Neil Soderstrom

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AS EDITOR & BOOK PRODUCER

I welcome opportunities to develop and edit manuscripts.

As a senior editor while on staff and as a freelancer, I’ve developed and edited more than 100 books on nature, gardening, and home do-it-yourself––most of them

heavily illustrated.

   
Book covers here begin to suggest subject range and keen personal interests. A Web search for my name leads to other listings.

    Not least, our team can develop and produce books through printer-ready disks. We’re especially strong in gardening, nature, photo essays, songbooks, and sports.


May 99–recent: Freelance Content & Style Editor for Taunton Books, Creative Homeowner, and authors.


Aug 96–May 99: Senior Editor, Creative Homeowner. Developed a 20-book gardening line before freelancing for

CH, initially nearly full time.


Jun 88–Aug 96: Editorial Director, Grolier Book Clubs

and Grolier Enterprises. Developed books and card continuity programs for kids and adults on nature, wildlife, cooking,

and U.S. history.


May 84–May 88: Book Producer exclusively for Popular Science/Outdoor Life Book Clubs, Times Mirror Magazines. Nature, outdoor skills, home how-to.


AS WRITER

A Google search of my name leads to Web listings; those underlined in this paragraph contain writing samples.

    Adult books: Deer-Resistant Landscaping, Plus Strategies

for Outwitting 20 Other Garden Mammals (Rodale Books,

Jan 2009); Heating Your Home with Wood; Chainsaw Savvy;

How to Drive to Prevent Accidents.

    Articles: abouttownguide.com, American Forests,

Backyard Solutions, Camping Journal, Consumer's Research, Family Handyman, Harrowsmith Country Life, Homeowner How-to, Lowe’s.com, Mother Earth News, Outdoor Life, Popular Science, Small Gardens, Smart Homeowner, Travel.

    Children’s Books: Christmas at Our House (writer/producer); More Than Just a Flower Garden (concept developer and book producer) and More Than Just a Vegetable Garden.