Adirondack Research Library Research Organization
The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
Edith Pilcher, Librarian
30 Roland Place
Phone: 518-377-1452
Schenectady NY 12304
Website: www.global2000.net/protectadks/library.html
Fred Balzac Editor, Proofreader
PO Box 164
Phone: 518-946-7861
Jay NY 12941
Email: jayskeptic@aol.com
Clients: Adirondack Life, Asahi Shimbun (Japan's
largest newspaper), Athena Diagnostics, Barnes & Nobel Direct,
Bayer Corporation, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, I Luv New York
Travel Guide, Neurology Reviews, Pharmacia Corporation, Roxane Laboratories,
Vermont Golf Journal and others.
Comments: Writes and edits general interest articles
for magazines, newspapers, and consumer publications, concentrating on
travel/tourism, sports, regional issues, and culture and the arts; writes
and edits publications on medical conferences and symposia
Bob Bearor Editor
PO Box 177
Phone: 518-582-5455
Newcomb NY 12852
Publications: Barkeater ("Guides" column editor), New York Sportsman ("Muzzleloading" column editor)
Phil Brown Editor
46½ Forest Street
Phone: 518-584-1728
Saranac Lake NY 12983
Email: philbrown@juno.com
Website: www.adirondackexplorer.com
Experience: Editor of Adirondack Explorer
Joseph Bruchac Editor
Box 308
Phone: 518-584-1728
Greenfield Center NY 12833
Email: nudatlog@earthlink.net
Website: www.nativeauthors.com
Publications: Studies in American Indian Literature,
The Greenfield Review, The Prison Writing Review, Parabola: Storytelling
Journal, Melus, Obsidian, Cross Cultural Communications Press, Epoch,
The Trojan Horse
(Cornell Literary magazine, 1964)
Experience: Has edited 16 anthologies
Comments: Publisher of The Greenfield Review Press
Neal Burdick Editor
35 Woods Drive
Phone: 315-386-4648
Canton NY 13617
Publications: Living North Country: Essays on Life
and Landscapes in Northern New York: Anthology (North Country Books,
2001) with Natalie Singer, No Time To Waste: The Extraordinary Journey
of Clarence Petty by Chris Angus (Syracuse University Press, projected
2001), The Great South Woods: Rambles of an Adirondack Naturalist by
Peter O'Shea (Devon Press, 2000)
Experience: Has edited/copyedited many works; editor-in-chief
of Adirondac
Laurel Carroll Copy editor, proofreader
Putnam Pond Road
Phone: 518-585-9818
Ticonderoga NY 12883
Email: laurelc@northnet.org
Publications: Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Workbook;
American Museum of Natural History's magazine, Natural History; Clinical
Insights/Lazo Foti; Fodor's National Travel Guide; The Motorcycle Industry
in New York State
Experience: Wunderman Cato Johnson, division of Young
& Rubicam; SoulPurpose.com
Ted Comstock Editor
PO Box 966
Phone: 518-891-9009
Saranac Lake NY 12983
Stephanie Coyne-DeGhett Editor
Pierrepont Road
Phone: 315-267-2036
Potsdam NY 13676
Email: deghetsc@potsdam.edu
Experience: Poetry editor of Blueline magazine
Comments: Member of English department at SUNY Potsdam
Galen Crane Editor
Adirondack Life
Email:gcrane@adirondacklife.com
PO Box 410
Jay NY 12941
Experience: Co-editor of Adirondack Life magazine
Linda Dobson Editor
Email: ldobson@northnet.org
Experience: News editor of Home Education Magazine, series editor for Prima Publishing's Home Learning Series
Marianne Gilbert Finnegan Editor
3 Collins Terrace
Phone: 518-587-7961
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
Publications: Ourselves: Then and Now: Personal Essays
by Members of the Academy for Learning in Retirement (Third Age Press,
1997)
Experience: Was Senior Research Editor and writer for
the Chancellor of the State University system; served as a consultant to
the College Board, the New York State Office of Cultural Education, the
New York State Museum, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the
National Endowment for the Humanities
Elizabeth Folwell Editor
Adirondack Life
Phone: 518-946-2191
PO Box 410
Email: efolwell@adirondacklife.com
Jay NY 12941
Experience: Editor-at-Large of Adirondack Life magazine
Jim Gould Editor
PO Box 1451
Lake Placid NY 12946
Email: gouldj@citi.com
Publications: Rooted in Rock: New Adirondack
Writing 1980-2000: Anthology (The Adirondack Museum/Syracuse University
Press, 2001)
Comments: Taught writing and literature in the
Environmental Studies program at Paul Smith's College
Nancy Howard Proofreader
555 Panther Mountain Road
Phone: 518-359-9177
Tupper Lake NY 12986
Email: nancyhoward1@yahoo.com
Kristina House Editor
Phone: 518-891-4664
Onchiota, NY 12989
Email: WritePerfectly@yahoo.com
Comments: Edits social science, politics, lifestyle, and fiction topics for grammar,
punctuation, and consistency. Hard copy or fully tracked
electronic editing. Projects may be billed by an hourly rate, day rate, or flat fee.
Mary Hussmann Editor
9 Stillman Drive
Phone: 315-386-1797
Canton NY 13617
Email: mhussmann@stlawu.edu
Experience: Former editor of the Iowa Review
Comments: Writing professor at St. Lawrence University
Kate Kealani-Winter Editor
17 Gregg Road
Phone: 518-861-5489
Altamont NY 12009
Email: kealaniw@aol.com
Publications: TheWoman in the Mountain: Reconstructions
of Self and Land by Adirondack Women Writers
(State University of New
York Press, 1989)
Comments: Teaches 19th century American literature and
writing at the University at Albany; is completing a novel about Mark Twain
in Hawaii and a biography of Hawaii's living treasures
Jeff Kelly Editor
20 Excelsior Spring Avenue
Phone: 518-587-5819
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
Email: jkelly5@nycap.rr.com
Experience: Former editor of Adirondack Life magazine
Melissa Manning Editor
6 Crescent Drive
Phone: 518-563-6545
Plattsburgh NY 12901
Email: msmanning71@aol.com
Experience: Former editor at Country Home magazine; former project editor at Meredith Integrated Marketing; former associate editor of Raising Teens magazine
Marilyn McCabe Editor
16A King Street
Phone: 518-580-0117
Middle Grove NY 12850
Email: mmccabe@globalzoo.net
Experience: Assistant editor of the Management Development Forum; Clients include: Delmar Publishing; Rockefeller Institute for Government, Albany; Richard Liefer, NYS Department of Education; author Hailey Klein (served as researcher for Change is Good); Glens Falls and Saratoga business Journals.
Elizabeth McDowell Editor, proofreader
Cohasset Consulting
Phone: 315-369-2388
PO Box 222
Email: mcdowell@telenet.net
Old Forge NY 13420
Experience: Former editor of Children at Home; How're We Doing? The Rural Arts Program in New York State (Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations)
Mount Ida Press Editorial Services
152 Washington Avenue
Phone: 518-426-4116
Albany NY 12210
Email: mtida@albany.net
Comment: Provides consultant services for historical research, publishing, writing, editing, and indexing projects; specializes in high-quality publications on regional history, architecture, and building technology; offers start-to-finish publishing services
Sara McKay-Boomhower Editor
14 Elmwood Drive
Phone: 518-745-7629
South Glens Falls NY 12803
Email: boomhowers@adelphia.net
Experience: Elementary school principal; former elementary grade reading teacher
Jack C. Neal Editor
2 Hillside Road, No 60
Phone:
Lake Placid, NY 12946
Email: jcneal@northnet.org
Comments: Retired Washington journalist, PR executive, and university professor. Has many years of fiction and non-fiction editing, for public and private US and international publishers. Rates and references upon request.
Katy Odell NF,J
34 E. Holcomb Street
Phone: 518-251-3012
North Creek, NY 12853
Email: ncnews@netheaven.com
Publications:Adirondack Life, Adirondack Sports and Fitness, and North Creek New-Enterprise.
Awards:HAs won journalism awards from New York Press Association (2000) and the New York Newspaper Publishers Association (1995-1996).
Comments: Editor and publisher of North Creek News-Enterprize. Former reporter for Adirondack Daily Enterprize and former director of communications at Lake Placid-Essex County Visitors' Bureau. Odell is also a former secondary English teacher.
Burdette Parks Editor
680 Bartlett Carry Road
Tupper Lake NY 12986
Email: parkyard@northnet.org
Publications: Yearlook a publication of the Upper Saranac Lake Association; Shoreline Gazette, a publication of the Franklin County Network of Shoreline Associations
Edith Pilcher Research librarian, editor
Big Moose Lake
Phone: 315-357-4497
Eagle Bay NY 13331
Experience: Research librarian at the Adirondack Research
Library in Schenectady; former editor of The Southern Engineer
Comments: Adirondack historian; manuscript consultant
at Syracuse University Press
Kathleen Recchia Editor, Proofreader
PO Box 164
Phone: 518-946-7861
Jay NY 12941
Clients: Adirondack Life (advertising), Barnes & Nobel Catalog Division, Chase Medical Communications, Country Homes, Rafferty Communications, Technical Publishing Company, Van Nostrand Reinhold and others.
Jean Rikhoff Editor
42 Sherman Avenue
Phone: 518-798-8110
Glens Falls NY 12801
Email: jrikhoff@iopener.net
Publications: The Quixote Anthology (Grossett and Dunlap, 1968), North Country Anthology with Joe Bruchac, Craig Hancock, and Alice Gilborn (Greenfield Review Press, 1986)
J. Kellum Smith, Jr. Editor
55- #37 Road
Phone: 518-293-7613
Saranac, NY 12981
Comments: Former Vice President and Secretary of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where
he edited virtually every document, internal and external. He was also awarded the
Clinton County Historical Society's McMasters Prize in 1991 for his essay, The Mapping
og the Adirondacks. Smith has also self-published several other essays on the history of the
Adirondack region.
Kenneth Sprague Editor
PO Box 402
Phone: 315-369-2237
Old Forge NY 13420
Email: anca@capital.net
Website: www.adirondackexpress.com
Experience: Writer, columnist, journalist for Adirondack Express
St. Lawrence County Historical Association
Canton NY 13617
Phone: 315-386-8133
Comments: Research organization
St. Regis Workshop Prepress service provider
PO Box 255
Phone: 518-327-3259
Hoffman Road
Email:quenell-john@northnet.org
Paul Smiths NY 12970 Website: www.stregisworkshop.com
Publications: For Paul Smith's College: The Sequel,
AJES, The Barkeater, Smithereens, case statement, catalog, brochures;
2001 Lake Placid Sinfonietta brochure; Brighton 2000 Project materials;
the WCHA journal, Wooden Canoe (1994-1998)
Comments: Editing,proofreading, publication design, indexing
Laurie Swinwood Researcher
20 Fairlane Drive
Canton NY 13617
Email: swinwood@usadatanet.net
Comments: Teaches at Knox Central School; writes and does research for the St. Lawrence County Historical Society's Chronicler
Thor Information Services, Inc. Editorial
Services
Sheila Brady
Phone: 212-682-9230
510 Fifth Avenue, Suite 910
Email: thorinfo@webspan.net
New York NY 10017
Comments: A mailing list brokerage for publishers and non-profit organizations
Bibi Wein Editor
Olmstedville NY 12857
Email: bibiwein@aol.com
Experience: Book-of-the-Month Club, Crafterschoice.com, Biography.com, GymAmerica.com, Philip Lief Group, Inc., PEN American Center, Chair PEN Prison Writing Contest, Messner Vetere Berger McNamess Schmetterer, advertising agency
Laura Whalen Editor
12 Providence Street
Phone: 518-482-2531
Albany NY 12203
Email: lswhalen@aol.com
Experience: Former Electronic Publishing Coordinator; has written copy-edited, and proofread various books, educational manuals, grants, and guides; clients include: Adirondak Mountain Club Publications, Capital Region BOCES, Delmar Publishers, Inc., Harcourt Brace Educational Management, Hudson River Center for Program Development, LaSalle School, New York State Education Department, RPI, Executive MBA Program - University at Albany, Two-Year College Center, Storey Communications, Inc.
Virginia Westbrook Editor
Route 2, Box 8
Phone: 518-597-3983
Crown Point NY 12928
Email: theraco@cptelco.net
Comments: Writes guidebooks; interested in regional history