Book editor and publisher: Edits manuscripts, packages books, coaches writers, commissions cover designers, secures rights and documentation, and brings ideas to bound book status. Books produced include memoirs, craft guides, anthologies, novels, poetry and histories. Produces writer’s clinics and book festivals, organizes writing groups and book clubs..

Oct. 2002 to Nov. 2004
Editorial writer and senior writer: The Charlotte Sun. Sarasota County editorial page editor, wrote and solicited commentary pieces and wrote a weekly book column

July 1999 to Oct. 2002
Editorial writer and columnist: The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Editorial page and weekly opinion column writer based in Charlotte County. Wrote weekly book column..

Nov. 1992 to July 1999
Various duties: The Tallahassee Democrat. Reporter, editor, coordinator of the paper’s intern program, editorial writer and columnist.

April 1991 to Nov. 1992
Owner: Henry House Publishing; Wrote, published and marketed a biography about Verda Welcome, a political pioneer of modern Maryland.

February 1990 to April 1991 
Assistant city editor: The Jersey Journal. Supervised a staff of four, developed a stringer network, and filled in as night city editor.

Education
Oberlin College, BA History, minor English

Books published
“My Life and Times,” by Verda F. Welcome as told to James M. Abraham, Henry House Publishing, 1991
“Come Read With Me,” by James M. Abraham, Vico Press, 2005

Community Service
Lecturer, Peace River Center for Writers; local organizer, Study Circles discussion groups on diversity, the 9/11 attacks, and civic improvement; stage hand and actor, local community theater volunteer.