Kathryn Esplin Email & Phone Number

United States

Massachusetts

Former Editor, Imagination in Flight, the newsletter of the New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America, 2012 - 2016

Worked with the following companies: as writer and/or editor or other:Addison-Wesley Publishing Inc. Belmont Public Schools (substitute teacher); Demand Media/StudioD/Leaf Group; The Enveritas Group; The Forum Corp.; Gale/Cengage; The Globe and Mail; IDG, The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy (Harvard/MIT) The (Montreal) Gazette, Newsday; W3C (M.I.T)An article on stepparenting was published in "Of Things Human, Life, Remarriage, Death" was published in "Blended Families (Social Issues Firsthand)." *Writer or Copy Editor:AZ Central; TheBump; Chron.com; Global Post; Houston Chronicle; Leaf Group; Legal Zoom; Modern Mom; Synonym.com* Paralegal Certification from Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Mass Rules for Civil Procedure; IP and Trademark Law; Legal Research; Legal Writing; Legal Editing, Real Estate.*Paralegal copy editing editing for websites such as Legal Zoom and Legal BeagleBusiness copy editing for specific business and legal sites on The Houston Chronicle (Section: Work;) (Section: Small Business) : Arizona Republic: (Section: Your Business); Legal Copy Editing: Legal Beagle. Wrote articles on Trademark Violation by Emulex Corp. of Costa Mesa, which violated Digital Equipment Corp.'s trademarks for proprietary products. These were written for Digital News Publishing Inc. (IDG.)

Copy edited thousands of articles on Business, Crafts, Education, Family, Food, General Topics, Legal, Math, Nutrition, Parenting, Social Sciences (cultural anthropology, religion, sociology and related topics) and Technology. Also for sub domains on AZ Central, Chron.com. The Houston Chronicle, and others.AP Style.Copy editing included line editing, copy editing, developmental editing.

Responsibilities: Assignment editor for all features, non-breaking news; in charge of the editorial calendar, hosted PR and company executives in my office; attended national trade shows; edited all features articles or sent for rewrite. Was fourth from the top on the masthead: Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, News Editor, Features Editor. Topics: Hardware, software, upcoming technologies in factory-floor automation.

Paralegal Certificate, Legal, Ip, Copyright, Trademarks / 2002 – 2003

Paralegal certificate after a 12-month program that focused on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Legal Writing, Trademark, Copyright.

Humanities/Humanistic Studies

Studied American Literature, British Literature, Canadian Literature, Simone de Beauvoir, Epistemology, French Literature, Hegel.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: McGill Daily newspaper, McGill Debating Society, Founder- Editor of Cyan Line Literary Magazine; Hosted Poetry.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: Literary magazine, debating society, resident assistant, women's dorm.

Master Of Science In Journalism, Medill School Of Journalism, Newspaper Program, Washington Correspondents Program

Activities and Societies: Washington, D.C. Correspondents Program. Reported on the activities of the Utah congressional delegation.

English Language And Literature/Letters

Studied Yeats, Ancient Greek Classics, Shakespeare, Gothic and Romanesque Architecture

Education record

World History; French; Algebra; North American Literature;