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Hawthorne Books

Write to Publish: More than a Conference

By Nada Sewidan

April 3, 2017 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Write to Publish: More than a Conference

Write to Publish is more than a fundraiser for Ooligan Press—it’s a conference that brings together publishing minds to demystify the industry and provide tools for writers through workshops, panels, and speeches from well-informed industry professionals. The workshops and panels are all a part of what brings people in each year; and what makes Write […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: Adam O’Connor Rodriguez, Brian Tibbetts, Clark Chamberlain, David F. Walker, DonWon Song, Hawthorne Books, Howard Morhaim, Lisa Ohlen Harris, ooligan press, portland state university, Write to Publish

7 Tips for Developmental Editing

By Kristin Choruby

July 18, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

7 Tips for Developmental Editing

When most people think of editing, they think of correcting spelling and grammar. To publishing industry professionals, this is known as copyediting. There’s also developmental or content editing, which corrects weaknesses in the story itself. This past year, I’ve had the pleasure of learning how to developmental edit from a professional editor with twenty-plus years […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Adam O’Connor Rodriguez, characters, content editing, developmental editing, dialogue, Editing, editor, Hawthorne Books, how-to, literary criticism, Narrative, ooligan press, PSU publishing program, publishing, story, writing, writing style

Interning While Ooliganing

By Alexis Woodcock

January 8, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Interning While Ooliganing

Before applying to graduate school, I didn’t have much interest in pursuing internships. Honestly, it never even crossed my mind to try. This was probably due in large part to the fact that I majored in philosophy, but I think it applies to a fair handful of other disciplines as well, especially those in the […]

Filed Under: Ooligan at large Tagged With: Hawthorne Books, internships, Networking, ooligan press, Portland Book Review

Freelance Design with Adam McIsaac

By Brandon Sanford lilwitchcomix

September 4, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Freelance Design with Adam McIsaac

At Ooligan Press, the students are privileged to write essays about topics that matter to them, and to investigate the industry that will be their future home. Publishing is a big, complicated business, and there are always areas of interest not covered in classes. For my bookselling class during the winter term, I wanted to […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: Adam McIsaac, book design, Design, freelance, Hawthorne Books, independent publisher, interview, self-publish

Interview with Hawthorne Books Editor Adam O’Connor Rodriguez

By Alexandra Haehnert

July 18, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

Interview with Hawthorne Books Editor Adam O’Connor Rodriguez

We recently got the chance to talk with Adam O’Connor Rodriguez, who currently teaches the copyediting class in PSU’s graduate program in book publishing. An industry insider, he’s worked for Portland-based Hawthorne Books since 2007 and is now their senior editor. Among other titles, he edited Frank Meeink’s Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead, James Bernard […]

Filed Under: Interview Tagged With: Adam O’Connor Rodriguez, Burnside Review, copyediting, developmental editing, Editing, Hawthorne Books, interview, Rhonda Hughes

Strengthening My Skills by Interning with Hawthorne Books

By Sarah Currin

May 16, 2014 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Strengthening My Skills by Interning with Hawthorne Books

In this program, the importance of internships is something that we students are constantly reminded of (though of course this is not isolated to the publishing industry—many graduate programs not only encourage extracurricular internships, but require them). We’re told that internships are an invaluable way to meet important industry professionals for networking purposes and gain […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: Ariel Gore, Dennis Stovall First Edition Award, Hawthorne Books, Internship, Liz Crain, Marketing, Portland publishers, publicity, Rhonda Hughes, Sarah Currin, The End of Eve

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