Abigail Mieko Vargus

Profile

Magazine and E-Zine Credits Include...

• AARP The Magazine
  

  Whine and Roses: How to Turn Screwups Into Satisfaction, January/February 2006

  American Venture Magazine
  

  Balancing the Ratio: The Merging of Women-Led Entrepreneurialism and Investment, Summer 2002

• Biodefense on the Line, Spring 2002

• Clear Channel Communications regional publications
  

  Because Santa Doesn’t Do Your Shopping, Holidays 2006
  R.U.D.O.L.P.H. the Red-Nosed Stress Buster, Holidays 2006
  Finding Furniture to Love and Last, Fall/Winter 2006
  Sale-Savvy Home Improvements, Fall/Winter 2006
  Get More Energy: Bring Sleep Back Into Your Life!, Summer 2006
  Diabetes Prevention: It’s Easier Than You Think, Summer 2006
  Pop Star Pop Quiz, Summer 2005

  Educational Testing Service
  

  Varied test passages for standardized tests for elementary through high school, 2005 - present

  FastWeb.com
  

  Relax!, November 2005

  KEYNOTER
  

  The Weight of Success, November 2007 [in production]
  New Old-Fashioned Etiquette, February 2007
  Be Heard: Make Way for Change, February 2006
  Time Management 101, January 2006

  Communicating With the 'Rents, November 2005
  Working Wiser With Advisers, January 2005

  Part-time Jobs, Full-time Fun, May 2004
  Five Steps to Easy Application Stress, May 2003

  Learning Through History
  

  Rage Against the Machine, July/August 2007 [in press]
  Constantinople: The Phoenix City Rising From the Ashes, March/April 2007
  The Ultimate Weapon: The Ultimate Price, November/December 2006
  Tudor Coinage: Meet the Shilling and the Groat!, September/October 2006
  Centuries of Festival Fun, March/April 2006
  Legends of the Aztec Pantheon, January/February 2006

  The Estate System and the Rights of Man, September/October 2005
  The Salem Witch Trials, July/August 2005

  Moxie
  

  A Case of Sympathetic Divorce Syndrome, December 2001

  ShopTalk
  

  The Green Machine Shop, December 2002
  How to Dodge the Finger of Blame, September 2002

• When Machine Shops Become Emergency Rooms, July 2002
  The Lawyers Are Coming! The Lawyers Are Coming!, May 2002

• Is Anybody Out There? 10 Marketing Tips for Your Machine Shop, February 2002

• Technology Review
  

  More than one hundred articles while on staff as associate editor, 1998-1999

  UnitedPetWay.com
  

  Saving Your Home and the Pesky Critters, June 2002
  Fleeing From the Fleas, May 2002

• Picture-Perfect Pets, May 2002

• Upscale Living Magazine
  

  Lisbon: The Perfect Weekend Getaway, Spring 2006

• The Adoption Options, Fall 2005

• Five Tips for Making the Most of an Anniversary, Summer 2005

• The Writer
  

  Is an MFA Program Right for You?, January 2003

  Writer Online
  

  Consistent Characterization, December 2001

• Writers Roost (online)
  

  Consistent Characterization [reprint], February 2002

• The Writer's Writer Survival Guide
  

  Is an MFA Program Right for You? [reprint], March 2005

Editing Experience Includes...

• Random House Children's Books
  

  September 2005 - January 2006
  Copyeditor and proofreader for large publishing house of children's books.

• Classic Education, Inc.
  

  August 2004 - present
  Copyeditor and proofreader for history magazine for home-schoolers.

• FabJob.com
  

  February - April 2004
  Editor of how-to manuals, including ghostwriting work on the FabJob Guide to Become a Caterer or Personal Chef.

• Family Solutions Online
  

  November 2003 - February 2004
  Editor and Web layout advisor for site presenting a subscription-based study service for the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Exam.

• MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  

  February 2003 - July 2003
  Editor, copyeditor, writer, and photo researcher for centennial celebration publications, including an upcoming book.

• Mazer Digital Media
  

  August 2002 - February 2003
  Math editor and editorial project lead for interactive math CD-ROM project to accompany textbooks for grades 1-6.

• Editor, Forte Publishing
  

  November 2002 - March 2005
  Substantive freelance editor focusing on how-to books.

• Editor, Building Sociable Robots
  

  published 2002
  Editor and copyeditor for book on artificial intelligence and human-robot interactions by Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, published by MIT Press.

• Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  

  March 2001 - present
  Freelance copyeditor of six journals: Asian American Policy Review, Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, Korean Policy Review, Q, and Women's Policy Journal of Harvard.

• Oculus Technologies
  

  January - February 2001
  Freelance technical editor of user manual for complex, peer-to-peer software. Relied on knowledge of user interfaces, networking, and technical writing.

• American Book Publishing
  

  July 2001 - July 2004: Editor at large
  Executive role in charge of all company communications, publicity materials, catalogs, and individual book covers.
  August 2000 - July 2004: Senior editor
  Responsibilities as senior editor include working closely with authors during the editing process, participating in the marketing strategy, and seeing the project through to publication. Books include The Prize, The Almost Brother, I Am the Codyman, and We Ordered Soup and Got Broom Bristles: A Consumer Guide to Safe Restaurant Dining.

• Freelance Book Editor
  

  March 2000 - present
  Freelance editor of full-length novels and nonfiction books for individual authors.

• Public Interactive
  

  March - June 2000
  Freelance technical writer for Boston startup. Created user manuals for tools for public radio station Web sites.

• Editor, Virtual Teams as Work: One Program Manager's Experience
  

  published January 2000
  Editor/ghostwriter of novel-style working paper, published by the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT.

• E Ink Corporation
  

  Oct 1999 - March 2002
  Freelance technical writer for Cambridge startup. Projects include user manual for Web software (both print and online), technical specifications documents, and installation guide for Immedia signs.

• Leaders for Manufacturing Program, Sloan School of Management
  

  March 1999 - November 2004
  Freelance writer of Web-based reports on program events. Freelance editor of school publications.

• Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  

  1998 - 1999
  Associate editor of MIT News section. Responsibilities included writing and editing both features and departments on news of interest to MIT alumni, and overseeing the class notes process.

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