Michael Bracken has many years of experience in commercial and small press publishing, having been editor, managing editor, publisher, designer, production manager, systems manager, or independent consultant to publications large and small.
Current clients include:
Senior News, a monthly tabloid newspaper for Texas seniors, for which he selects, edits, and writes copy.
Symphony Notes, a monthly newsletter for Waco Symphony patrons, for which he selects, edits, and writes copy and provides complete design services.
Texas Gardener's Seeds, a weekly newsletter for Texas gardeners, for which he selects, edits, and writes copy and provides complete design services.
Texas Gardener, a magazine for Texas gardeners published every other month, for which he edits copy and provides complete design services.
Wildside Press, a book publisher, for which he develops and edits crime fiction anthologies. Stories from his anthologies have been short-listed for Anthony, Derringer, Edgar, and Shamus awards, and have been named among the year’s best by the editors of The Best American Mystery Stories and the editors of The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories.
Previous experience includes various editorial and production positions with book publishers Concordia Publishing House and Scott Foresman and Company, and with the periodicals Arts & Leisure, Night Voyages, Scene Magazine, Score, Sports & Spots, and Teachers Interaction. He has also edited newsletters for the Waco Advertising Federation and R.R. Donnelley’s Senatobia, Mississippi, facility.
Among the editorial services Michael provides are concept development, material selection, copyediting, page layout, and desktop publishing.
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