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Books

Natalie has worked on both sides of the publishing world--
as an author of published books and as a peer reviewer and editor for publishing companies. Projects range from professional guidebooks to publications that introduce urban planning to general audiences. She is currently acquisitions editor for Solano Press, a publisher of land use, planning law, and environmental publications.


Typical Services

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

Sample Projects

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

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 the American Planning Association Planners Press (Routledge)

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

 
Acquisitions Editor, Solano Press

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

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.



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