KJ S
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Joined 12/16/2021
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Kathie has written over the past 40+ years in many capacities. She began writing poetry in middle school then stories in college. Later, she wrote for the Mountain Connection and produced a weekly local television clip on the history of Steamboat Springs in Colorado.

Over the course of 12 years, she created and wrote all of her promotional materials for her photography business.

Most recently, she is the Manager Editor for Pikes Peak Writers' blog and the Production Manager for FRESH STARTS, an anthology published in Spring of 2021. She is also the Production Manager for the next anthology, DREAM, which was published in March of 2022.

She has maintained and written for her own blog, along with many articles for Pikes Peak Writers. Kathie is presently in the final edits of her first novel expected to publish in late 2022.
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Specialties

Kathie writes fiction, non-fiction, short stories, flash fiction, and copy. She also blogs and maintains social media presence and two websites. She has knowledge in WordPress, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Interests

Recently Kathie relocated from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to Arizona where she enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and pilates. She has added bicycling to her outdoor fun with Tucson being one of the riding capitals in the United States.

Education

University of Colorado at Boulder

Kathie studied fine art photography along with creative writing.

Marketing

20 Projects Completed

As a volunteer, Kathie has done the marketing for Pikes Peak Writers' anthologies and she also is the Production Manager. She produced and posted all of the copy and images for social media and blog posts related to promoting and selling the books.

Sales

10 Projects Completed

Kathie has been a customer service representative for most of her working career (over 30 years). Much of that involved working with select customers as their Account Representative.

The majority of this experience was from working in the photography industry.

Publishing

2 Projects Completed

Kathie has been the Production Manager of two anthologies. One was published March 2021 and the second was published March, 2022. She oversees all aspects of producing and publishing a book, from submission intake to editing, cover design, book layout, publication, and marketing.

She has entry-level knowledge of Affinity Publishing.

Other

50 Projects Completed

Over the past 8 years, as a volunteer, this writer has sent out a weekly blog post through Mailchimp to subscribers. Along with the email campaigns she also creates images for blog posts and social media. She has been a longtime volunteer with Pikes Peak Writers, a professional writing organization out of Colorado Springs, CO.

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