Ballad of the Blue-Eyed Cowboy and Me

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About Jill From reporting at Cook County Juvenile Court or a county zoning meeting as a young reporter calling in stories on payphones to making cases for books that matter in editorial board meetings in the world of publishing (and filing stories electronically!), I have been fortunate to be in the trenches of the written word nearly over thirty years. Though I get back to my own reporting and writing roots when I can, I most enjoy helping others shape their book projects—from proposal to manuscript and all the editing and sales guidance in between. I was an acquiring editor for imprints that are now under the umbrella of Hachette Book Group for many years, and worked on memoir, reportage,

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