JOHN HULSE
723
Longfellow Rd.
Anderson, IN 46011
email: jhulse23@att.net
Thank you for
taking the time to read my letter. I am writing to inquire about any freelance assignments that are available. I have edited manuscripts in every genre imaginable. From computer programming books, books on military
history, anthropology, travel guides, biographies, religious studies,
children’s books, and books on the New York Yankees. Some of the publishing
companies I am on the freelance list of include, Bedford/St. Martins,
McGraw-Hill, Princeton Architectural College, Thunders Mouth Press, Ohio State
University Press, Texas A&M University, University Press of America and the
Jewish Publication Society.
Titles
include What's It All About?, dealing with world
views on religion from the ancient Greeks to Einstein's Theory of Relativity
and Nothing Sacred (Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror)
about the treatment of women in Muslim countries. Distancing English: Frames
in American Writing, a theoretical exploration of how American literary
production following independence tried to distance itself from British English
and the fundamental insecurity of American literature following decolonization.
In the Shadows of the Holocaust and Communism,
Human Rights and the Catholic Tradition
for Transaction Publishers, Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign
for Fromm International, American Methods: Torture and the Logic of
Domination for South End Press, Indian Yell
by Dances with Wolves author Michael Blake.
The Kennedy Brothers: A Legacy In
Photographs, Oxford’s Modern Science, Oxford’s World
Mythology, A History
of Edged Weapon Warfare, The Book of Weapons, Gustav
and Alma Mahler: A Research and Information Guide,
Montessori Comes to America, International Handbook of
Penology and Criminal Justice, Outsider Within: Reworking
Anthropology in the Global Age, Doctors: The
Illustrated History of Medical Pioneers,
The Americas Before Columbus, The Treaty of
Portsmouth and Its Legacies, CyberShock, written
by Winn Schwatau about computer hacking, and Kerouac and Friends and Programming in Visual Basic.NET for McGraw-Hill.
Also
Easy Prey written
by former Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen about the fleecing of
America's senior citizens due to con artists and other scams. Other titles
include The Best American Movie Writing 2001 edited by director John Landis, The
Gangs of New York
which was the basis for Martin Scorsese's film, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, the autobiography of 60's R&B
singer Eric Burdon, Bonfire of the Humanities and Ludwig von Mises: Economist for Intercollegiate Studies
Institute. Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brian Injury for Taylor and Francis Group. The
Ultimate Book of Sports Lists and Voices of Summer: Baseball’s Greatest Announcers.
I am a published author of seven books.
My work is in the fields of history, politics, poetry, education and popular
culture. My short stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in more than two
hundred magazines including Cinemagazine (Japan), Global Tapestry, Crescent Moon (England), Beneath the Surface (Canada), Rant, The New Press, True Love (NY), Deep, Chaminade
Literary Review (HI), Touchstone (WI), Catharsis (CA), Catalyst (GA), Phase and Cycle (CO), and Notre Dame Press, (IN).
My work has also appeared in 25 anthologies including,
“Mythic America: An Anthology of New American Poetry” (Crescent Moon--England).
I am also a featured poet in the 1997 through 2000 editions of The Poet's
Market and have received awards from The Bay Area Poets Association, The
Southern Writer's Association including The International Poet of Merit Award
as well as The Shakespeare Trophy of Excellence.
I also have a great deal of
publishing experience serving as an indexer, editor and ghostwriter on a number
of projects. I have worked for a number of publishers. Columbia University,
McGraw-Hill, Sams Publishing, Sams.net, Que Publishing, Que Education and
Training, Hayden, Brady, New Riders Publishing, Black Dog & Leventhal
Publishers, Fromm International, Grolier Publishing, Neuwirth & Associates,
Thunders Mouth Press, Broadway Publishing, The Coriolis Group, Falcon Press,
Lehigh University Press and O'Reilly & Associates.
Other
titles include Worship Without Words for Paraclete Press, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel:
Man of Spirit, Man of Action, Jews of the Amazon, Synagogues Without Jews by The Jewish Publication Society, A
Financial-Agency Analysis of Privatization for Lehigh University Press, Breakout: The Chosin
Reservoir Campaign
for Fromm International, Extraordinary Women of Medicine, Who’s Better Who’s Best in
Football, Damn
Yankees: Yogi, Whitey and the Mick for Grolier Publishing, The Story of American Golf for Callaway Publishing, Designer’s
Don’t Read, Cast
Iron Cookbook, How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery, Emotional Branding (the new paradigm for
connecting brands to
people), A Pocket Guide to Environmental Bad Guys for Neuwirth
& Associates, Brushes with History,
Campaign America '96, African
History for Young Readers, Offbeat, Vibrations, Storied Stadiums for
Thunders Mouth Press, Web Feet for Health
for Rockhill Communications, Hiking the Great Basin National Parks, and The California Wine Country Insiders' Guide for
Falcon Press.
Computer
titles include Web Design Using Dreamweaver, CorelDraw! 6 Unleashed, Using
PageMaker 6, Using America Online with Your Mac, Special Edition
Using Power Point for Windows, Windows 95 Smart Start, Special Edition Using
Windows NT, Using Windows NT Workstation, Understanding Data Communications, Net Objects Fusion Design Guide,
Oracle 8, Visual
Java Script for The Coriolis Group, Zero
Administration Kit for Windows for O'Reilly & Associates. Several programming guides for
languages like C, C++, Java, and Java Script, including the record-breaking
best seller Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days, and books in the Laura Lemay Web Workshop series.
Thank you again for your time.
Best
Regards, John
Hulse
