Pete A. Nicholson
CV
2010
Blog about sustainable packaging for Depot, a Sydney design and branding company.
Become an official, card-carrying member of Paste, a design studio, heading up their content development division.
Blog about green real estate investment for Ribbon & Gourd, a U.S.-based company.
2009
Piece on lost, wonderful music, 'Four Records from the Almost Canon', published in Melbourne journal Stop Drop and Roll.
Edit manuscript of 'The Muscle Retention Revolution', the fourth book by author and conditioning expert Ori Hofmekler.
Magazine/journal editor (part-time) for The Royal College of Practitioners. Discover many terrible diseases I never knew existed.
Begin position managing online content and blogging about music for GAGA, a Melbourne-based creative licensing company.
2008
Principal proofreader for National Geographic book on world mythology.
Edit autobiographical manuscript by celebrated American constitutional attorney Danny Sheehan, who was Chief Counsel during the Pentagon Papers, Karen Silkwood vs. Kerr-McGee, and Iran-Contra trials.
Ghostwriter for a book on transcendental psychology for Paul Boutet, a French-Canadian psychologist.
2007
Rewrite and extensively edit The Tao of Rejuvenation, a book on North Atlantic/Random House on holistic health, spirituality and Chinese medicine.
Become Project Editor for California-based multimedia publishing company Dharma Café, an ongoing position that involves everything from rewriting and editing whole manuscripts to editing magazine features and interviews.
While living in California, become Assistant Editor for New York literary journal Ballyhoo Stories' 50 States Project, selecting and editing stories for publication, and liaising with authors and other editors.
After moving to Berlin, begin contributing music-related features, interviews and various copy to Exberliner, the Berlin magazine for English speakers.
Become senior writer for Hair Entertainment, a Berlin-based experimental arts website, writing reviews, interviews, and features.
Non-fiction piece 'NY, 1972' published in Berlin-based literary journal The Extra Room.
2006
Short story 'A Raga Called Milk and Honey' published in Meanjin. It is then reprinted in Allnighter, another Cardigan Press anthology.
While living and working in Japan, contribute articles on spirituality to M'arriv, one of Israel's most widely read newspapers.
Short fiction piece 'Your New Husband' published in Voiceworks.
Contribute regular fiction pieces to experimental journal Total Cardboard.
2005
Complete study at RMIT's Writing and Editing course, achieving a High Distinction average across all units; invited into Masters program by faculty.
Staff Writer for Easey Magazine, a Melbourne music and culture magazine, writing features, interviews, and reviews.
Short story 'F#A# Infinity' published in New York journal Ballyhoo Stories, and later nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
2004
Begin study at RMIT's Professional Writing and Editing course, majoring in Non-fiction, Editing, and Short Story.
'I Am Seeking a Casual Friendship to Integrate With My Studies,' a satirical work of short fiction, published in the Cardigan Press Anthology All Change Please.
Become the editor of a combined autobiographical book and film project now being pitched to major studios and publishers in the U.S.
Contribute regularly to Litmus Magazine, a now defunct Australian magazine.
2002
Article on the Tasmanian forestry industry published in Yen Magazine, Australia's most popular independent magazine for women.
Staff writer, writing both reviews and features, for Stylus Magazine, a popular American alternative music website.
2000-2001
- Staff writer, writing both reviews and news, for Pitchfork, then a funny backyard operation.
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