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“When I think of Marcela Landres, all I can say is: Wow, she really knows her stuff! She pinpointed weak spots and gave the type of advice one doesn't come by easily. Her pencil stroke is worth its weight in gold.”--Lisa Cotoggio, author of A Spirit of Evilhttp://www.lisacotoggio.com/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932673326?ie=UTF8&tag=marcelalandre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1932673326testimonials.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
Marcela Landres
Editorial Consultant
718-208-5810
marcelalandres@yahoo.com
www.marcelalandres.com
 
Consulting:
Provide developmental editing for manuscripts, critiques for book proposals, and phone consults, with an emphasis on strategic advice on how to launch and manage a successful writing career based on experience as a former Simon & Schuster editor.
 
Speaking:
Present workshops, participate on panels, and moderate events nationally for organizations such as the Columbia University Publishing Course, Columbia College (Chicago) Story Week Festival of Writers, New York Round Table Writers’ Conference, and the National Hispana Leadership Institute.
 
Select Clients:
Sofia Quintero, author of Efrain's Secret and Divas Don’t Yield
Simon & Schuster
Margret McBride Literary Agency
 
Select Accomplishments:
Author of e-book How Editors Think: The Real Reason They Rejected You
Publish award-winning e-zine, Latinidad®
Acquired and edited bestselling authors Karen Rauch Carter and Dora Levy Mossanen
 
Community:
Board Member, Kweli Journal
Instructor, Publishing Certificate Program, City College of New York
Literature Panelist, New York State Council on the Arts
Peer Panelist, National Association of Latino Arts & Culture Fund for the Arts
Member, Brooklyn Literary Council
Judge, PEN Beyond Margins Award
Judge, Latino Book Awards
 
Affiliations:
Women’s Media Group
Editorial Freelancers Association
Las Comadres
 
Education:
NYU Summer Publishing Institute’s Intensive Book Publishing Course
Barnard College, Columbia University – B.A. in English Literature, cum laude