Nancy Barnes is the author of Stories To Tell: An Easy Guide to Self Publishing Family History Books and Memoirs. Building on a career as an award-winning teacher, Nancy has worked as a writer and a “book doctor” to develop fiction and non-fiction. Since 2004 she has specialized in “creative nonfiction” approaches to memoir and family history. Nancy also has experience in graphic design and commercial publishing, coordinating projects with marketers, designers, and printers. Her successful career path was recently featured in Starting Your Career as a Freelance Editor by Mary Embree.

Biff Barnes is a writer, educator, and historian. He earned his MA in History from the University of San Francisco, and was a William Robertson Coe Fellow in American History at Stanford University. He taught history and writing for 28 years. His work appears in California Publisher, California History, California Living, and American West. Biff has extensive experience with historical research, oral history, and interviewing techniques. He provides editing and coaching to fiction and nonfiction authors as they gather and prepare their stories for publication.

Jenny Margotta holds a B.A. in English/Language Arts and, before retiring from the corporate world, gained over thirty years’ experience writing technical manuals, contracts, documents, and trade articles. Her editing skills range from simple line edits to full copyediting. Her editing credits include short stories, anthologies, and full-length manuscripts in both fiction and non-fiction in a wide range of genres, including history, finance, telecommunications, personal memoirs, horror, romance, fantasy, young adult adventure, and Christian fiction.

Michael Schultes is a social media enthusiast who specializes in web presence and building networks on social sites including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Instagram. He creates social accounts and profiles for new book launches, and generates blog posts and scheduled content across platforms for established authors, to win friends and influence book buyers.