Brette Sember B.A., J.D., is an author, freelancer, ghostwriter, book coach, editor, indexer, content provider, consultant, and editor with 25 years of experience.
She writes often about law, food, travel, health, travel shopping, parenting, divorce, business, books, lifestyle, pregnancy, education, learning skills, women’s and family issues, finance, writing, children’s books, senior issues, entertainment, and more. She is the author of more than 50 books. She is co-author of a series of college textbooks about reading and learning skills and has contributed to other textbooks and databases. She also writes essays and humor.
Books
As a ghostwriter, book coach, and developmental editor, Brette has worked on a wide variety of projects and topics including memoir, fiction, self-help, motivational/inspirational, children’s books, project management, learning skills, conversation starters, business and employment issues, family relationships, education, and more. She also has worked on a variety of projects for Hay House submission and one of her clients won the Hay House Workshop Grand Prize while two others have won Honorable Mention. As a developmental editor and copyeditor, she has worked on over 300 titles. Brette is a freelance editor for Forbes and Lucid House Publishing.
Content
Brette has provided online and print content to many outlets about a wide variety of topics. These include LegalZoom, FindLaw, Forbes, NextAvenue, Investopedia, American Baby, ePregnancy, Divorce Magazine, Fit Pregnancy, Healthy Women, Paste Magazine, The Mid, Pregnancy, Writer’s Digest, Zester, Salon, Money Geek, Hello Giggles, Avvo Stories, Willing, Mental Floss, and many, many more.
She is an expert for Divorce.com and WomansDivorce.com. She is a contributor for travel sites GoGirlfriend.com and MyItchyTravelFeet.com. She was a columnist for four different regional parenting magazines and was a staff writer for several web sites. Brette’s personal essays have appeared on Woman’s Day, Scary Mommy, Purple Clover, and more. She also frequently writes humor lists.
In addition to writing content for specific sites, Brette has worked with agencies such as Marcus Thomas, Elite Lawyer Management, Virtuoso Content, Trellis Marketing, and The Rainmaker Institute to produce custom content for a variety of clients in a variety of industries.
Awards
Brette is the recipient of a Mothers at Home Media Award, a Bronze Award from the Parenting Publications of America for a special series, and one of her books was a Ben Franklin Award finalist. A book she coached is the recipient of the Hay House Workship Grand Prize.
Teaching and Consulting
She has had the pleasure of consulting on a television pilot and a plus-size clothing line. She has taught classes about finance and writing.
Memberships
Brette is a member of ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors), EFA (The Editorial Freelancers Association), ASI (The American Society for Indexing), SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators), IFWTWA (International Food and Wine Travel Writers Association), NATJA (North American Travel Writers Association), IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals), Association of Ghostwriters (AOG), and AFJ (Association of Food Journalists).
Interests
Brette is the mother of two adult children and lives in western NY state with her husband, two dogs and two cats. She loves kayaking, decorating, travel, collecting, cooking, and swimming.
Sample of Titles Brette Has Worked On
Self-help
Chica Why Not? by Sandra Hinojosa (proposal won Hay House Workshop Grand Prize and then I also worked on the book)
7 Signposts by Jamie Hillman
Bold Trust by Tricia Easter
Create the Impossible Life by Felicia Broccolo
From Burnout to Balance: Build Your Business, Find Your Freedom and Live Your Legacy with the Corelife Method by Dr. Anne Arvizu
Reclaim You: A 12 Step Guide to Living an Enpowered, Purposeful, and Joy-Filled Life After Sexual Assault by Kristi Ottis, MS, LSP, NCC
Reconnecting Super Achievers to Their Inner Power by Monica Ribero (Hay House Entrepreneur honorable mention)
Blissed Out of Cancer by Roger Drummer
Journey to Brain Health by Lisa Lauter
Business
Achieve Employer Health Plan Excellence by Steve Grady
From Burnout to Balance: Build Your Business, Find Your Freedom and Live Your Legacy with the Corelife Method by Dr. Anne Arvizu
Intuitive Leadership by Mary Meston
Memoir
Please Don’t Cut the Baby by Marilyn Milos
This Penis Business by Georganne Chapin
The Box Must Be Empty by Marilyn Kriete
More Person Than Patient by Gwne Mayes
Walking the Mystic by Susan Bucur
Other Non-Fiction
As the Sycamore Grows by Jennie Helderman
Geo Kids: 50 States on School Breaks by the Massey
Beaded Bracelets: 25 Dazzling Handcrafted Projects by Claudine Jalajas
SAT 2-Second Shortcuts by Dr. C. Jay Stratoudakis
Recipes for Healing: Working Through Grief One Plate at a Time (Just Not Lasagna!) by Patricia Comeau-Simonson
Fiction
Suspension by Andrea Christensen
Waiting for Gabe by Diana Black
The Renaissance Sisters by Wendy Cohan
Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss by Conor Garrett
Children’s
Rusty and Emma’s Big Shock by Annie Wilde