About Author Janice Lindsay

Experienced Writer

Janice Lindsay is a writer of essays and non-fiction articles, and has more than 30 years' experience in business communications.

Her personal essays, travel articles, feature stories and articles about writing have appeared in a number of publications. Her children's novel, The Milly Stories:Corpses, Carnations, the Weirdness Index, and of Course, Aunt Gloria, was selected as a Best Children's Book of 1998 by the Children's Book Committee, Bank Street College of Education, New York.

Read an excerpt from The Milly Stories

Her work for business clients includes speechwriting, ghostwriting, organizing and scripting presentations, and writing and project management for other communications including annual reports, brochures, manuals, position papers, press releases, and articles.

Here's a brief resumé:

Independent writer since 1993.

Business writer and editor.
Columnist for the Community Advocate (Westborough, MA).
Non-fiction writer with articles appearing in various publications including Portland Press Herald, ByLine, New England Writers' Network, Maine Women's Journal,Lincoln County Magazine, and Lincoln County News.
Novel, The Milly Stories: Corpses, Carnations, the Weirdness Index, and of Course, Aunt Gloria (DK Ink, 1998).

1977 to 1993 in Public Relations Department at Norton Company in Worcester, Mass. (now Saint-Gobain) rising from junior writer to director, internal communications, and speechwriter for the chairman and other executives. Responsibilities included:

Strategic communications planning.
Ghostwriting and speechwriting for corporate executives.
Creating, budgeting, and managing communications programs and projects.
Staff management; project and team management.
Management of $1 million corporate giving program.

Previous experience: College public relations at Northeastern University (Boston) and Bentley College (Waltham, Mass.).

Awards and Recognition: Winner of various writing awards for fiction, non-fiction, verse, and business communications. Named 2010 Business Person of the Year by the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce, in recognition of community service.

Professional Memberships: Immediate Past President, Maine Media Women. Member:

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Northeastern University; Bachelor of Divinity (a master's degree), Harvard University.

Volunteer Activities: Shopkeeper and publicist for Skidompha Second Hand Book Shop, Damariscotta, Maine; a publicist for Skidompha Public Library; member of the Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce marketing committee.

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