Brette Sember B.A., J.D., is an editor, author, freelancer, ghostwriter, book coach, content expert, and consultant with 25+ years of experience. She has earned numerous certificates in AI.
Books
She is the author or co-author of more than 50 books. Having written so many books, she now focuses her time on helping other authors bring their book dreams to fruition. She is an editor for Lucid House Publishing and KN Literary Arts and also accepts private clients. She provides developmental editing, copy editing, book coaching, book proposal development and ghostwriting services.
Content
As a former lawyer, Brette specializes in branded legal content for legal information sites, online legal services, legal marketing agencies, and law firms.
She is experienced in editing and enhancing AI-generated content.
In her career she has created and edited content on a wide variety of topics including 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 has been published in hundreds of magazines and websites including LegalZoom, FindLaw, Forbes Advisor, 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. She was a legal edtitor for Forbes Advisor. 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.
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. Several projects she coached have won Hay House Workshop awards and another won the International Latina Book Awards.
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) and EFA (The Editorial Freelancers Association),
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, reading, 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