As an editor, I aim to make the author’s voice as clear and powerful as possible. As an author, I write poetry, articles, short stories, and songs.
Besides Copywriting, I’ve worked as an editor and have published personal work.
Out of the Many One: A Book on Diversity and Unity
I acted as the acquisition editor of the anthology of Out of the Many One (OM1). In this my roles included: instigating OM1 in February 2017, coordinating 40+ authors and artists who have presented their work in book format, successfully editing each text and reviewed edits with authors to elevate each text to its greatest potential, and engaging with and secured a publisher for the book. I also sourced all references in proper APA format.
Letters from Tony: Reasons for Hope
I edited the entire manuscript and worked with the author to create clear essays free of grammatical mistakes, consistent tone and voice throughout book, formatting changes, and proper referencing of sources in APA format.
Statue of Aristotle at Oxford Museum
My sonnet was published in the 2017 edition of the Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle (page 24). Here is the poem in its entirety:
An opulent forehead, wrinkles chiseled in stone.
The Greek’s grey eyes veer over an etched form
of a strong nose. Below, lips bend like a bow,
pregnant with words, like clouds before a storm.
The T-Rex’s jaws spread wide in endless babble.
Silent as the desert; archeologists discovered
his hindquarters beneath oil drums and gravel.
Now his six claws hang over heads at Oxford.
Visitors brush tired hands across the carved
name of Aristotle, his sandals frozen
and cloak ruffled, but left normal, unscarred.
While disciples flock to the archaic hen,
where kids pet the Rex’s petrified talons,
hoping for one roar, one growl of ancient wisdom.
Here is a full list of the publications I have either edited or written:
Books:
- Jones, Benjamin, Clare Smitham, and Art Hooker. Out of the Many One: A Book on Diversity and Unity. Urban Loft Publishers, 2019.
- Ed., Carvalho, Tony. Letters from Tony: Reasons for Hope. Lehigh Ministries, 2019.
- Ed., Leon, Eric and Randy Short. Tribal Class Destroyer Camouflaged: 1939-1945. Open Road Integrated Media, (To be published).
- Ed., Carvalho, Tony. Beyond Sunday Morning. Lehigh Ministries, (To be published).
Articles and Magazines:
- Jones, Benjamin. “Constitution,” Sigma Tau Delta: Dallas Baptist University Branch, 2015.
- Ed., SC News, vol. 8. SouthlandsSchool Qingdao, 2017.
Creative Work:
- 3rd Place in Poetry, Dallas Baptist University DOXA Literary Festival, 2014.
- 3rd Place in Poetry, Dallas Baptist University DOXA Literary Festival, 2015.
- 1st Place in Poetry, Dallas Baptist University DOXA Literary Festival, 2016.
- (with Kaylee Treadaway) 1st Place in Non-Fiction, Dallas Baptist University DOXA Literary Festival, 2016.
- Jones, Benjamin. “Statue of Aristotle at Oxford Museum,” The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle, edited by Dan Colson, vol. 92. Emporia State University, 2017.
- (with Nathan Rowe) Neptune’s Daughter. Choral Song, 2017.
- Jones, Benjamin. “Secret Agent Herman Neutics,” This Present Former Glory: An Anthology of Honest Spiritual Literature, edited by Matthew E. Henry. A Game for Good Christians, 2020.
Journalism:
- Jones, Benjamin, et. al. “What’s in My Bag?” Redstar: The Best of Qingdao, November 2018.
- Jones, Benjamin. “Insane in the Foggy Brain.” Redstar: The Best of Qingdao, June 2019.
- – – -. “You, Me, and the City by the Sea.” Redstar: The Best of Qingdao, June 2019.
- – – -. “Light Bites at Licun Night Market.” Redstar: The Best of Qingdao, June 2019.
- – – -. “Allstars—Shining Bright in Qingdao.” Redstar: The Best of Qingdao, July 2019.
Benjamin Miller Jones 