Steven Schend

Current

• Freelance/Contract Writer at Vistag Media (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Adjunct Instructor at Kendall College of Art & Design
• Writer/Editor at The Sebranek Group/Write Source
• Freelance Writer (Self-employed)

• Freelance writer/editor at Green Ronin Publishing
• Editor/Developer at Bastion Press
• Writer/Editor/Assistant Brand Manager at Wizards of the Coast
• Designer / Editor at TSR, Inc.

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Education

• University of Washington, Seattle - Business School
• University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Steven Schend’s Summary

19 years as a professional writer and editor and game designer
3 years as a public school substitute teacher
1+ years teaching as an adjunct writing professor at community colleges
15 months as a textbook writer and editor
5+ years as a novelist and author (Published--6 short stories, 2 novels)

Goals:
Establish a small publishing house for positive fiction/nonfiction

Build my reputation as a novelist and author

Steven Schend’s Specialties:

world building, intellectual property management, continuity management, manuscript assessment, proofreading

Steven Schend’s Experience

• Freelance/Contract Writer

  Vistag Media (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Publishing industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

  Freelance editing and writing services; private tutoring and manuscript evaluation; will be working toward small publishing of chapbooks or print-on-demand novellas by end of 2009

• Adjunct Instructor

  Kendall College of Art & Design

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2006 — December 2006 (5 months)

  Teaching a class on Storytelling and narrative structure to art students and computer animators

• Writer/Editor

  The Sebranek Group/Write Source

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  March 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 4 months)

• Freelance Writer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

  April 2000 — March 2005 (5 years )

  Random freelance assignments and contracts from Green Ronin, Bastion Press, Wizards of the Coast;

• Freelance writer/editor

  Green Ronin Publishing

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years )

• Editor/Developer

  Bastion Press

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year )

• Writer/Editor/Assistant Brand Manager

  Wizards of the Coast

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  July 1997 — April 2000 (2 years 10 months)

• Designer / Editor

  TSR, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  February 1990 — July 1997 (7 years 6 months)

Steven Schend’s Education

• University of Washington, Seattle - Business School

  Management 1997 — 1998

  Certificate class on Management Techniques

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  BS , Secondary Education of English , August 1985 — May 1989

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