THE
AUTHOR, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Andrea
Reynolds published her first book
in 1982 under the imprint, HALO Books. It was crowd-funded
by the people listed in the directory.
In 1984, angel investors
put up the money to produce her second book after she
appeared for 15 minutes on a Toronto radio station on her
birthday. She has crowd-funded three of her books and
offers a course to authors who prefer to fund their own
publishing project independently.
She is a former member of the National Writers
Union (NWU.org) and a former
member of the Periodical Writers Association of Canada
(PWAC) and the Book Promoters Association of Canada. She
also owned a writer's retreat, Authors Bed &
Breakfast.
As a resident of both Canada and the United States, Andrea
has 40+ years' experience writing articles, newsletters,
books and promotional copy. She is available to speak to
companies, colleges, conferences, conventions, groups and
organizations on the subject of any of our
books.
Her hands-on experience
and research is in:
- Personal and professional services marketing
- Health and medical services marketing
- How-to book development and promotion
- Newsletter publishing
- Public speaking and trade shows
- Media and print advertising
- Publicity and public relations
- Mail order and retail merchandising
- Food, cooking and hospitality
- Etiquette and ethics coaching
- Relationship counseling
- Association management
- Adult continuing education
- Radio broadcasting and TV talk shows
She has contributed to these books:
- How to Promote Your Business with Booklets, Paulette Ensign (p. 12)
- The Older Cat, Dan Poynter (p. 17, 98, 101)
- WriterSpeaker.com, Carmen Leal (pp. 259-261)
- Jump Start Your Book Sales, Marilyn & Tom Ross (p. 101)
- Haunted Toronto, John Robert Columbo ("The Ghost on the Stairs.")
She has written for:
Radio and
TV stations
CityTv
CBC TV
Life Network Television
CFRB Radio 1010 AM
Publishers
Harlequin Books
The Toronto Star
Maclean-Hunter Publishing
Toronto Wedding Bells Magazine
Adult
Education Programs
The Learning Annex
Canadian School of Management
Hamot Women's Health Connection
Consulting
Firms
Darnell Consulting, Inc.
Hill Industrial Engineering
RC Weaver Marketing Communications
Service
Businesses
North Coast Travel
Four Seasons Aviation
Local Global Access, Inc.
Conference Coordinates
Business Data Processing
Corporations
Campbell Soup Co.
Coca-cola Canada Ltd.
Control Data Ltd.
Northern Telecom Ltd.
