Looking for a content editor?

I've been out and about lately and have met several people who are looking for an editor. Even though I work for a small press, I am available for freelance editing. If you're looking for an editor, please consider me. I can be contacted at krismyankee (@) gmail (dot) com.

Here's my info!

Work Experience:

August 2007 – present: Director of Acquisitions/Project Manager at Nelson Publishing & Marketing, Northville, Michigan. Responsibilities include:

·        Review of incoming manuscripts to determine viability

·        Content editing and/or ghostwriting

·        Liaison between author and illustrator

·        Proof and layout contact

·        Projects Managed: Please see page 2

May 2011 – May 2012: Editor in Chief, Living Faith-Fine Arts Apostolate, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Responsibilities include:

·        Website copy, www.livingstations.org

·        Email copy

·        Script and lyrics edit/proof for Living Stations

·        Communications copy, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and all materials required for Living Stations

Education:

BA in Romance Linguistics/English earned from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990.

Publications:

·        Tommy Starts Something Big: Giving Cuddles with Kindness, co-written with Chuck Gaidica

·        Saving Redwind: A Wallpaper Adventure

·        Cracking the Code: Spreading Rumors

Awards Earned:

2011 Silver Medal Winner, Moonbeam Book Award for Tommy Starts Something Big

2011 Honorable Mention, 2011 Eric Hoffer Book Award Tommy Starts Something Big

Fees:

All ghostwriting projects are billed on a per-word basis of 42¢ a word. Industry standard is 250 words per page. For projects that include research, $30 an hour for each hour of research will be billed above the project fee.

All editing projects are billed as follows:

100,000 words - $550.00
90,000 words - $500.00
80,000 words - $450.00
70,000 words - $400.00
60,000 words - $350.00
50,000 words - $300.00
40,000 words - $250.00
30,000 words - $200.00
20,000 words - $150.00
10,000 words - $100.00

Line edits consist of a line-by-line edit, catching any grammar, typos, and sentence structure issues, as well as comments on any content/story/format issues. This edit is done in Track Changes.
The following projects were edited and managed by Kris and have received the following awards:

1.  Oh No, Ah Yes! Winner of Mom’s Choice Silver Award 2010 Developing Social Skills

2.  Dadsongs: Remembering a Loved One’s Melody

• Winner of 2010 Mom’s Choice Silver Award Growing up/Personal growth
• 2010 USA Book News Finalist: Death& Dying

3.  Divorced Together for the Sake of the Children

• Winner of 2010 Mom’s Choice Silver Award, Family Life
• 2010 USA Book News Finalist: Parenting/Family: Divorce

4.  Running Home: 2009 USA Book News Award Finalist

5.  Production Algebra: Winner of 2009 USA Book News Award Winner

6.  Lost Treasure of Finistere: Winner of Moonbeams Book Awards 2008, Juvenile Fiction/Early Reader/1^st chapter books

7.  Managing Thought

• Axiom Business Book Awards: Bronze Medal
• USA Book News 2008: Business and Motivational Category
• 2009 Eric Hoffer Winner Small Press

8.  Managing Thought (audio) USA Book News Awards Finalist in the Audio Book Self-help/Motivational category

9.  Bartholomew’s Gift

• 2010 Moonbeams Award for best illustrations
• 2010 USA Book News Finalist Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover with Audio
• 2010 USA Book News Finalist in Children’s Best Cover Design
• 2010 Mom’s Choice Award: Gold in Religious and Spirituality

10.  Read to Me Daddy, My First Football Book: 2010 USA Book News Finalist, Children’s Education

11.  The One and Only Bernadette P. McMullen: 2010 USA Book News Finalist, Children’s Fiction

12.  Hank the Tank Engine:

• 2010 USA Book News Finalist, Children’s Non-Fiction Picture Book
• 2011 International Book Awards: Winner Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Non-Fiction category

13.  Opening Doors, Opening Lives: 2010 USA Book News Finalist Education PreK-12

14.  Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Happiness

• Honorable Mention: Young Adult/Teenage category, 2010 New England Book Festival
• Honorable Mention: Teenage category, 2010 London Book Festival
• 2010 DIY Book Festival, Honorable Mention: Young Adult
• 2011 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement: Best Book in the Category of Children’s Interest (2011)
• 2011 Mom’s Choice Awards: Gold – Juvenile Level 2 Books
• 2011 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards: Grand Prize – Children’s Books
• 2011 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards: First Place in Charity/Making a Difference category
• 2011 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards: First Place in School Issues category
• 2010 Los Angeles Book Festival Honorable Mention – Young Adult category
• 2011 Young Voices Foundation Awards: Gold Award – Juvenile/YA Nonfiction
• 2011 USA Book News Awards: Finalist – Children’s Mind/Body/Spirit
• 2012 IPPY: Gold Award for Juvenile/YA Non-Fiction
• 2012 San Francisco Book Festival: Second Place, Teenage Category
• 2012 Southern California Book Festival: Runner-up, Young Adult Category
• 2013 Great Southwest Book Festival: Runner-up, Young Adult books
• 2013 Great Northwest Book Festival: Runner-up, Young Adult books
• 2013 Great Southeast Book Festival: Runner-up, Young Adult books
• 2013 Paris Book Festival: Honorable Mention, Young Adult books

15. Tommy Starts Something Big: Giving Cuddles with Kindness

• 2011 Eric Hoffer Awards: Honorable Mention – Children’s Category
• 2011 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Silver Medal – Books with Merchandise

16. Does This Make Me Beautiful?: 2011 Mom’s Choice Award: Gold – Growing Up/Personal Growth

17. I Can Dance, Too !: 2011 Mom’s Choice Award: Gold – Children’s Picture Book

18. What Color is Your Heart?: 2011 Mom’s Choice Awards – Gold – Children’s Picture Book

19. Liam’s Luck and Finnegan’s Fortune: 2011 Mom’s Choice Awards – Silver – Fantasy, Myths, & Legends

20. My Guy in the Sky: 2011 USA Book News Awards Finalist in Children’s Religious category

21. A Heart Torn, A Soul Mended: A Bereaved Parent’s Search for Harmony:

• 2011 USA Book News Awards Finalist in Health: Addiction & Recovery
• 2011 USA Book News Awards Finalist in Health: Death & Dying

22. Hero in Me:

·        2012 Mom’s Choice Awards – Gold – Juvenile Level 1

·        2012 Moonbeam Book Awards – Silver – Mind, Body, Spirit/Self-Esteem

·        2012 USA Book News Awards Winner in Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Fiction

23. Halle and Tiger with Their Bucketfilling Family:

• 2012 International Book Awards, Finalist in Children’s Educational
• 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, 2nd Place in Animals/Pets Category
• 2012 Living Now Book Awards, Silver in Animals/Pets/Livestock
• 2012 Young Voices Foundation Award, Gold in Children’s Picture Book (all ages)

24. Be a Gem: Let Your Goodness Shine:

·        2012 International Book Awards, Winner in Children’s Picture Book, Softcover Fiction

·        2013 Mom’s Choice Awards, Silver in Children’s Picture Books: Developing Social Skills

25. Timothy’s Glove:

• 2012 International Book Awards, Finalist in Children’s Religious
• 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, Honorable Mention in Spiritual/Religious Category
• 2012 Young Voices Foundation Award, Gold in Religious Fiction Juvenile

26. Will You Fill My Bucket? Daily Acts of Love Around the World:

• 2012 New York Book Festival – Honorable Mention, Children’s Books
• 2012 Mom’s Choice Awards – Gold – Children’s Picture Book/Inspirational/Motivational
• 2012 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards: Best Books in Children’s Interest
• 2012 Southern California Book Festival: Honorable Mention, Wild Card Category
• 2013: Great Southwest Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: Great Northwest Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: Great Southeast Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: Los Angeles Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: Paris Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards: Silver Finalist in Children’s Picture books

27. Just Because: Where Another Point of View Makes a Better You:

·        2012 Creative Child Awards Program Book of the Year (Kids Books-Family Values category)

·        2012 Mom’s Choice Awards, Gold in Children’s Picture Books/Philanthropic

·        2012 Young Voices Foundation Awards, Bronze in Children’s Picture Books (7 and Under)

28. I Am Stumped!:

• 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, 1st Place in School Issues Category
• 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, 2nd Place in Children’s Picture Books, 5 years and younger Category

·        2012 Mom’s Choice Awards – Silver – Children’s Picture Book/Developing Social Skills

·        2012 Young Voices Foundation Award, Silver in Children’s Picture Book (7 and Under)

·        2012 Young Voices Foundation Award, Gold in Regional Children’s/Great Lakes

29. My Bucketfilling Journal: 30 Days to a Happier Life: 2012 Living Now Book Awards, Silver in Journal/Planner/Calendar category.

39. Good for You, Grisha!:

• 2012 Mom’s Choice Awards,  Silver in Children’s Picture Books: Developing Social Skills
• 2012 USA Book News Awards, Finalist in Children’s Mind/Body/Spirit

40. The Juice Box Bully: 2012 Mom’s Choice Awards, Gold in Children’s Picture Books (ages 5-8)

41. Keeper of the Compass: 2012 USA Book News Awards, Winner in Best New Children’s Book: Fiction

42. Celia the Great: Tricks for Being a Happy Kid: 2013 Mom’s Choice Awards, Silver in Children’s Picture Books: Developing Social Skills

43. No Fear, No Doubt, No Regret: Investing in Life’s Challenges like a Warrior: 2013 Pinnacle Book Achievement Book Awards, Best Books in Parenting & Family

44. September’s Big Assignment: 2013 Eric Hoffer Award, Montaigne Medal Finalist

Let the Celebration begin!

To celebrate the  release of my new book, I'm holding a giveaway over at my author Facebook page. Please hop over, answer the simple question (What's your favorite children's book?) and be entered to win an autographed copy and a $10 iTunes card! Hurry...the giveaway ends on December 27th! All entrants must be at least 13 years of age and live in the USA.

A 6th grader's take on Spreading Rumors

The publisher who is publishing my middle grade chapter book likes to have kids' perspectives as endorsements. I know a few 5th and 6th graders, so I was happy to send out an arc to them for their thoughts.

Here is verbatim what one 6th grader said in an email:
I loved the book!!! here are my first two reactions.

This book was so good it made me laugh just because!!
This book teaches you a lot of lessons. Here is the one that appealed to me. Friends are the best thing that happend to the world(at least that's what I think!!!!)

 
It gives me goosebumps to know that he enjoyed the book so much. Obviously, we'll have to do a bit of editing for the back cover, but his words were spoken from the heart.

I just had to share with you all.

Cover Reveal and Early Praise~

I'm so excited to be able to share with you the cover of my upcoming middle grade novel, Cracking the Code: Spreading Rumors.

I would love to know what you think!

When Toby Karlson, aka TK, is at the wrong place at the wrong time, he goes from cool kid to total outcast with just one hip check. Sixth grade orientation was scary, but TK didn't realize it would change his life. Now he has to hang out with the smartest and geekiest kid in school, while dodging the school bully and his posse. If TK were on the ice, he'd know exactly what to do. But this is life and not a hockey game. Can TK get his good-guy status back at fifth-grade camp?

Early praise:

“Kris Yankee’s Cracking the Code: Spreading Rumors is full of action, adventure, and fun as Toby Karlson learns how to handle enemies, make friends, talk to girls, and just plain fit in. Hockey fans will be cheering with every turn of the page as Yankee has created a winner of a series!”  

~Kari Lee Townsend, National Bestselling Author of The Fortune Teller Mysteries and Digital Diva

Moving Right Along

My middle grade chapter book is moving along quite nicely in the publishing process. A title for the series, as well as this book, has been chosen, and we should have font samples within the week. I've sent an arc out to prospective endorsers and have received one blurb back! I can't wait to share the back cover summary and cover image with you all! Stay tuned.

I've been splattered on a Graffiti wall!

Sheri Larsen of Writers' Ally has graciously let me visit her graffiti wall. Come on over and see what all the splat is about!

Finally back to writing...

Well, I hadn't really stopped. I'd been tweaking the MG survival story and now have delivered that to my awesome agent. Now, I'm finally back to the YA that I promised the screenwriter I'd have finished by November.

Who wants to bet me that I can get about 52k down by then?

Blogtour Continues - Pk Hrezo's and Susan Kay Quinn's sites

Hi all!
I hope you had a great weekend. I sure had a lot of fun over at Lydia Kang's website. Most everyone was grossed out by the fish eye story. I know I am, and it's been over 20 years since it happened!

Today I'm at the lovely Pk Hrezo's site. If you've been a reader of this blog, you may remember this interview I did with my main character of Saving Redwind, Nick Stevenson. Still, come on over and check it out!

I'm also over at the wonderful Susan Kaye Quinn's blog all week. She had a whole slew of questions for me that were very fun to answer. We're having a giveaway over here for a signed copy of Saving Redwind. Be sure to stop by and leave a comment. We'll pick one lucky winner on Friday.

Blog Tour starts tomorrow!

Hey Peeps!
I've been working to set-up a blog tour. It's going well, and I'm still looking for spots - so...if you want me to stop by, let me know!

Here's my schedule so far:
Friday, Aug 5                Lydia Kang
Monday, Aug 8             Pk Hrezo
Monday, Aug 8 - 12     Susan Kaye Quinn
Wednesday, Aug 31      Laynie King
Friday, Sept 9               Gem State Writers
Friday, Sept 16             Heather Cashman
Friday, Sept 23             Chris Eboch

Sometime in December  The Teen Book Scene

I'm hoping to get a few more and will update the links as they come up.