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Author, Planning in Plain English: Writing Tips for Urban and Environmental Planners, published by the American Planning Association (APA)

Wrote this best-selling book offering writing tips tailored to the planning profession.  

Co-Author (with Warren W. Jones), A Career Worth Planning: Starting Out and Moving Ahead in the Planning Profession, published by APA

Co-wrote a book that provides career advice to new planners.  

Technical Editor, How Cities Work, published by Ziff-Davis Press  

Provided technical review of a book that describes and illustrates transportation, service systems, skyscraper construction, and other aspects of city life for a general audience.

Client:  Ziff-Davis Press, Emeryville, CA.  

Acquisitions Editor, Solano Press Books

Responsible for developing book ideas, reviewing book proposals, and editing manuscripts for a publisher of land use, planning law, and environmental publications.

Books & Book Proposals
  • Book Proposals
  • Professional Guidebooks
  • Books on Urban and Environmental Planning for General Audiences

Typical Services

  • Assistance with developing a book idea, drafting an outline, and identifying the market.
  • Editing of book proposals.
  • Peer review and editing of partial or complete book manuscripts.