Penny Fletcher worked her way up from news reporter to staff writer, to columnist and editor, to Bureau Editor, in newspapers; was an editor for publishing companies, including Amazon's former BookSurge (forerunner of Kindle); and in 2001 opened her own editing and coaching business. Her recently published book, Trial by Fire, is a suspense thriller with a touch of political espionage and sexy romance. She also has four published books in her own name and has ghost written under others. Her works until this point include: If I Should Die Before I Wake (1992); Where the Wild Rose Grows (2002) and An Editor's Guide to Perfect Press Releases (2004). In December 2013, she took the final step in the industry to found SOARING EAGLE BOOKS, taking on her best editing clients and her own work (which was represented by an agency) and is currently its publisher and CEO. The story goes this way: She began her writing career as a reporter for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and has continued writing through many genres since 1965. She has had approximately 14,000 news, features, fiction stories, and columns in both local and national magazines and newspapers. A true generalist, she has written and edited for several large news organizations as well as being published in Today's Christian Woman, Gulf Coast Fisherman, True Romance, True Story, and The Tampa Tribune. She has accumulated more than fifty writing awards from the Florida Press Association, Community Papers of Florida, Writer's Digest Magazine and others less well known. She has worked as an on-line editor for Amazon- in its self-publishing division, BookSurge- produced their book marketing sheets and back jacket copy; ghosted several New York Times Reviews (while with BookSurge); and has mentored and taught new authors, both as a freelancer, and with the various companies where she was employed. She has also worked online for Yahoo.com, Guru.com and produced copy for many websites. Penny has been a resident of Tampa Bay, Florida, for more than 35 years and in business working with authors online in fiction and nonfiction for more than 15 of those years. http://www.kindlemojo.com/pennyfletcher

• published: 12 Jul 2014
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