These days, it’s difficult-to-impossible for a new indie author to prosper by producing only books and stories. So Joseph also helps others prosper — then he can keep on writing more books and stories.

A Brief History

With a partner, Joseph co-founded a boutique marketing agency tailored for local, small business. KJRA provided customized marketing power across the North Olympic Peninsula by offering an array of essential services ranging from full marketing plans (with optional implementation) to copywriting, photography and graphic design. The agency launched professional practices, consulted with local businesses, built websites for industrial products and for local artisans, created ad campaigns, and designed a lot of branding.

Nobody foresaw the financial, perfect storm that was brewing. KJRA founders had opened their agency right into the teeth of the 2007/2008 financial crisis. They did some good when times were hard for everyone but marketing budgets dried up for too many local businesses. They had to move on.

Joseph began writing and editing books, memoirs, novels, and short stories. He shows up for projects equipped with on-target language, a keen desire to help, a native-born, American-educated command of US English, powerful writing and design tools, and a lifetime of writing, editing, design, self-publishing, and marketing experience.

What to Expect

Joseph writes in styles that helped him graduate with high honors from SUNY/at Buffalo where he double-majored in English and Psychology. In popular prose, he makes things easy for readers by following the advice of Wordsworth and the examples that Walt Whitman and Mark Twain set. Unless a project requires otherwise, he uses conversational, realistic, everyday language including contractions, neologisms, slang, regional color, an common acronyms.

As his Client, you have access to decades of experience in business marketing, writing, editing, publishing, and design. Also, he brings an array of powerful tools and a keen eye for detail. He favors clean, modern design — pleasing, simple graphics that attract attention, subtle typography, prose that feels educated and intelligent but also easygoing. Most of all, an overall presentation with a relatable look and feel that’s contemporary and artful. He edits your manuscript or builds your book or marketing materials with persuasive power born of fertile imagination, original thinking, transparent prose and high-touch aesthetics.

He often recruits and manages collaborating, professional talent needed for projects like logo, book, or cover design. His project management experience includes decades of corporate supervision and mentoring of mechanical engineers and designers working in product development teams with cutting-edge, 3D CAD and schematic capture systems. Although marketing and writing details differ from physical design, the underlying creative processes cross over well.

All his services come with a satisfaction guarantee. You’ll work under a written agreement that defines your deliverables and schedule. Your project is complete when it’s fulfilled as agreed and you are satisfied with the work’s quality.

About Cost

Costs to hire Joseph are aligned with industry norms. Exact fees are custom-quoted in advance per your project definition. He may often be able to quote a complex project in bulk, providing a single, all-inclusive figure to complete your written agreement.

For struggling writers, if cost is a barrier, Joseph offers an affordable, editorial report about any manuscript. This analysis highlights habits or tendencies that you should eliminate while also finding specific errors that you can avoid or find and correct in your own writing. You can use this personalized critique and suggested tools to guide you through effective self-editing. The better your self-editing before you hire a developmental editor, the better your final outcome turns out in cost and quality. But be clear that if you write for any form of publication, you still need a human editor, as well.

To See Some Past Work

Please review Joseph’s writing samples and resume:

1. Published Works: simply log in to Amazon.com as usual and find his Author page HERE where you can see some fiction and nonfiction books and stories.

2. Business Writing: to review his resume and writing samples, you’ll need a password. Simply click CONTACT above and email a credible password request. Then use the page password you receive to enter the Writing Portfolio on this site, above. There you’ll find many different kinds of work, including some publications, creative prose, and marketing collateral.

3. Chat by Phone: Please feel free to contact Joseph for a confidential, no-cost discussion about your organization, needs, and project. There are no obligations, expectations, or pressure. Click the Connect button just below to email Joseph. Office hours are from 9am to 4pm PST, Monday through Friday, in UTC-8 or GMT-8, also known as the US Pacific time zone.