Updated April 28, 2010: Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in this internship. The position is now filled. Please check back in midsummer for information about fall/winter internships.
Writer Hanne Blank (Virgin: The Untouched History, Unruly Appetites, Big Big Love, etc.) is looking for a summer intern to assist her with completing two books during summer 2010. This is an unpaid, part-time position. Position can be in Baltimore if the successful candidate is local, or telecommuting if not.
The internship will include three primary kinds of work.
1. Manuscript prep: I will be submitting a book manuscript to one of my publishers this summer. Intern tasks will include things like proofreading, bibliography/bibliographic formatting, and fact-checking for this ms.
2. Research: General library and Internet research for book and other projects, assisting with development and implementation of a survey for use in another book project.
3. Interview-related: Assisting with scheduling, tracking, and (where needed) transcribing interviews for a book project.
Candidates must be over 18 and both comfortable with and reasonably knowledgeable about sexuality topics. Must have excellent reading, writing, and research skills and be sufficiently conversant with technology to do things like upload/download files, do online research competently, and similar tasks. Those intending to telecommute must have their own computers and reliable Internet access. Interested? Please email hann...@gmail.com with a resume and a non-academic writing sample and tell me why you think you’d be a good fit for the gig.
Please feel free to forward this listing.
