Melanie Votaw
I strive to bring creative spark, brightness, and energy to everything I write, whether corporate brochure, book, or article. Regardless of subject matter, writing must be imaginative as well as informative to engage the reader.
Can work outside local area: Yes--possibly.
Media Experience
Print; Web
Biographical Note
Melanie Votaw's work for print and internet media, publishers, and corporations has covered a variety of subjects, including business, nature, sexuality, psychology, spirituality, medicine, and health. Please see her website at http://www.RuletheWord.com for samples and clips of her books, articles, speeches, creative writing, and copywriting (brochures, web copy, newsletters, catalog copy, etc.)
Her book, "52 Weeks of Passionate Sex", went into second printing within a week of its release in January 2004. "52 Weeks" is actually a kit which also contains a book of erotic short stories, of which Melanie contributed four. Her coffee table book, "Hummingbirds: Jewels On Air," also contains eight of Melanie's photographs. Her book "The Cocktail Kit" has sold more than 100,000 copies. Two of Melanie's short stories also appear in the anthology, "Five-Minute Erotica," and more than fifty of her poems have been published in the literary magazines of six countries. She also ghostwrote the hardcover book, "Revitalize Your Mouth," for Beverly Hills cosmetic dentist David S. Frey, D.D.S.
Melanie's magazine credits include Woman's Day, Travel Savvy, His & Hers, Fit Focus, and Medical Economics magazines, as well as medical booklets and website content for Health Information Project's lay audience, a sample of which can be found on her website. Melanie especially enjoys writing speeches for both corporate executives and motivational speakers. She is a speaker herself, having presented for such organizations as the Mensa Society and having appeared on radio and television.
A magna cum laude college graduate with a bachelors degree in English, Melanie is also a meticulously detailed editor and proofreader. Deborah Grandinetti, Senior Editor of Running Press Book Publishers says: "Melanie Votaw is a top rate professional. . . . The content was original, thoughtful, and well-organized, and required ridiculously little editing. Melanie is truly an editor's dream."
Published Writings
Below are Melanie's most recent publications:
- Votaw, Melanie. THE COCKTAIL KIT. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2002.
- Votaw, Melanie. THE CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY KIT. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2003.
- Votaw, Melanie. HUMMINGBIRDS: JEWELS ON AIR. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2003.
- Votaw, Melanie. 52 WEEKS OF PASSIONATE SEX (with ONCE UPON A BED). Philadelphia: Running Press, 2003.
- Votaw, Melanie, et al., Queen, Carol, Ed. FIVE-MINUTE EROTICA. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2003 (contributor).
- Votaw, Melanie. THE ART OF BELLY DANCING. Running Press, March 2004.
- Votaw, Melanie – ghostwriter. REVITALIZE YOUR MOUTH, Golden Age Publicationns, 2005.
- Votaw, Melanie – PASSION STARTERS: SEDUCE, SURPRISE, SATISFY. Philadelphia, Running Press, to be released in 2006.
Contact Details
Melanie Votaw, 1775 East 13th Street, #4D, Brooklyn, NY 11229, USA.
Ph/Fax: (718) 382-4530/(718) 301-0939
Internet: www.RuletheWord.com
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