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SYNOPSIS OF EXPERIENCE:
Twenty years in the
newspaper, magazine, and book publishing businesses,
including editing, ghost-writing and desktop publishing over
250 full-length hardback and
trade paperback books. Also authored 6 books under own name.
Five years in personal computer training, including founding
a computer training school,
administration, class design and instruction.
Twenty years in business system architecture, strategic planning
for automation,
project management, batch and online system development, computer
education, structured
analysis techniques, development methodologies, CASE tools, database
design and local area
networks of personal computers.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
4/98 - Present:
TJpublish! Publishing Consultant
Principal of own publishing consulting company, serving authors
and small publishers in all aspects of book
publishing, including ghost-writing, screenplays, editing, desktop
publishing, cover design, computer graphics,
printer liaison, Library of Congress, etc. Ghosted two full length
nonfiction books and a screenplay on UFOs,
spirituality, and life-after-death, and edited dozens of books
on metaphysics, the new millennium, recovery,
spirituality, and personal growth. Also authored "An Ascension
Handbook," "Living with Soul, Vol 1 & 2,"
"It's All About Control," "Death Without Fear,"
and "The Other Side."
10/96 - 4/98: OUGHTEN HOUSE PUBLICATIONS, Editor-in-Chief
Manage all aspects of book production for about 20 titles. Special
skills include editing, desktop publishing
(PageMaker, Ventura Publisher), graphics (CorelDraw, PhotoPaint),
public speaking. Duties included:
· Acquire and evaluate manuscripts
· Manage editorial faculty
· Edit and typeset manuscripts
· Select printers and manage book manufacture (see
attached list for specific titles)
· Guide authors through all aspects of book production,
marketing, and distribution
· Design and deliver one-day seminar "Painless
Publishing"
· Organize and execute speaking tours to promote
own book, An Ascension Handbook.
8/90 - 9/96: TONY STUBBS & ASSOCIATES, Desktop Publishing
& Training
Principal of own desktop publishing company ghost-writing and
typesetting technical books, instruction
manuals, and promotional material, liaison with printers and
publishers. Ghosted the landmark volume
of structured analysis, Strategic Business Engineering. Editing
and desktop publishing of several full
length books for two publishing houses. Taught a variety of classes
on desktop publishing and computer
graphics at CompuSkills, Inc., Colorado State University, and
privately.
4/92 - 5/95: COMPUSKILLS, Co-founder/Owner/Operator/Instructor
Was one of two founders of this Denver-based computer school,
that taught PC skills such as DOS, Windows,
Local Area Networks, Microsoft Office, desktop publishing software
(Adobe PageMaker, Microsoft Publisher, Ventura Publisher),
PhotoShop PhotoPaint, Internet skills, computer graphics (CorelDraw).