Welcome and thank you for visiting Resplendence Publishing. We are a publishing company specializing in romantic fiction, both in e-book and print formats. We consider ourselves to be the first "Boutique" Publisher with a quality over quantity approach.
WIthin the "Boutique Publishing Experience" we have one key focus: quality. In our view, quality authors, quality working relationships, and quality books lead to satisfied readers. As long-time romance fans, we know that satisfied readers will keep coming back for more, and satisfied authors will be there to provide the stories our readers want.
We believe in seeking the best and brightest authors within the genre because those are the individuals who can deliver the type of high-quality books our readers will come to expect. We are looking for chilling paranormals that make readers shiver in fear and delight, romantic suspense that takes us on a pulse-pounding ride, frantically turning the pages to see what happens next, sultry erotic romance that gives us a vicarious thrill of pleasure, and contemporary tales that reflect the lives of today’s romance reader.
For historical romance, we plan to offer stories set in a wide variety of time periods, from the Medieval keep filled with knights (complete with shining armor, of course) and their ladies, to the sparkle and glitz of 1940’s Hollywood. We do accept Regency submissions, but our goal is to focus on time periods which are not as commonly featured in today’s market.
Basically, if a book can transport us into another world and make us forget all else, we want to read it.
The final component of our operating philosophy is this: readers can’t read books they don’t know about. That is why we believe in aggressively marketing our authors, their books, and our company. Our job is to get the fantastic stories our authors deliver into the hands of readers and we take that job very seriously.
We hope you will join us in our venture and we look forward to filling your lives (and bookshelves) with amazing romantic stories in the years to come.
Cheers!
The RP Staff
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Leigh Collett, Co-founder, CEO |
Leigh@resplendencepublishing.com
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Leigh Collett has been an avid reader of romance for more than 20 years and has been a published writer for 18 years. She first published a short story in a literary magazine at the age of 17, with several freelance news articles and professional protocol journals published in following years. Leigh holds three degrees and is finishing her MBA. She spent 11 years as an Administrative Consultant, but she decided to retire from consulting in order to pursue her dreams within the publishing industry.
She is the CEO and Director of Sales and Marketing for Resplendence Publishing. Leigh is a member of RWA, Kentucky Romance Writers, Florida Romance Writers, FF&P, and EPIC.
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Jessica Berry, Co-founder, Publisher | Jessica@resplendencepublishing.com
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Jessica Berry obtained her BA in Psychology from the University of Central Florida, where she worked as an academic advisor, compiled and edited the advising manual used by the Psychology department, and spent two semesters as an Advanced Research Methods teaching assistant. Since graduation she has spent her time teaching language arts to students on various levels, from Kindergarten to college, writing and editing website copy on a freelance basis, and working as a Targeted Case Manager for children in foster care.
In addition to her professional writing and editing experience, she has attended various workshops on the craft of writing, volunteered her time as a contest judge, and remained active in her critique group. She is an avid reader, and has been devouring an average of 3 books per week for almost twenty years. This has given her a deep appreciation of the craft and the authors who practice it. Jessica is a member of RWA, EPIC, and a volunteer member of the Romantic Times Convention Staff.
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Tiffany Mason, Editorial Director |
Tiffany@resplendencepublishing.com
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Tiffany Christina Mason loves to read everything romance—from historical to paranormal, steamy to sweet—she loves it all. After spending countless hours in bookstores and reading hundreds of romance novels through the years, Tiffany carried her love of romance with her as she joined the U.S. Air Force, obtained her degree in Electronic Technology, and traveled the world. When she was not deployed to some remote location or writing technical manuals, she spent her free time traveling Europe to visit the settings of her favorite historical romance novels.
Tiffany left the Air Force to spend three years in Bahrain with her husband. While there, she worked as an English teacher at a local language school. As a multi-level teacher, she taught everything from basic usage of conversational English for beginning students, to classes on the intricacies of American colloquial English and pop-culture jargon/slang for advanced students.
After returning to the U.S., Tiffany decided to pursue her dream of working within the publishing industry. Tiffany comes to Resplendence with several years experience writing web content, employee handbooks, writing advertising and sales copy, copy editing, teaching, and acting as a critique partner for both published and unpublished romance authors.
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Rose Starr, Associate Editor |
Rose@resplendencepublishing.com
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Associate Editor, Rose Starr is a well traveled, published author and an avid romance reader. A graduate of NSW Writing School, Rose has completed several literature workshops and is a trained judge for romance writing contests. Her long list of accomplishments includes being an RWA officer (Romance Writers of America), writer’s conference committee member, and an active member of two writers’ organizations. Rose comes with 11 years of experience editing romance novels and is very excited to be a member of the Resplendence Publishing team.
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Courtney Hoffman,
Associate Editor |
Courtney@resplendencepublishing.com
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Courtney Hoffman loves books. She also loves romance - so being single, this makes romance novels her ultimate passion. From the time she was about two and memorized Snow White to "read" to herself, she's almost always had a book in her hand. Although the realities of life - a job in NYC, the occassional meal, and the necessity of a good night's sleep - keep her from reading all the time, a book is always her favorite pick-me-up.
Courtney has a BA and MA in Health and Sport Science. She's also pursuing a degree in English while planning to make this a part of a permanent career shift into publishing. She is a contest-winning author (not counting her short story "Officer Carl, Mittens, and the Thief", which took first prize in a contest in Fourth Grade) and a member of RWA, RWA-Online, Hearts Through History Online Chapter of RWA, KYRW and CR-RWA. She's lived in NJ, PA, NC, and KY before NY, and loves England. She's extremely excited to be a member of the fabulous team at Resplendence.
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Michelle Marino, Copy Editor |
grammargal@resplendencepublishing.com
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With over 12 years of editing and transcription experience, a sharp eye for detail and an amazing grasp of grammar and language usage, Michelle is a welcome addition to our editorial staff.
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Rika Singh, Cover Artist,
Web Designer | coverart@resplendencepublishing.com
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Working and living in Sunny South Africa, Rika Singh has always had a passion for creating. In this world of digital gadgets, she did not grow up learning to paint with a brush, but rather with a mouse. With 11 years of design and art experience under her belt, she now creates websites, covers and other graphics for authors... When she’s not swinging from trees and dueling with the monkey’s that is.
Did we fool you? Actually, she doesn’t swing from trees, but rather from Mall to Mall in search of the latest romance releases. You can find her at www.bookadesign.com where you will learn more about her, catch up on her latest projects… And maybe even what she is reading this week.
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Trace Edward Zaber, Cover Artist | coverart@resplendencepublishing.com
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Award-winning cover artist, Trace Edward Zaber, is another welcome addition to the RP team. With his uncanny ability to bring an author’s vision to life, we are confident in putting the “face” of our books in his capable hands. Samples of Trace’s work can be viewed here.
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