Ally Robertson -- CEO/OWNER of Eternal Press.
Ally is also a multi-talented artist who lives in Burnaby British Columbia Canada. She paints using acrylics and canvas, is skilled with digital photography and dabbles with digital art. She has completed her novel Psychic Passions, a paranormal erotic romance and it will be released through Eternal Press August 7th 2008. Ally writes and performs her own standup comedy. She is also an Empathic Indigo Adult.
Ally is a Bipolar survivor, she is an active advocate for mental health and is the founder of several online groups to support those whom suffer and are in need. She has been diligently seeking out staff and authors whom suffer from physical and mental health issues who need to work from their homes due to their conditions.
Although living alone now Ally raised her two sons and two step-daughters and is the proud Granny of five. She is constantly rediscovering her self and broadening her horisons.
Ally is so happy that she purchased Eternal Press and would like to thank Julie D'Arcy, the EP Staff and the EP Authors for all of their encouragement and support.
"We have an amazing team of people here and in no other environment have I seen such a large group of people work so hard, collectively and cooperatively to help each other succeed. I truly feel blessed to have you all on the Eternal Press Team."
Lauren Gilbert -- Senior Editor
Lauren is a critical member of The Eternal Press Management team. She is both very professional and proficient. She is a talented editor who takes great pride in her work and we are equally proud that she has used her fresh ideas to streamline the schedule to help EP run so much smoother.
Lauren is a freelance editor, writer and visual artist who lives in South Australia with her partner and step-daughter. Originally from New York, Lauren moved to Australia in 2006 where she has continued her work in copywriting and editing, and has been recognized for her unique fiber sculptures in international competitions such as The Stanthorpe Art Prize. Both her creative writing and her artwork seek to question social standards, with a particular emphasis on the feminist movement, as well as the symbiotic relationship of artist and environment.
Previous to moving to Australia, Lauren worked in New York for five years as the assistant to the copyright director for the international music publishing company, Music Sales Corp. She has written several training manuals as well as provided copywriting, copyright, and editing services to such Australian clients as: Only Digital, National Pharmacies, BTM Innovation and Melinda Parent Creative.
When not working on her own writing or sculpting projects, Lauren can usually be found concocting spicy culinary creations in the kitchen with her partner, swimming laps at the pool, or maybe just curled up with a glass of red wine and an Edith Wharton novel.
Lisa has worked her way up to upper management from an Editors position to the Acquisitions Editor, bringing her expertise, skills and informed opinions to ensure Eternal Press acquires contracts with talented Authors with quality manuscripts.
Lisa is also an erotic/paranormal/mystery romance author, with titles like A Grand Seduction, Visions, and award-winning short work in anthologies like Twisted Fayrie Tales, Paranormal Bedtime Stories, and Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul: Daily Inspirations. She has sat on judging panels for several writing contests, including 2007's Derringer's and Epic's Young Voices competition. She is also the editor of Minute Mystery, MysteryAuthors.com's flash webzine.
Lisa has spent over ten years helping authors promote on the web, and her concern for the environment prompted her to launch the Green Writing Challenge (squidoo.com/greenwriter) in 2007. She lives in Southern California with her actor/prop maker husband and a precocious preschooler with plans to take the world by storm.
Lisa is thorough and sharp-eyed, she has edited EP books with professional care and contributes to the team attmosphere and I am sure she will become an integral part of our upper management team.
More on Lisa can be found at ...
www.lisalogan.net
Sheryl Connelly -- Marketing Manager
Eternal Press is very excited to have a new Marketing Manager. We are confident that Sheryl will make the Eternal Press Authors see so much more success.
Sheryl Connelly is a talented professional who holds a degree in Business Management from the University of Louisville.
Though she cut her teeth in the sales profession, her passion is writing. Sheryl writes under the pseudonym, Sheryl Brennan, and her debut novel, Celtic Sacrifice released in March of 2009. Her myriad of writing experience ranges from volunteer journalism and corporate communications for non-profit organizations to web content editing. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America, Celtic Hearts Romance Writers, Heart of Carolina Romance Writers, Kentucky Romance Writers, and Louisville Romance Writers.
Sheryl is not only a freelance author, but the mother to three beautiful girls. When not selling industrial safety supplies, spending time with her family, or writing, you can most likely find Sheryl swing dancing, singing karaoke, or traveling to foreign lands.
Candace Clayton -- Assistant to Upper Management
Candace is married with two teenagers. She lives with her Husband, children, three dogs and three cats, in beautiful Granbury, Texas, USA.
She has been writing since she could hold a pencil, is currently unpublished but will use this opportunity of working with Eternal Press as her stepping stone into the industry. Mostly she enjoys to write short stories and poetry, but is now half way through the first draft of the paranormal fantasy novel she has been writing.
Candace is an avid reader and has read many of EP's fine selections. Besides reading, she loves to sing and has been singing professionally since she was 5 years old. She likes to sing country, southern gospel and bluegrass, although it is rare to find something she is unable to sing. Singing was how she met her husband Jay, a musician that can play the piano like there is no tomorrow.
In the time that Candace has been working along side Ally as her assistant she has proved to be a valuable asset and Eternal Press is so very glad to have her exuberance and professionalism. Ally is especially grateful to have her working so closely with her and if it were not for Candace EP would never be the same.
Moss Bliss -- Administrative Editor
Moss is a busy man. He writes for an online Ezine, has written many articles for various websites, is a former editor of several print magazines and online Ezines as well as a poetry teacher and critic. Moss manages eight websites.
Moss is an important part of many communities and is an active advocate for the homeless. He runs many groups online, is the President of The Asheville Homeless Network and the Secretary-Treasurer of Pathways Sanctuary. He tries very hard to not look at the list of things he's doing, for fear of triggering a panic attack.
His song lyrics and some of his music may be found at his personal website at http://mosshippohaven.info
His poetry may be found at
http://www.stormloader.com/members/zaivala
His nonprofit sites are
http://ashevillehomeless.org
http://pathwayssanctuary.org
Besides that, Moss sometimes enjoys breaking out one of his guitars in an attempt to beseige the ears of bystanders. His living room wall is papered with all his diplomas "including 4 honorary doctorates and 2 sainthoods".
Moss brings his organizational skills and drive to assist the editing department and has helped to relieve the burdens on the Senior editor and Editors, allowing for a more thorough and professional editorial team. Hie presence is much appreciated.
Deborah Nemeth -- Editor
Deborah has been the back bone that has helped to provide stability and quality to Eternal Press, the staff and her Authors, and although she has recently stepped down as Senior Editor she will remain on staff as an editor and her daily professional presence will be greatly missed.
Deborah is a freelance editor, proofreader, and writer who lives in southeastern Virginia with her two daughters and her husband (a candidate for sainthood). She earned her degree in English from Interamerican University and her first job following graduation was for The San Juan Star daily newspaper. Her life's passion is books, especially novels. Over the years she has lived in Ohio, Michigan, Chicago, and Puerto Rico, although she spends most of her time in places such as nineteenth century Bath and Middle-earth.
Sally Odgers -- Editor.
Sally is an accomplished writer whose books have won several awwards and nominations.
Sally has been working in the writing industry since her teens. Her first book was published in 1977 and since then, only one year has passed without at least one more of her titles hitting the shops. Her first author talk in the 1970s, began a chain reaction which led to tutoring writers on-line and face to face, working as an agent's reader, manuscript assessments and editing.
Sally has held writing workshops and author talks in every state of Australia, as well as in the NT and ACT. She has had books published in hardback, paperback, mass market, trade, educational, audio, e-book and foreign-language editions. She has also written plays, songs, articles, poetry and television scripts.
Having experienced many different forms of publications, Sally understands that "different" means neither "better" nor "worse"; but "not the same";. Trade paperbacks cater for one audience, while reading scheme novels are meant for quite another. E-books find their audience chiefly among readers who love exciting and original stories that cross genre boundaries and dance to their own tunes. E-novels may not fit the neat pigeonholes that mainstream companies require, but they should be as polished and professional as any paperback.
Sally edits for Eternal Press using her skills and professionalism to guarantee that what leaves her desk is of the utmost quality. She is committed to the company brief to publish only the best. Sally has a tremendous wealth of experience in publishing and editing, and is highly valued here at EP.
Pam Slade -- Editor
Pam has been reviewing for over 10 years and lost count of how many books she's read. She began with Love Romance around 2003 and is still there.
She has been a student adviser for the NZ Institute of Business Studies Correspondence School for over eight years. They teach writing for adults and children, editing and photography. Pam helps the students if struggling with POV or are unable to understand what the tutor is trying to say etc. She has been doing some occasional proofing for Loose ID and was working with Christy Lockhart, reading alternate lifestyle books with M/M, F/F or ménage sex etc.
In her working life she has been a personnel officer, customer service agent, has worked in the fashion industry on all levels and worked as a journalist.
Pam Slade's work here at EP is fast and productive, she is very dedicated and highly valued.
Pam has three grown children, a daughter in NZ and another married and living in Scotland, plus a son who lives in Perth, Australia. Her hobbies are reading obviously, quilting and art of most kinds.
Heather Williams -- Editor
~Writer, artist, energy healer - Heather Williams brings a wealth of her experience to Eternal Press with over 25 years of experience editing newsletters and small magazines. Heather also has a vast knowledge of the printing industry having gone from apprentice compositor to editor.
Heather has won countless competitions for poetry and short stories in several genres, most of which have appeared in various publications both online and in print. Her articles on the art of writing have been published in magazines and Ezines all over the world. Her anthology of poetry "Whisperings of the Soul" is published by Eternal Press under her pen name Brittany Kingston. Heather is delighted to be one of the first to come on board at Eternal Press as an Editor. Heather began writing at the age of 10, winning many awards for her work.
Heather is the peacemaker whose cooperative attitude makes her a joy to work with.
Gaye Walton -- Editor
Gaye who writes as Gwynn Morgan and Deirdre O'Dare, grew up in Arizona's Verde Valley and attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ earning her BS and MA in history. After a twenty-five year civil service career with the U.S. Army and Air Force, she got back to her original career goal of fiction writing. Her first novel was published in 2001. She now has nine women's fiction or romantic adventure books out with three small independent publishers plus a poetry collection with Eternal Press. Deirdre's credits include a number of shorter works in erotic romance.
Gaye has been a member of Romance Writers of America and was a founding member of its Outreach International Chapter. She is currently a member of Sisters in Crime and its Cochise County Chapter and of EPIC, the Electronic Publishing Internet Connection, the professional organization for e-book authors and publishers. Extensive experience in critiquing, line-editing for author friends and academic writing has honed her skills in the editorial arena. She has also written reviews for several of the on-line review sites and was the editor of the RWA Outreach Chapter's handbook for beginning writers, The Write Track.
Gaye is wise yet humble about her awesome skills and uses her skills to compliment each manuscript.
Ellen Tevault -- Editor
Ellen Tevault is a freelance writer and editor. She lives with her her husband of 10 years, Melissa and their pets. She currently edits for individual writers, two e-publishers including Eternal Press and formerly for two webzines. Also, she edited Superqueeroes, a collection of queer superhero stories and is hoping to write a butch lesbian superhero novel. Her short stories have been published in Common Lives/Lesbian Lives, Early Embraces III, Faster than Light zine, Perfect Valentine, After Midnight, Travelrotica 2, Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2008, and Lipstick on Her Collar. She has had articles published in Reading in Indianapolis, ISL Connection, and the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. She writes technical articles for Writers Research Group. Ellen also writes and publishes gay fiction under a male pseudonym. She can be found at http://superqueeroes.livejournal.com.
We are pleased to have her skills and are happy to have her here as a part of the Eternal Press team.
Foery K. MacDonell -- Editor
Foery K. MacDonell is an award-winning, published author of historical ro-mance. Her passion for literature and history led her into writing at the age of 10. Foery has honorary degrees in British Litera-ture, Philosophy, Meta-physics, and Scottish His-tory. She is a member of RWA:Romance Writers of America and Cactus Rose .
Foery is enthralled by the writing proc-ess, and especially enjoys working with authors in the edit-ing phases of a pro-ject. A native Californian, she now lives in Las Vegas with her true-life Celtic Warrior and their Maine Coon cat, Guinness.
We are quite pleased with her skills and she is a valued member of the Eternal Press team.
Rebecca Russell -- Editor
Rebecca Russell is a lifelong grammarphile. She was unceremoniously ejected from her kindergarten class for reading earlier than her classmates, and has been an avid reader ever since. Rebecca has been editing for as long as she’s been teaching. As a college professor, she’s spent a lot of time reading and evaluating student research papers. In search of a break from her steady diet of term papers, Rebecca has recently turned to fiction. She brings years of academic writing experience to the table, along with an appetite for more creative uses of the English language. A closet fiction writer herself, Rebecca has an appreciation for the difficult task of balancing style, content and technique. Inspired by the impressive authors at Eternal Press, she has picked up where she left off on that novel she’s been meaning to finish…
We look forward to getting to know her as a valued member of the Eternal Press team.
Sherri Cornelius -- Editor
Sherri Cornelius lives in rural Oklahoma with her husband and three children. Involved in Oklahoma's extended writing community for years, she loves helping writers realize the full potential of their work.
We look forward to getting to know her as a valued member of the Eternal Press team.
Pamela Hopkins-- Editor
Pamela Hopkins is a freelance editor and proofreader with a passion for the written word, from Coleridge to Cervantes, Dahl to de Sade and Dickens, and a particular penchant for Anais Nin. She has experienced various incarnations in her working life having spent time as a Tax Consultant, Horse Riding Instructress, Realtor, Eco-tourism Operator and Antiques Dealer. Her proofreading and editing skills have been put to good use in all these professions especially in the areas of marketing and promotion.
Pamela is originally from England and now resides in New Zealand, a beautiful country also known as Aotearoa (“The Land of the Long White Cloud”). She is a keen amateur artist, mad scribbler of ideas for her first novel, budding bass guitarist and a gardener in the Monet style. Heaven resides in having myriads of books scattered around the house just itching to be read, savored and creatively placed in a nook, cranny or secret hiding place.
pammytip@clear.net.nz
We look forward to getting to know her as a valued member of the Eternal Press team.
Being an avid reader, with a vivid imagination,Sherri found eBooks in 2005. From there she has met a huge amount of wonderful authors and editors who have encouraged her to write and also introduced her to the wonderful world of proofreading and editing. She is the mother of three lovely kids and when she is not working she loves to be outdoors and spending time with great friends.
Sherri is glad to be here at Eternal Press and Eternal Press is very happy that Sherri has remained as steadfast and devoted. She is an important part of this team and has always come through in a pinch. Sherri is EP's most tenured proofreader, she's fast and productive.
Rose Vera Stepney -- Copyeditor
Having devoted herself to raising three sons and working as a Mental Health Counsellor, she suddenly found herself in an early retirement, with her children grown and plenty of time on her hands. So, searching for something 'new', she returned to her beloved Kansas after years of living in the Pacific Northwest and Alabama, then settled in to rediscover herself. What she reawakened was a passion for words as well as the simple pleasure of expressing herself through digital photography.
Rose has three grown sons and a grandson, with another grandchild on the way. Her children and grandson are the loves of her life. She is an avid reader with a fondness for expressing herself through her poetry, short stories and photography. One day, she would love to see her work published.
Rose is excited to be working at Eternal Press with such talented, creative people. She is dependable, dedicated; loves to lose herself in contemporary and historical romances.
Erin Cramer -- Copyeditor
Erin Cramer is a freelance editor and proofreader based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. She has always been involved in reading and writing in some way, whether working in her local library, writing music and book reviews for the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, or just reading for pleasure. Besides editing and proofreading fiction, she also indulges her passion for music as reviews editor at a music Web site, www.kevchino.com.
When she's not working (and sometimes when she is), Erin can be found traveling the world, working in her garden, or spending time with family and friends.
She is thrilled to be a part of the Eternal Press team and enjoys working with all of EP's talented authors. She brings her eagerness and enthusiasm to her position.
Adrienne Morris -- Copyeditor
Adrienne is a freelance proofreader and copyeditor. Born in New Zealand, she has lived four years in Australia and over twenty in England. She has a BA in music and languages and a Diploma in Proofreading and Book Editing. She is also an accomplished classical pianist.
Her interests include classical and new age music, cooking, photography, dogs, travel, walking, aquarobics, and quiz nights and she does voluntary work—tutoring for special needs children, basic computer training for seniors, community newsletters.
Adrienne enjoys reading and checking books so that something already well done can be made as perfect as possible—so everyone involved can be proud.
Adrienne is a joy to work with and is a valued member of the Eternal Press team.
Michelle Ganter -- Copyeditor
Michelle is a freelance proofreader and thesis editor who dabbles in writing poetry, short stories and anything else that crosses her mind. She teaches English to non-native speakers and has a particular passion for teaching University level English. When not doing work related things she is a voracious reader who will read anything that she can get her hands on.
She grew up in South Africa and obtained an Honours degree in English literature and language from the University of Pretoria. Now she lives in New Zealand with her husband and two adorable kittens. Other interests include roleplaying, amateur theatre, photography (both in front of and behind the camera), puzzles, movies, cloud watching and exploring every inch of her new country.
We are excited to have her here with us as a new part of the Eternal Press team.
Barbara Legge -- Copyeditor
Barbara Legge lives in Christchurch, New Zealand and is married with 3 adult sons and 2 very spoilt cats. Her hobbies and interests include reading, gardening, walking, camping, good coffee and wonderful New Zealand wine.
Barbara and her family enjoy providing accommodation to international students studying English and have hosted students from Russia, Germany, Taiwan and Japan.
Currently studying Creative Writing, Barbara was directed by her student advisor to the Eternal Press website and was encouraged to apply for a Copy Editors’ position. She is thrilled to have successfully completed the selection process and to be joining the Eternal Press team.
We are excited to have her here with us as a new part of the Eternal Press team.
James A Kulacz -- Copyeditor
Following in his mother’s and father’s footsteps, James enlisted in the US Navy in 1978 as an Aviation Electronics Technician where he also performed aircraft quality assurance inspection and recruiting duties. He served for seventeen years before being medically discharged with epilepsy and bipolar disorder.
While in the Navy, James wrote several technical manuals, drafted engineering reports, and wrote and proofed administrative documents. The precision required in those assignments has served him well as a copyeditor.
In addition to ham radio and calligraphy, James plays the hammered dulcimer and has performed across the Southeast, as well as Spain and Germany.
We are excited to have him here with us as a new part of the Eternal Press team.
Dawné Dominique -- Head Cover Artist.
Dawné is a published author by day and an artist by night. She devotes her time between managing editor duties and creating book covers for several different publishers.
An accomplished oil painter and sketch artist, she has dabbled in all mediums of art, including large oil and acrylic abstracts and pencil sketches. She began experimenting with digital art a few years ago, and expanded into the realm of creating book covers quite by accident.
She loves what she does, and every cover is a challenge to exemplify an author's deepest desire to see their novel depicted into art.
Dawné is our new Head Cover Artist. Her artistic vision and flair is refreshing.
Amanda Kelsey -- Cover Artist.
Aa a creative spirit with experience in performing and fine arts as
well as design and literature, Amanda has a track record of initiative
and achievement. As an artist with a strong foundation in traditional
art, including acrylic painting and photography, Amanda's extensive
knowledge of computer applications such as Adobe Photoshop complement
her understanding of design.
Visit her website at: http://www.razzdazzdesign.com/
Amanda is the newest member of the Eternal Press Cover Art team, her imaginative and flamboyant covers will certainly spice things up.
Shirley Burnett -- Cover Artist
Although Shirley is no longer creating covers for EP we would still like to acknowledge her cover art which we still use on some of our Publications.
Shirley lives in a small town in West Michigan with her husband, three children and their many pets.
She is a visual person and a perfectionist with a vivid imagination. She loves to express her imagination through creating covers, which she finds is easier than writing. "I'm not a writer, I'm a reader."
Creating covers is her escape from the day to day "excitement" her children create.
She looks forward to continuing to work with the many authors at Eternal Press and seeing what creations their words kindle in her mind.
Renee Rocco -- Cover Artist
Although Renee is no longer creating covers for EP we would still like to acknowledge her cover art which we still use on some of our Publications.
Renee Rocco is a retired multi-published author who has written under the pen name, Rene Lyons. Going from author to cover artist allowed Renee to put words into pictures. One of her greatest joys is the reaction of authors when she presents them with their covers.
Rene has always also enjoyed working with graphics to create websites and book covers.
Award winning author of the Templar Vampire Series - by day she chases after a "lively" toddler but by night, she dwells in a world where shadows come to life and vampires, ghosts, and fallen angels are real... even if only on the page.
Julie D'Arcy -- Cover Artist
Julie D'Arcy is the original founder of Eternal Press and although Julie is no longer with us we would still like to acknowledge her beautiful cover art images which we still use on many of our current Publications.
Julie D'Arcy, the mother of two lovely daughters, was born in Bendigo, Australia, and lived her younger years in Melbourne. She studied Art and Design at the Caulfield Institute of Technology and now runs her own pottery business. Julie has been interested in the weird and wonderful, medieval history, Folk Lore, Celtic history and reincarnation all of her life and continues to read widely in these fields.
Dan Skinner -- Cover Artist
Although Dan is no longer creating covers for EP we would still like to acknowledge his cover art which we still use on some of our Publications.
Dan runs his own art site which incorporates work of many artists.