Mark Vanderpool

Current

• Writer's Workshop Administrator at A Writer's Cult, LLC (www.chuckpalahniuk.net)

Past

• Distance Learning Facilitator at Morehead State University

Education

• Morehead State University

Recommended

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Connections

89 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• "The Cult"
• Article: How to Write Pro Bio
• Creative Non-fiction Samples

Mark Vanderpool’s Summary

Writing and editing professional and workshop leader with a handle on web 2.0 technologies. My academic and private training background, combined with strong personal interest in the creative arts, made me an ideal host, moderator, recruiter, and adviser, in establishing a prominent online writers workshop. Six years later, the experience of working through the internet with authors and student writers from all over the world has given me an in-the-field education on the uses of the new web to build and support human networks for creative and business purposes.

I have an eagle eye for copy editing and proofreading tasks combined with a strong literary aesthetic and the capacity to communicate the finer points of my perspective well. I am a traditionalist in some ways, but not a snob or a square. I have never given in to the attention-deficit culture of the web, but I've learned to work well within it.

In my capacity as Writers Workshop Administrator for ChuckPalahniuk.net, my crowning achievement is in the development of our Master's Program, wherein established literary authors and media professionals teach intensive online classes for our worldwide audience of eager and exceptional students.

Mark Vanderpool’s Specialties:

writing, editing, recruiting, contract negotiation, teaching & technology assistant, e-learning expert

Mark Vanderpool’s Experience

• Writer's Workshop Administrator

  A Writer's Cult, LLC (www.chuckpalahniuk.net)

  (E-Learning industry)

  August 2003 — Present (6 years 5 months)

  I connect with authors and media professionals to co-ordinate advanced online creative writing and journalism classes in conjunction with the official website for best-selling author Chuck Palahniuk.

• Distance Learning Facilitator

  Morehead State University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 5 months)

  Course facilitator for remote site distance learning classes.

Mark Vanderpool’s Education

• Morehead State University

  Philosophy 1999 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Philosophy Club Member, Contributing Editor Inscape Literary Magazine, Host for Good Vibrations Open Mic Night

Additional Information

Mark Vanderpool’s Websites:

• "The Cult"
• Article: How to Write Pro Bio
• Creative Non-fiction Samples

Mark Vanderpool’s Interests:

fiction, journalism, arts, culture, new media, philosophy, history, cultural anthropology, digital literacy, digital photography, travel, rock music, film, theater, museums, library and information science, parks and recreation, natural wonders, green energy, Tibetan Buddhism, comparative religion, English literature, Celtic and world music, Lexington, Bluegrass area, feature writing, film-making, recording arts, and on and on.

Mark Vanderpool’s Groups:

Since 2003 I have served as Writer's Workshop Administrator for www.chuckpalahniuk.net

•    Freelance Success
•    Authors, Writers, Publishers, Editors, and other Professionals

Mark Vanderpool’s Honors:

Haynes Prize for Essays in Philosophy

Mark Vanderpool’s Contact Settings

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