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I help business, creative and academic writers communicate
through ghostwriting, editing and coaching.
Krista Burlae holds a Bachelor's in English from Indiana University, a Master's in Sociology from Central Michigan University and a Master's in Social Work from the University of Michigan. She has taught college writing, sociology and psychology. Her approach is to identify the unique patterns of writing for a particular author and assist in enhancing and continuing those patterns within the writing process to create a piece of art. She is published and acknowledged in fiction, non-fiction and drama.
Krista's Editing Projects
The Odyssey of a Partisan
by Joseph Zygielbaum
A WWII memoir published January, 2009.
Visions of Lincoln:
Lincoln’s Capital City in the Present, Past and Future
by Jim McKee
A coffee table book published December, 2007.
Krista's Authorship and Awards
Love Apples in Winter--
an essay accepted for an anthology. Publication pending.
Excerpt:
In the early morning hours of a January day, pull out two cans of tomatoes and open. Pour into a crock pot. Add a medium-sized, browned, beef roast, a frozen bag of corn, some canned green beans, two cloves of garlic finely chopped, two bay leaves, carrots, potatoes and cabbage. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook on low all day. Taste test by four. Eat the perfect food for dinner; those well preserved ‘love apples’ cooked into a splendid stew, even in if it is in the dark of a deeply, cold winter day.
Midwifery--
(short story) placed #5 (of 8,000) in the 6th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Contest as noted in June, 2006 hardcopy of Writer’s Digest.
Excerpt:
My father wasn’t the only one dying that summer. A seven year-old neighbor girl was playing hide-and-seek with her brother. She hid in the trunk of her parents’ Oldsmobile and locked herself inside. She won. No one found her for six hours.
Midwifery--
(stage play based on the short story above) placed as a finalist in the 2008 Writer's Digest contest for stage plays.
The Case Against Suicide--
(stage play) placed as a finalist in the John C. Gardner Two Minute Play Contest at Wilkes University, May, 2007.
The Theory of Mindful Space: Identifying, Understanding and Preventing Violence (academic writing) published in Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, Spring 2004, pg. 85. Article from a book of the same title is regarding violence prevention and has been cited in Pakistan, the U.S. and Brazil.
Krista coaches the business writer, creative writer and the academic writer.
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Writing Consultant and Writing Coach