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VESELA SIMIC

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Most careful editor ever! Brings insight to the text as well as commitment to accuracy, continuity, and visual harmony. I highly recommend her. 
— MIrabai Bush, coauthor with Ram Dass of Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Love and Dying  (Sounds True, 2018)
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Vesela is an excellent editor. She is thorough, careful, and very available. Her immersion, close reading, and thoughtful suggestions will help birth any book in its most organic form.
— Mark Nepo, author of Things That Join the Sea and the Sky (Sounds True, 2017) 
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Vesela's editing is magical. I'm so fortunate that she was assigned to my book by Sounds True because she brought a wealth of information, life experience, and editing smarts to my book, and she made it sparkle. Everyone should be so lucky to have her wave her magic wand over their book or written work to truly make it sing and find the right audience!
— Caroline Miller, author of Getting Grit (Sounds True, 2017)

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Vesela Simic, thank you for providing a profoundly corrective editorial experience. You are generous of spirit, wise, efficient, and heart rich. Working with you is a delight. I know who will be editing my next book! 
— Nancy Colier, PhD. author of The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World (Sounds True, 2016)

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Vesela's work was crisp, quick, on point, constructive, and sensitive to my needs. It had an unusual quality of caring in it, a sense of warmth woven into it. And as a professional, a person to work with, she was fantastic. I recommend her highly and without reservation and look forward to working with her again.   ​
— Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence (Harmony, 2013)
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I am always scared to read works by others who edit or summarize my longer efforts or, especially, my oral presentations. My ideas apparently are not that easy to translate, as seen in the unintended distortions that have shown up in such works. So, before I read the piece you provided for the Institute of Noetic Sciences, I must admit I was apprehensive. But now that I have read the article you prepared, I am absolutely thrilled by your work. Bravo! I hope to work with you in the future.
— Bruce Lipton, PhD, author of Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and A Way to Get There from Here (Hay House, 2010)
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Stephen King says that “to write is human, to edit is divine.” That’s the way I feel about Vesela’s editing. She transformed the second edition of my book on the Yoga Sutras. Her accurate and precise comments took the book to a new level. I found Vesela a pleasure to work with and highly recommend her. Because she has substantive expertise editing books and articles on yoga, wellness, and spirituality, Vesela is uniquely valuable to anyone writing in these fields.
— Gary Kissiah, author of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Lililabs Publishing, 2016)
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I have worked with Vesela on two books now, and she’s been a joy. She works with my vision without imposing her own, yet she’s full of creative ideas and solutions. She is intelligent and diligent, and her line editing is first rate. I highly recommend working with Vesela.
— Eli Jaxon-Bear, author of Sudden Awakening (New Morning Books, 2012) and An Outlaw Makes It Home (New Morning Books, 2018)
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Vesela is an amazing editor. Her work is precise and professional. Her keen eye and intuitive sense for caring for both specific details and the work as a whole are invaluable. I'm grateful for her wisdom and help with editing my book and appreciate the chance to work with such a conscientious and skilled editor and writer.
— Noah Kempler, author of Better Behavior: Helping Kids Create Change and Improve Relationships (CreateSpace, 2015)
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I highly recommend Vesela as an outstanding writer and editor and a thoughtful, trustworthy, intelligent, and warm colleague. She is detail-oriented, careful, flexible, and creative. I recommend her without hesitation.
— Cassandra Vieten, PhD, President & CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences
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Vesela brings excellence and professionalism to editing. Having had the pleasure of working with her on Shift magazine, I found her thorough knowledge of editing, her organizational skills, and team support contributed largely to a successful publications team. She provided discerning editorial direction, with an understanding of the consciousness genre from the perspective of several disciplines, and her articles in Shift magazine elicited many compliments from readers. 
— Tiffany Mitchell, former Operations Manager at the Institute of Noetic Sciences; now a certified life coach and owner of Coaching Esprit
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Your comments are insightful and very helpful. Thank you for all your dedicated hard work and a wonderful job.
— David Patten, author of Dummy: A Memoir (Joselyn Press, 2012)
Your editing and your participation in this project have been exemplary.
— Doug Childers, Developmental Editor of Dummy: A Memoir
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Vesela’s development of my latest book proposal, as well as the first three chapters of the book, greatly contributed to the book’s acceptance by a publisher. I found her easy to work with, consistent, honest with project budgeting, and productive with time management. I highly recommend working with Vesela.
— Bob Butera, PhD, author of Meditation for Your Life (Llewellyn Press, 2012)
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I thank Kristen Cashman from New World Library and Vesela Simic for their wonderful editorial gifts, which have enhanced these pages.
— Donald Altman, author of The Mindfulness Code (New World Library, 2010) 
​and One-Minute Mindfulness
(New World Library, 2010)
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Vesela has my highest recommendation as a detailed, creative, and thoughtful editor and writer. I've had the good fortune to have worked with her both at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and at Yoga Journal and have always felt uplifted and confident in my own work after collaborating with her. She is a responsive manager and editor and an extremely thorough and innovative thinker.
— Catherine Elliott, former marketing manager at Yoga Journal; now a partner at Wordsage Communications
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I had the pleasure of working with Vesela at Yoga Journal. She was a passionate and dedicated editor and writer. I found her to have outstanding organizational skills and a keen eye for detail, as well as being creative with the magazine's stories and concepts. She is a fantastic interviewer with a wonderful narrative writing style and a particular gift for capturing the story behind the story. I highly recommend her. She is a valuable asset to any editorial team.
—  Matthew Solan, former Senior Editor at Yoga Journal; now a writer and editor at Solan+Media
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My gratitude to Vesela Simic whose excellent research and gentle heart took this book from a prayer to a possibility.
— Brenda Knight, author of Women Who Love Books Too Much (Conari Press, 2000) and President of the Women's National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter
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In my long experience in book publishing, I have found Vesela’s skill, knowledge, and thoroughness second to none.
— Byron Belitsos, Publisher of Shift Books and Origin Press
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