Terese Hartjoy

Terese I Hartjoy

Lucerne Valley, CA 92356

terese@hartjoy.com

Employment Objective

Contract/Project

Education

1988          Degree - Computer Graphics; Platt College, Ontario, CA

1987          Degree - Graphic Design; Platt College, Ontario, CA

1985          Degree - A.A. Fine Arts; Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA

Skills and Abilities

• Macintosh proficient
• Journalistic writing, copywriting, proofing, polishing and editing; fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
• Graphic Design from conceptual stage to camera ready art.  Proficient in Quark Express, Microsoft Word, Apple Works, Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Page Maker, Adobe Photoshop, and various writing, layout, desktop publishing, paint and drawing programs.
• Graphic design from conceptual stage, logo/product/company ID design, layout to camera-ready art.
• Rendering and illustration - all media.  

Experience

• 20010 NaNoWriMo Winner : Novel (1st Draft) entitled “The Coming”
• 2008 NaNoWriMo Winner : Novel (1st Draft) entitled The Space Between”
• 2006-Present Author of Thorne’s World, http:thornesworld.com
• Blog Against Theocracy Blogswarm Contributor, April & July 2007
• 1994 - present         Staff writer, editor, and proofreader for Say It Write, a writing and editing service. www.sayitwrite.biz
• (in process) Untitled Allegorical Trilogy.  Fiction

• Design, layout and instruction manuals for ASC Hairstyle Salon Books. 4 editions yearly. 10 years.
• (unpublished) Daily Diety (A Modern Pantheon of accessible Gods & Goddesses)
• Feature article for La Ceramique Moderne, Paris, France: "The Art of Investigation"        
• Feature Writer for Victor Valley Magazine, 
• News and Retrospect column for Ceramics          Monthly Magazine , Columbus, Ohio
• Assistant Editor and Staff Writer for the Victor Valley College Catalogue, Victorville, CA.
• Assistant Editor and Staff Writer for The Rampage  newspaper, Victorville, CA.

Articles included: "Sex Barriers," 

"CTA/District Contract Struggles,"

"Ken Ferguson" (profile),

"Don Reitz, A VVC Workshop."

(A brief) Employment History

         As with most struggling artists, I have held numerous and various jobs ranging from food server to journalist to home care provider to telephone psychic counselor.  I have also, over the years, held several positions more within my field, such as Paste-up/Layout Artist, Window Display Artist and Painter, Art Lab Technician and Instructor's Assistant, Life Drawing Model, and Stained Glass Production Worker, Designer and Studio Manager, as well as owner/operator of A Hartjoy Design, Graphics and Stained Glass Studio.

         Inspired by my first published writing success at age 15, I began my career as a journalist/columnist in earnest 25 years ago. During that time I have been a free-lance and staff writer; proofreader, copywriter and editor;  technical writer and illustrator as well as paste-up/layout artist.

Personal and professional references available upon request.