Nan Hawthorne
Historical Novelist

hathorn@drizzle.com

Most recent first

 
That's All She Read
January 2008 to present


Reviews
of books in accessible formats.

The Story: A Medieval Tale and How It Came To Be
Blog started December 511 - Novel Coming out Spring 2008

 My first historical novel.  Visit the novel's blog to read updates.

 

Independent Authors Guild
October 2007 to present

 

Founding board member of new organization created to enhance the image of and access to books published by individuals and small presses.

 

Freelance work
2001-present

 

A wide variety of individual freelance copy writing projects.  

 

Regular contributing writer to the following sites since may 2007:

 

Sample work you can find on a variety of sites:

 


 Shannon O'Neill Memorial Celtic Music Hour

 

See Audio.


The
Anglo Saxon England Blog
 
2006-present

 

Writer and editor of nonfiction articles about any and all aspects of Anglo Saxon England.

 

The Blue Lady Tavern™   
2006-present

 

Weekly blog consisting of well researched and entertaining daily life accounts of Anglo Saxon English tavernkeeper.

 

Featured work:

 

Loving the Goddess Within
Ebook published by Enthusiastica Books, US, 2007
Original publlisher, Delpii Books 1991
ISBN 1878980017


Book addressing women's bodies, sexuality and self esteem using images from
mythology.


University of Washington's DO-IT Program
September 2003-April 2004

Copywriting for program supporting access to science and technology for students with disabilities, including material for the DO-IT web site and a selection of articles submitted to academic publications.  

 

Volunteer Management Review™   
2001-2002, 2004-2006

Links to my articles on this site. 

 

Over the years I acted as editor-in-chief, copy writer, ad sales, and promotional director for this weekly professional publication.  I set editorial policy and guidelines, recruited writers, edited articles, and managed the work of a team of volunteer writers and researchers.  I sought and negotiated with sponsors for ad space and made an on-going effort to keep the publication in the mix of professional communications.  See samples of work and reader comments for this body of work below.

 

Featured work:

 

eSight Careers Network™  
1999 to 2005

Links to my articles on this site.

 

Web content and online community development, newsletter editor, marketing, community facilitator.

Featured work:

 

Association for Volunteer Administration International 
2000-2002

 

Developer and editor for Networks Resources segment of web site.  Site no longer available.

 

Points of Light Foundation  
1998-2002

 

Government site specialist, New Media Team.

 

CyberVPM™     
1996-2002

 

Web site, online discussion group, monthly e-zine, chat room and online training dedicated to excellence in volunteer program management.  Includes full-length volunteer program procedural manual available for customization and use by visitors. Recipient of Victim-Assistance Online Award of Excellence, LA Times Internet Pick of the Day, and Nonprofit Nuts and Bolts Reader Poll: Best Volunteer Management Web Site.  Site no longer available.  Discussion group under new  management at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybervpm 

Training kits: "Better Relationships with Volunteers", "Managing Volunteers in Record Time" and "Recognizing Volunteers: Right from the Start"  
Available through
MBA Publishing 
1998-1999

Developed all materials for trainings published as kits.

NonprofitSpace
1997-2001

Web site design and hosting for nonprofit organizations. Clients include: South Asian Women's Health Project; Directors of Volunteers in Agencies Washington and Directors of Volunteers in Agencies of King County; North Carolina Association for Volunteer Administration; Volunteer Chore Services and Adoption Services of Catholic Community Services of Western Washington; Greater Federation of Women's Clubs of North Carolina; OAR of Fairfax, VA,; Greater Richmond Association for Volunteer Administration; and Jewish Volunteer Connection, Pittsburgh, PA.  Site now under new management.



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