Betsy R. Marks Delaney
P.O. Box 1393
Greenbelt, MD 20768-1393
301-922-1865 (voice/text) • 413.751.7320 (fax) • email Betsy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

In 2002, launched the International Costumers' Guild's current regular publication, The ICG Newsletter; served as Editor until October, 2005. During this tenure, produced 11 issues of the newsletter, which was distributed to 450-800 members of the ICG. Provided content, designed the layout, handled reproduction and all distribution tasks including processing the non-profit mailing permit with the U.S. Postal Service. The issues are available as PDFs at the bottom of this page: http://www.costume.org/newsletters/newsletter.html

In 1999, launched WebInvent.com, Inc., a web site design and management firm. Until June, 2005, WebInvent.com provided a wide variety of web and editorial services to as many as 12 clients at once. As part of WebInvent.com's services, also wrote, edited and proofread technical documents. Among the documents copyedited:

• A management book for Crisp Publications
• Four site reviews for a Public Housing agency affiliate
• An article on Soybean production for a journal
• An abstract of a Doctoral Thesis on Cuban/American history for a scholarly paper

Copy Editing / Proofreading / Other Writing Projects

Eileen Antonucci, Organizational Perspectives	March, 2000
Copy editing two documents (grammar, typos, content) using existing style guide: Built to Work and Built to Work: The Skill Scales Companion Guide for the National Skill Standards Board (NSSB)
Jonathan Haskett, Ph.D.	January, 2000
Proofreading/Editing paper abstract and associated tables: Effect of Climate and Atmospheric Change on Soybean Water Stress: A Study of Iowa Authors: Haskett J.D.; Pachepsky Y.A.; Acock B. Source: Ecological Modelling, Volume 135, Number 2, 5 December 2000, pp. 265-277(13). Publisher: Elsevier Science Copyediting scholarly document: Flexibility and adaptation in the Upper division undergraduate science classroom: Drawing from many sources to improve the lecture course
Amy Hosansky	August, 1999
Copyediting: Three chapters of medical text, book: Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Psychiatry by Michael H. Ebert, Peter T. Loosen, Barry Nurcombe. (Chapter 18: Substance-Related Disorders, Chapter 20: Other Psychotic Disorders, Chapter 24: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). Paperback: 640 pages, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 1 edition (March 20, 2000), ISBN: 0838514626 Copyediting scholarly document: Flexibility and adaptation in the Upper division undergraduate science classroom: Drawing from many sources to improve the lecture course Proofreading: AEA Project. Billing reference: WKEX Desk Reference Proofs (Review document for consistency, typos, format errors.)
Hannah Shulevitz	July, 1999 & September, 1998
Editing/proofreading 11 page document for Mobility Counseling Procedures, PCHA Editing/proofreading documents related to Public Housing programs: Supportive Housing: Altheia House (Birmingham, Alabama) Comprehensive Grant Program: Economic Initiative Family Investment Center: HACLA Times Square Jobs Training Corporation (New York City, NY)
Kathleen Barcos	November, 1998
Copy Editing, Book: Gainsharing: Creating and Sharing Successby Carl G. Thor. (Crisp Management Library, 26), Paperback: 96 pages, Publisher: Crisp Learning (April 1999), ISBN: 1560525304 (Ensured book maintained consistency with Crisp style sheet, other series volumes. Provided printed manuscript copy with editing marks using Word tracking features.)
Novels / Short Story / Poetry: Novel (in progress): Sara's Way (working title), presently at 65,000 words. Short story: And Now The News, (under the name Betsy Marks) with Anne G. DeMaio, published in Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station III, Baen Books, 1990. Web Sites (writing/editing content): Costume-ConNections (www.Costume-Con.org) School Without Walls Alumni Online (www.SchoolWithoutWalls.org/alumni/) Belair Cooperative Nursery School (www.belaircoop.org) Barking Mad Productions (www.barkingmad.org) Blood and Cardstock Games (www.blood-and-cardstock.com) OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company, Inc. (www.OutOftheBlackBox.org) Articles / Newsletters: Article: Commedia dell'Arte Masks on the Cheap; The Virtual Costumer (online); Volume 4, Issue 3; June, 2006 (www.siwcostumers.org/newsletterarchive/VirtCostV4-I3-2006.pdf). Multiple articles: The ICG Newsletter (official publication of the International Costumers' Guild, Inc. (ICG)), an international quarterly publication. Founding Editor (2002-2005); Member, ICG Editorial Board (2002-2007). Managing Editor, The ICG Membership Directory (1989-1991) Article: El Museo,  (using the name Betsy Marks), Estudiar y Luchar Hermanos Latinos, New Paltz, NY, May, 1985. Multiple articles: CostumApa, a fanzine publication, (using the name Betsy R. Marks) under the masthead Lilyguildings & Small Talk. 1986 – 1995. School Publications (all under the name Betsy R. Marks): Poems: Untitled 1 and Untitled 2, published in Cadence, Volume 3, Number 1, New Paltz, NY, December 1982. Multiple articles: Spectrum, literary magazine for students. (Founding editor, author, for three issues of a single volume of collected artwork, prose, poetry and articles, Rochester, NY, 1981.) Multiple articles: Liberated Perspectives, school newspaper/literary magazine (Editor, typesetter, author, Rochester, NY, 1978-1980.) Theatrical Adaptation: Six Characters in Search of an Author, from the Robert Brustein treatment of Luigi Pirandello's script, produced in September/October 2005 for OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company, Inc., Bowie, MD.