Jan Hughes

About Jan Hughes

Years of experience in publishing, during which time I have shepherded many projects from manuscript to bound books or idea to published articles. First-rate editor with strong writing, copyediting, proofreading, project management, and layout skills. Extensive in-house experience, having worked on numerous lifestyle, photography, food, children, business, and licensed movie books. Author of Little Sap: The Magical Story of a Forest Family, a children\'s book about a baby tree growing up to be a mother tree with the help of the mushrooms (https://vimeo.com/52•••••78); and The Victorian Kitchen Garden: A Seasonal Companion Skills include working with authors, developing editorial content; copy editing, proofreading, taking in changes in InDesign; writing cover copy, rewriting interior content, and creating book proposals; authoring magazine articles.

Experience

1. Editor Managing Editor

   The Stable Book Group

   Mar 2025 — Present · Petaluma, CA, US

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  BA

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor's degree

Skills

• Publicity
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Content Strategy
• Academic Publishing
• Blogging
• Line Editing
• Publishing
• Newsletters
• Proofreading
• Publications
• Composition
• Books
• Web Content Writing
• Editorial
• Web Content
• Digital Publishing
• Freelance Writing
• Non-Fiction
• Copy Editing
• Ebooks
• Quarkxpress
• Project Management
• Content Development
• Social Media
• Editing
• Fact-Checking
• Storytelling
• Feature Articles
• Copyediting
• Online Publishing
• Manuscript
• Magazines
• Content Management
• Writing
• Typesetting