Publishing Strategist and Author

Hi, I’m Dayna. I’m a publishing educator, strategist, designer, and author who helps people turn what they know, have learned, and care about into something useful and lasting.

As a child, I created books and imagined how ideas could take shape. I did not know what that interest would become, but it eventually led me into publishing, visual communication, education, digital media, and informatics.

My work has included professional design, web content development, corporate training, college instruction, publishing support, and business mentoring through SCORE. Those experiences taught me to look beyond the finished product and consider the message, audience, purpose, design, and possibilities surrounding it.

One question continues to appear in my work: What happens after the book?

Sometimes a book is the goal. Other times, it is the beginning of a workbook, workshop, course, speaking platform, media project, educational resource, or larger body of intellectual property.

That question is at the heart of Publishing Beyond the Book℠. I help authors and other knowledgeable people recognize what they already have, determine what it could become, and develop a practical plan for sharing, teaching, protecting, or preserving it.

I am also the author of 7 Things to Know When Self-Publishing Your Book and 120 Days: A To-Do List Guide and Planner. My work continues to explore publishing, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, lifelong learning, media, legacy, and what becomes possible when people stop treating the book as the final destination.