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Self-publish your book without getting lost in the process. Book design, self-publishing, brand identity. Show the world who you are. (brightlightgraphics.com)

Bright Light Graphics is a visual storytelling studio that helps authors tell their story through design and illustration. Owned and operated by Lieve Maas.

April Kidwell crafts small-town romances rich in history and faith for the waiting heart. When not writing, she’s on the lookout for the most romantic spots and best eateries in the Pacific Northwest. A native Oregonian—with roots traceable to pre-statehood—her happy place is at home on the high desert with family and a household full of pets.

Description of Services:

April offered editing and design services.

Editing: Content and Developmental Edits for sweet & clean or Christian Romance novels. Design: Social media graphics, printable documents, and T-shirts/Posters.

Contact:

April Kidwell

info@blessfulwritings.com

www.aprilkidwellauthor.com

Julie Swearingen is the owner of Quail Run Editorial. She received a master’s degree in book publishing from Portland State University in 2017, where she focused on editing and marketing. Since 2017, Julie has edited more than 40 books in the memoir, fiction, young adult, historical romance, and nonfiction genres, as well as working as a publicist and marketing manager, and is currently the events manager at Roundabout Books in Bend. Julie has served as the Poetry Managing Editor for VoiceCatcher Literary Journal, a judge for the IBPA Ben Franklin Awards for three years, presented at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association 2021 Conference, and participated in an editing roundtable at Women Writing the West 2021. She is a member of the Central Oregon Writers Guild, Northwest Editors Guild, ACES: The Society for Editing, the Freelancers Union, and the Independent Book Publishers Association. Her portfolio is available at www.quailrun.co.

Description of Services:

Quail Run Editorial offers ghostwriting, manuscript evaluations, developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading. We serve indie authors (those who are selfpublishing), authors who are pursuing traditional publishing (pitching to agents and publishers), and publishers and presses.

Contact:

Julie Swearingen

Quail Run Editorial, LLC

quailruneditorial@gmail.com

www.quailrun.co

Grant Rosenberg is currently working on my third novel, but also actively consults on feature and television scripts, providing concise notes to help writers polish their TV series ideas, drama pilots, and screenplays before submitting their work to agents, producers, and competitions.

Description of Services:

Grant offers constructive comments on formatting, story, characters, pacing and dialogue. Also, a 30 minute consultation to discuss the notes. Grant has 40+ years of experience, both as a senior creative studio executive, and a writer/showrunner, and has written or rewritten over 100 hours of dramatic television.

Contact:

Grant Rosenberg

improveyourscript@gmail.com

www.granterosenberg.com

Writer, editor, & creativity coach T. Lee Brown (she/they) has been in the business for over 30 years. Her writing has appeared in Bookforum, Oregon Humanities, Tin House, Wired, Bust, The Oregonian, Whole Earth Review, and various anthologies. T's work ranges from journalism to poetry, criticism to fiction, memoir to corporate websites. Her education includes stints at UC Berkeley, Harvard, Goddard, and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. She currently writes for The Nugget Newspaper in Sisters, Oregon, where she has a column called "In the Pines."

Description of Services:

Writing, Editing, Coaching, Journalism, Feature Writing, Poetry, Personal Essay/Memoir, OpEd, Online Content, Interviews, Corporate and nonprofit content, branding, nomenclature, copywriting, and assorted editorial collateral, with a strategic approach to long-term success and holistic creative collaboration.

Contact:

Tiffany Lee Brown, a.k.a. T

burningcarot@gmail.com"

www.plazm.com

Kim Cooper Findling is an award-winning author, essayist, journalist and editor based in beautiful Bend, Oregon. She is a fifth-generation Oregonian who spent her childhood on the Oregon Coast and has been writing about her amazing home state for two decades. See kimcooperfindling.com.

Kimberly graduated from the University of Oregon with a master’s degree in literary nonfiction. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Middlebury College in Vermont – enduring eyelash-freezing winters studying history, anthropology, and African studies.

Following Middlebury, Kimberly served as a news assistant and business reporter for The Bulletin newspaper in Bend, Oregon. After three years at the paper, she moved to Maui. Kimberly has published stories about craft beer, love, travel, scuba diving, and Central Oregon in various newspapers, online, and print magazines (please see Clips and Works).

She now finds home, once more, in the shadows of the Cascade Mountains, writing and teaching. You might find her strolling on a trail or drinking a good beer or looking into the sky. Please say hi – this is where we all come together.

Dancing Moon Press is an independent press specializing in projects that would normally slip through the cracks of the traditional publishing industry. Dancing Moon Press works with authors at each level of their careers, but we especially love working with first-time authors.

Since 1996, our full-service book production company based in Oregon has offered comprehensive services for authors at every stage of book creation, from writing to editing to publishing to marketing. Most of all, at Dancing Moon Press, we love stories and writers. We will treat your book with personal attention and collaborate with you to create a better book than you thought possible.

Irene Cooper’s poems have appeared in the Oregon Poetry Association anthology, Verseweavers, in Indolent Books’ anthology, Poems in the Aftermath, on the online project, What Rough Beast, and in The Feminist Wire. She co-edits The Stay Project, contributes to the blog, The (Eternal) Beginner's Guide to Bend, is a freelance copywriter, essayist, and a novelist in search of publisher.

Ms. Cooper earned an MFA in Poetry from OSU-Cascades, and co-facilitates Blank Pages Workshops in Bend, OR, with her handsome and talented husband.

Kim Cooper Findling is a sixth generation Oregonian and award-winning writer and editor of stories about her beloved home state. She is the author of Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families, Day Trips From Portland: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler and Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir. For the last two decades, she has worked as a magazine editor, travel writer, memoirist, journalist, teacher and author from Bend, Oregon. See kimcooperfindling.com.

Rachel Werner is a teaching artist for Hugo House, The Loft Literary Center, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop, in addition to being the founder of The Little Book Project WI. In 2021, she was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Fellowship from The Loft and the Madeline Island School for the Arts. See https://www.littlebookwi.com/creative-team.

Central Oregon Writers Guild's mission is to provide Central Oregon area writers a forum for mutual support and education through meetings, annual events and workshops. Our goal is to advance growth and success for individual writers of all genres and skill levels. Founded in 2002, the Guild is a non-profit organization, run entirely by volunteers. Guild meetings take place on a monthly basis, where we feature guest speakers, panels, member readers and small group interaction, with topics of interest to writers at all skill levels. Meetings are free and open to the public. Visit the Upcoming Events & Meetings page often for details about speakers, topics, and locations. See http://centraloregonwritersguild.com/index.html.

Kiyomi Appleton Gaines is a writer of fairy tales and other fantastical things. She was a contributor to the forthcoming 2023 Central Oregon Writers Guild Anthology, the 2023 collection Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror and to Mad Scientist Journal 2019 Spring Quarterly; and 2018 Contributing Editor at Enchanted Conversation: A Fairytale Magazine. Her work has also appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, and The Grimm Reaper, among others. Her stories have been said to cause nightmares. Find more of her writing at a work of heart and follow her @ThatKiyomi. Kiyomi is an Asian-American of Japanese descent. She lives in Bend, OR with her husband and two marmalade cats. More Info: http://bricolagewords.com. More Info: https://workofheartkag.wordpress.com/.

Paige M. Ferro is a queer writer, editor, and library worker living in Bend, Oregon. By day, she is the Adult Programs Specialist with the Deschutes Public Library. Her work specializes on cultivating development opportunities for writers to hone their craft and build community.

Paige has been published in all genres; creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. She is currently working on a memoir about growing up Catholic and queer in Montana. When she is not reading, Paige can be found dabbling in the Tarot, getting lost on a mountain trail, or picking cat hair off her various sweaters. More Info: https://www.paigeferro.com/.