Work in editing:
Editor-in-Chief for Prick of the Spindle, an online literary quarterly journal, March 2007-present, editing for content issue-wide, including nonfiction, fiction, poetry, articles, reviews, drama, and interviews; www.prickofthespindle.com
Aqueous Books, Publisher, editing, graphic design, marketing, website, and printing, January 2010-present; www.aqueousbooks.com
Ghostwriting, memoir, private client, 2011 -present
Editor and agent liaison, memoir, private client, 2009-2010
Press Received:
Interview with FOX 10 news for Studio 10 segment
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/studio10/happening_here/pensacola-publisher-releases-new-novel
Interviewed by Robert Kloss for the PLUMB blog, June 11, 2011
http://plumbblogdotnet.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/fireside-chat-with-cynthia-reeser/
Interviewed for the Fictionaut Five, August 25, 2010 http://blog.fictionaut.com/2010/08/25/fictionaut-five-cynthia-reeser/
Forthcoming, article on How to Write and Publish a Successful Children's Book: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply, at Folded Word http://www.foldedword.com/folded_home.html
Forthcoming, guest blog post at Cynsations, the blog of Cynthia Leitich Smith, New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestselling young adult author
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com
Member Spotlight on the Association of Independent Authors website, July 2010
http://www.independent-authors.org
How to Write and Publish a Successful Children's Book: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply, reviewed at Cynsations, the blog of Cynthia Leitich Smith http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-write-and-publish- successful.html
The Kenyon Review, February 25, 2010, review of Artifice Magazine's Issue 1 http://kenyonreview.org/blog/?p=8005
How to Write and Publish a Successful Children's Book: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply, reviewed at the blog: Crazed Mind http://theysayimnuts.blogspot.com/2010/02/college-girl-snatches-gift.html
How to Write and Publish a Successful Children's Book: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply, reviews on Amazon.com
Featured poet on the Full of Crow Poetry Hour series
http://fullofcrow.com/blog/02/cynthia-reeser-featured-poet-on-full-of-crow-poetry- hour-27/
Light and Trials of Light, Reviewed at Outside Writers Collective and Press, February 16, 2010
http://www.outsiderwriters.org/archives/4956
" Just pick up the pen: Women writing from life experience," guest blog post on Women Day by Day, February 1, 2010, http://womendaybyday.pellandphoto.com/tag/womens-issues/
"The Craft of Writing for Children," guest blog post on the Atlantic Publishing Company blog, January 19, 2010, http://atlanticpub.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/the-craft-of-writing- for-children-by-cynthia-reeser/
"Contracts, Rights, and Clauses, Oh My!" guest blog post at On Text, February 1, 2010
http://ontext.com/2010/02/contracts-rights-agents-successful-writers-survival-guide/
Mention on the Orange Alert Watch List, February 13, 2010 http://www.orangealert.net/node/570
Outside Writers Collective and Press, "Prick of the Spindle Announces Aqueous Books," January 26, 2010 http://www.outsiderwriters.org/archives/4605
Interviewed by Jason Behrends for Orange Alert, "Reader Meet Author: Cynthia Reeser," February 4, 2010 http://www.orangealert.net/reeser
Interviewed for Artifice Magazine blog, January 2010 http://www.artificemag.com/blog
Interviewed for the Fictionaut blog, December 18, 2009, http://blog.fictionaut.com/2009/12/18/checking-in-with-prick-of-the-spindle/
Interviewed for DOGZPLOT, July 2009, http://dogzplotfiction.blogspot.com/2009/07/artist-interview-cynthia-reeser.html
Published Nonfiction:
How to Write and Publish a Successful Children's Book: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply, fall 2009, Atlantic Publishing
*category finalist for Indie Book Awards 2010
How to Publish A Kindle Book with Amazon.com: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply, summer 2010
Interviews:
Garrett Socol, television producer and author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.3, Sept. 2010
David McNamara, Publisher of sunnyoutside press, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 3.3, Sept. 2009
Kristina Marie Darling, author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 3.2, June 2009
Juliet Cook, publisher and author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 3.1, March 2009
Howie Good, author and Barry Graham, publisher and author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 3.1, March 2009
Joyelle McSweeney, author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 2.3, Sept. 2008
Mark Cunningham, author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 2.3, Sept. 2008
Terese Svoboda, author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 2.2, June 2008
Bob Sommer, author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 2.2, June 2008
Karen Rigby, author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 2.2, June 2008
Ann Hood, author, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 1.3, Sept. 2007
Published Articles:
"The Art of Admin: Southwest Louisiana Business of Art Summit," a workshop for artists: Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 17, 2008
Journalist and columnist for Fort Polk Guardian, Oct. 2007-Aug. 2008.
Published Poetry:
"Surviving," 2000-2001 Creative Writing Competition Anthology, Maricopa Community Colleges, honorable mention
"To Mother After My Passing" by Cynthia Reeser, 42opus, Dec. 2, 2001, Vol. 1
"Unwritten," Temenos, Spring 2008
"Excerpt from The Other Woman," elimae, Issue 4, 2008
"On Coming Back from the Dead," Dogzplot, Spring 2009
"Confession #31: The Problem with the Heart," The Dirty Napkin, Vol. 3.1, Winter 2010 issue
"<i>alt img 3</i>" and "Story (Prepackaged): Designed for Easy Disassembly and Transport," Artifice Magazine, Issue 1, Feb. 2010
Light and Trials of Light, poetry chapbook from Finishing Line Press, spring 2010
Published Fiction:
"Sanctuary," published in Liturgical Credo, September 2009
"Down in the Grotto, We Break Bread Together," Metazen Christmas Anthology, December 2009
"Last Night I Dreamt I Was Cyndi Lauper," published in Metazen, February 22, 2010
"White Horses," published in Glossolalia, April 2010
Book Reviews:
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, Fort Polk Guardian, March 28, 2008
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Fort Polk Guardian, March 7, 2008
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood, Fort Polk Guardian, March 21, 2008
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, Fort Polk Guardian, Jan. 18, 2008
To My Dearest Friends by Patricia Volk, Fort Polk Guardian, Jan. 25, 2008
The Museum of Dr. Moses by Joyce Carol Oates, Fort Polk Guardian, Feb. 1, 2008
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult, Fort Polk Guardian, Nov. 23, 2007
Love in the Time of Cholera, Fort Polk Guardian, Nov. 16, 2007
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Fort Polk Guardian, Nov. 2, 2007
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Fort Polk Guardian, Oct. 26, 2007
Back from War by 1st Lt. Lee Alley, Fort Polk Guardian, Jan. 11, 2008
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon, Fort Polk Guardian, Nov. 9, 2007
Now and Forever by Ray Bradbury, Fort Polk Guardian, Nov. 30, 2007
A Man of No Moon by Jenny McPhee, Fort Polk Guardian, Dec. 7, 2007
Giving by Bill Clinton, Fort Polk Guardian, Oct. 19, 2007
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier, Fort Polk Guardian, July 18, 2008
Now You See Him by Eli Gottlieb, Fort Polk Guardian, July 25, 2008
Pontoon by Garrison Keillor, Fort Polk Guardian, July 11, 2008
Falling Man by Don DeLillo, Fort Polk Guardian, June 27, 2008
Deadline by Chris Crutcher, Fort Polk Guardian, June 20, 2008
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul, Fort Polk Guardian, May 30, 2008
Duma Key by Stephen King, Fort Polk Guardian, Feb. 15, 2008
Ruby by Francesca Lia Block, Fort Polk Guardian, Feb. 22, 2008
Properties of Light by Rebecca Goldstein, Fort Polk Guardian, Aug. 1, 2008
Noon annual literary journal, March 2008 issue, Bookslut.com
Nylund the Sarcographer by Joyelle McSweeney, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.3, Sept. 2008
A Disposition for Shininess by Arisa White, NewPages.com, May 2009
Crazy Love by Leslie What, NewPages.com, Dec. 2008
The Winter Sun: Notes on a Vocation by Fanny Howe, NewPages.com, June 2009
Why the Long Face by Ron MacLean, NewPages.com, Feb. 2009
A Proper Knowledge by Michelle Latiolais, NewPages.com, June 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, May 16, 2008
Of Kids and Parents by Emil Hakl, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.3, Sept. 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, Aug. 15, 2008
Seal Woman by Solveig Eggerz, NewPages.com, July 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, May 23, 2008
The Lost Episodes of Beatie Scareli by Ginnetta Correli, Fort Polk Guardian, Aug. 8, 2008
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz, Bookslut.com, March 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, Feb. 8, 2008
In a Town Called Mundomuerto by Randall Silvis, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, May 2, 2008
Walking Dreams by Mark Wallace, Tarpaulin Sky, April 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, March 14, 2008
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard, Fort Polk Guardian, Dec. 14, 2007
Girl Gang by Juliet Cook, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.1, March 2008
Growling Softly poetry anthology, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.1, March 2008
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan, Bookslut.com, May 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, April 4, 2008
How the Dead Dream by Lydia Millet, Fort Polk Guardian, April 11, 2008
Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias Freese, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.1, March 2008
Sein und Werden literary journal, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 1.3, Dec. 2007
How We Were Lost by Megan Taylor, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 1.2, Sept. 2007;
FlameBooks.com; and Fort Polk Guardian, Feb. 29, 2008
Fairytales for Writers by Lawrence Schimel, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 1.2, Sept. 2007
Three Islands by Micah Ling, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.3, Sept. 2009
After the Honeymoon by Nathan Graziano, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.3, Sept. 2009
The Hunger Season by William Taylor, Jr., Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.3, Sept. 2009
Lovesick by Howie Good, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.3, Sept. 2009
Monkeybicycle 6 literary journal Spring/Summer 2009 issue, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.3, Sept. 2009
The Doors of the Body by Mary Alexandra Agner, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.3, Sept. 2009
Letters through Glass by Alexis Vergalla, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.2, June 2009
Big American Trip by Christian Peet, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.2, June 2009
Finale by Paul A. Toth, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.2, June 2009
A Field of Colors by Charles Lennox, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.2, June 2009
Strange Gospels by Kristina Marie Darling, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.2, June 2009
Moths Mail the House by Michael Kriesel, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.1, March 2009
Going Home: A Horror Story by Lawrence Millman, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.1, March 2009
Horrific Confection by Juliet Cook, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.1, March 2009
Not a Speck of Light is Showing by Barry Graham, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.4, Dec. 2008
Tomorrowland by Howie Good, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.4, Dec. 2008
Nothing Unrequited Here by Heather Bell, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.4, Dec. 2008
The Zen of Chainsaws and Enormous Clippers by Drew Kalbach, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.4, Dec. 2008
My Fingernails Are Fresnel Lenses by Christopher Fritton, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.3, Sept. 2008
In Chambers: The Bodhisattva of the Public Defender's Office by Richard Krech, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.3, Sept. 2008
The Sea Never Drowns by Jason Heroux, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.3, Sept. 2008
Where the Wind Blew by Bob Sommer, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, April 25, 2008
The Pig Did It by Joseph Caldwell, Fort Polk Guardian, May 9, 2008
Light in Hand: Selected Early Poems of Lola Ridge, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008
National Anthem by Kevin Prufer, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008
Savage Machinery by Karen Rigby, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008
Donner: A Passing by Shana Youngdahl, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008
The Trembling in Us All by John M. Valentine, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008
wing'd by Kyle Simonsen, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008
Black Glasses Like Clark Kent by Terese Svoboda, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008 and Fort Polk Guardian, April 18, 2008
Factory of Tears by Valzhyna Mort, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.2, June 2008
Body Language by Mark Cunningham, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 2.3, Sept. 2008
Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology edited by John Lee Clark, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.2, June 2009
To Be Hung from the Ceiling by Strings of Varying Length by Rick Reid, NewPages, June 2009
Where I Stay by Andrew Zornoza, NewPages, July 2009 and Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.3, Sept. 2009
Van Gogh in Poems by Carol Dine, NewPages, August 2009
Fugue State by Brian Evenson, NewPages, Oct. 2009
State Sonnets by B.J. Best, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
When the Cats Razzed the Chickens by Mel Bosworth, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
Ghosts of Breath by Howie Good, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
Pacing the Moon by Sandy Green, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
Beauty by Laura LeHew, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
Swimming from under My Father, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
Lost and Found by Meg Pokrass, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
Fabulous Essential by Niina Pollari, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
The Quizzical Chair: A Collection of Poems, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
The Map of Our Garden, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 3.4, December 2009
Stars of the Night Commute by Ana Bozicevic, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 4.1, March 2010
What to Tell the Sleeping Babies by M.R.B. Chelko, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 4.1, March 2010
Omnivore by Allan Peterson, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 4.1, March 2010
Wolf Parts by Matt Bell, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 4.2, June 2010
The Brucciano Poems by Thomas Rain Crowe, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 4.2, June 2010
Paper House by Jessie Carty, Prick of the Spindle Vol. 4.2, June 2010
Preacher's Blues by Benjamin Lowenkron, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.3, Sept. 2010
The Zoo, A Going: (The Tropic House) by J. A. Tyler, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.3, Sept. 2010
Night Songs by Kristina Marie Darling, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.3, Sept. 2010
A Pebble Thrown in Water by Stacy W. Julin, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.3, Sept. 2010
Bring Down the Little Birds: On Mothering, Art, Work, and Everything Else by Carmen Giménez Smith, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.3, Sept. 2010
The Dissemblers by Liza Campbell, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.3, Sept. 2010
How They Were Found by Matt Bell, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.4, Dec. 2010
Vivisection by Eric Weinstein, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 4.4, Dec. 2010
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Spencer Dew, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 5.1, March 2011
Ed Royal by Chris Connelly, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 5.1, March 2011
Damn Sure Right by Meg Pokrass, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 5.1, March 2011
RE: Telling, Edited by William Walsh, Prick of the Spindle, Vol. 5.1, March 2011