I began my writing and editing career in the trades at Fairchild Publications, where I learned how to turn stories around quickly, had amazing mentors and was lucky enough to be given autonomy to develop my skills as a manager and creative thinker. In 1998, after the birth of my son (the first of three babies), I started a full-time freelance career, and, with a few exceptions that involved long nights spent with vomiting children, I haven’t looked back.
Thanks in large part to my years at Fairchild, I am dependable, deadline- and detail-oriented, and can handle a fast pace of multiple projects simultaneously. For 15 years, I have been working as a general-assignment freelancer and have written articles for a wide variety of consumer publications, including Newsday, First for Women and CNNMoney.com, as well as trade, niche and specialty magazines. I have interviewed many high-profile individuals, from CEOs to celebrities, including James Gandolfini, Tim McGraw, Angela Bassett, Mario Lopez, Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon and Adam Carolla, among others.
At present, I am the executive editor of two lifestyle magazines for the military market, Family and Salute, which have readerships of 500,000 and 200,000, respectively. Recently, I served as the “with” writer on the book Good Girls Don’t Get Fat by Dr. Robyn Silverman which was published by Harlequin Nonfiction in October 2010.
My debut novel, Baby Grand, will be published as an eBook on Amazon in May 2012.
Dear Dina,
I stumbled (delightfully) upon your bio while researching Dr. Robyn Silverman. Dr. Silverman is co-hosting a teleseminar with Rachel Simmons, an author for whom I managed book publicity, event planning and partnership development last summer/fall. You may already know about the seminar, but details can be found here:
http://www.powerfulwords.com/ts/simmons-silverman/
I would love to hear more about your own upcoming novel, Baby Grand, and whether you might be interested in hearing more about my consulting services. I currently am working with another author, whose book release is set for June 2010. I am reaching out to other authors to share a bit about my publicity and partnership development services in light of the issues they write about in their books.
I would love to learn more about your work and share a bit about mine if you are interested!
All best,
Sara
Dina,
The good news is that your post made me want to read your novel-very impressive. I don’t doubt that your synopsis hit the spot.
Best wishes,
CY
Congrats on the book, Diana! Fun blog – looove the writing tips – especially the one about relatable characters!
Hi Dina, nice to read ur bio, and to break a lance with fellow authors !!! Wish u a nice week-end. Tom, author of Letters to Bangkok recently published on Amazon
this is a fantastic blog. I’m feeling uplifted already and it was looking to be a rather dreary full of doubt day. thanks : )
Dina- I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. You always have interesting posts and comments, Check it out at:
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Thank you for sharing.