Expanding on his experience in nonfiction writing for government and business, David recently completed a master�s degree in writing and publishing at Portland State University. In addition to founding his own press prior to Ink & Paper Group, LLC, David has served as a book designer, editor, senior editor, and project manager for a variety of publications and books. He is a co-founder of INQ Journal, an undergraduate research journal, and has been the Chair of Marketing & Sales at Ooligan Press.
With his experience as a participant and teacher in college writing classes, writing groups, and writers� conferences, David has developed a strong philosophy of collaboration with writers and a special desire to support writers early in their careers. This philosophy has carried over into the official organizational outlook of Ink & Paper Group, LLC.
David is a strong advocate for formal and independent education about the publishing business for everyone involved. He is an activist for publishing industry reforms. Currently the Vice President of the Northwest Association of Book Publishers, David is also a publishing member of the Independent Book Publishers Association (PMA) and the Small Publishers� Association of North America (SPAN) and is active among other book industry groups.
David�s primary acquisitions focus is gift book ideas; nonfiction in criminal justice, community development, and social justice (including related memoirs and biographies); contemporary fiction; science fiction/fantasy; cozies and thrillers with similar standards; and poetry. As the publisher for Sofa Ink Quarterly, David is always interested in short stories that meet the guidelines of the publication.
As Truman Capote once said, �Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.� There's no single right way to write, and the same goes for editing and publishing the written word. An editor�s judgment and sense of language must be first-rate, but she also should know when breaking the rules makes for literary breakthroughs. As COO and Editor-in-Chief for Ink & Paper Group and its imprints Sofa Ink, Gray Sunshine, Bowler Hat Comics, and Chain Reaction Press, Linda will continue to learn the business of publishing while maintaining her sense of connection with writers.
Linda is ten minutes away from a master�s degree in writing and publishing. She has worked with authors and publishers at the national and international level, finding her niche in small presses in the Pacific Northwest. Linda has served as Acquisitions Editor and Head of External Promotions for Ooligan Press, Managing Editor for Gray Sunshine, and Editor-in-Chief for Sofa Ink and its literary journal Sofa Ink Quarterly. As a freelance editor, she gained experience with poetry, essays and memoir, children�s literature, literary translations, Web site content, training/business materials, gardening and horticulture, graphic novels, fiction, and nonfiction.
Her work is thorough, careful, and creative�but not fussy. She hopes to carry those attributes throughout her career in editing and publishing with Ink & Paper Group, LLC
Linda looks forward to meeting with the attendees of the Idaho Writers� League.