and the "production

of culture."

SCBWI conference, Tulsa, OK, April 1-3, 2005: Delivered a keynote talk,

served on a panel, and critiqued manuscripts.

SCBWI conference, Jackson, MS, March 4-5, 2005: Delivered a keynote talk,

served on a panel, and critiqued manuscripts.

University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC, April 13, 2004,

April 14, 2005, October 16, 2006, and March 15, 2007: Spoke to Senior

Seminar in Creative Writing classes (ranging from 10-25 students) about

editing, publishing, and writing.

Writers Workshop, Asheville, NC, Oct. 11, 2003: Conducted a workshop for

authors.

Warren Wilson College, Children's Literature class, Black Mountain, NC,

April 24, 2002: Talked about editing and publishing.

Writers Workshop, Asheville, NC, March 23, 2002: Talked informally about

publishing, served on a panel, and critiqued manuscripts.

Novello Festival of Reading Panel, Charlotte, NC, Oct. 23, 2001: Served on

a panel with other editors, authors, and publishing professionals.

A-B Tech Community College, Writing for Children class, Sept. 15, 2001:

Talked about editing and publishing and conducted a workshop on picture

books.

A-B Tech Community College, April 28, 2001: Served on a panel about

writing.

Conferences Attended

International Writing Center Association, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 3-6, 2010.

Writing Intensive Workshop, Montreat, NC, Sept. 10, 2010.

Carolinas Writing Program Administrators, Wild Acres, NC, Sept. 20-22,

2010.

Carolina Writing Program Administrators, Meeting in the Middle. Charlotte,

NC, Feb. 19, 2010.

UNC Asheville Workplace Diversity, Asheville, NC, Spring 2010.

Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville, KY, March

17-20, 2010. Attended IWCA collaborative.

National Council for Teachers of English and the Assembly on Literature for

Adolescents, New York, NY, Nov. 15-20, 2007.

American Library Association, Washington, DC, June 22-26, 2007.

Texas Library Association, San Antonio, TX, April 10-15, 2007.

National Council for Teachers of English and the Assembly on Literature for

Adolescents, New York, NY, November 2006.

Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna, Italy, March 24-April 2, 2006.

National Council for Teachers of English and the Assembly on

Literature for Adolescents, New York, NY, Nov. 17-21, 2005

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Ceremony Sept. 30, 2005.

American Library Association, Atlanta, GA June 12-18, 2002.

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