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Editing

Mary Ann is an amazingly astute reader, able to identify large structural problems as well as small infelicities of style. Without her good judgment, the book would not exist. —Lezlie Laws, Professor of English, Rollins College

Twelve Doors; Prompts for Writers
by Lezlie Laws
Mary Ann edited and designed this book, working closely with author Lezlie Laws and Julie Dunsworth whose photographs grace its pages. Lezlie wrote the book of essays and writing prompts for her students and uses it in her classes. Soon this inspirational book will be released to the public.

Shifting Gears; Small Startling Moments In and Out of the Classroom, Edited by, Kären Love Blumenthal, Mary Ann de Stefano, Julie Dunsworth, Wendy Goddard, Lezlie Laws (Red Pepper Press)
This project plunged us deeply into every phase of the publishing process. From reading and selecting submissions, to working with writers on their stories, through myriad production details culminating in publication, it was a joyful collaborative journey. Look inside the book.

Promotional Writing

For examples of one type of promotional writing, look at the e-newsletters we do for the Florida Writers Association or our very own MAD’s Monday Muse.

Kudos! This newsletter format shows perhaps the best understanding of how electronic reading works that I have seen. Really crisp teasers into the links in a compact “column” that doesn’t force your eye to wander all over. Breaking the material into sub-headed areas of interest also helps the “clump reading” habits of today’s computer literates. The sidebar really helps move the mind as well as the eye along through a fairly tough thicket of different and unrelated subjects. Nice job! —Ray Andrews