Amy Earls
2855 SE Glenn St.
Corvallis, OR 97333
(541) 401-9002
authoramyearls@gmail.com
Summary
Author, educator, and conference director enthusiastic about managing presenters, authors, and industry professionals to foster growth in literacy. Ready to use organizational and coordination skills to support StoryCon.
Skills
Former college writing instructor, academic advisor, author of young adult fantasy, freelance thesis and dissertation editor for Oregon State University, director of Cascade Christian Writers Conferences, church leader, former college writing center coordinator.
Experience with Google Workspace, WordPress, TidyCal, KingSumo, newsletter platforms, podcast and book narration editing and production, Watermark, CanvaPro, social media, BookFunnel, StoryOrigin, Facebook Ads, KDP, Amazon Ads.
Strengths
Communication and collaboration skills: network with instructors, authors, editors, and literary agents.
Work ahead: as a conference director, complete and organize tasks far in advance; oversee around 20 staff members. As a college student, completed assignments a week before due dates; coordinated meetings, thesis writing, and tutoring work. As a writer, have three books published in the last three years; merge between writing, marketing, teaching, and networking.
Sense of humor; outgoing; love to teach and learn from other authors; organized; driven.
Experience
2023 - PRESENT
Young Adult Fantasy Fiction. Author.
● Write and self-publish novels and videos.
● Sell books at local stores, writers’ conferences, on website, and Amazon.
● Study and implement the latest marketing techniques.
2025 - PRESENT
Cascade Christian Writers. Conference Director.
● Answer emails from conference attendees, staff, and volunteers.
● Gather faculty bios, class titles, descriptions, and headshots; send to the editing and website teams.
● Plan dates, locations, and details for three annual events: one-day virtual in winter, one-day in-person in fall, three days in-person in summer.
● Check in and relay information with teams: bookstore, vendors, prayer, writing center, board, social media, ads, newsletter, volunteers.
● Invite faculty, literary agents, and editors for appointments, workshops, coaching classes, and keynotes. Inform faculty of protocols, payments, schedules, and agreements.
● Create and send out registration forms to faculty and subscribers; create discount codes.
● Relay information, schedules, and appointment bookings to attendees.
2023 - PRESENT
Linn-Benton Community College. Albany, Oregon. Academic Advisor.
● Respond to emails from students and faculty about their plans, updates in degree requirements, and alerts.
● Mentor a caseload of 130 students to discuss individualized plans and keep them on track each term. Help them declare a major out of over 90 areas of study. Ensure they’re taking the correct courses to transfer to Oregon universities.
● Attend advisor faculty meetings. Share solutions and methods for changes in systems.
● Keep detailed notes of meetings with students. Tag departments for next-step actions to assist students.
● Write up education plans with remaining credits applied to each term for academic progress appeals.
2014 - 2017; 2021 - 2023
Linn-Benton Community College. Albany, Oregon. Writing Instructor
● Planned and graded writing and various assignments with constructive feedback. ● Used Excel and educational software to keep track of grades.
● Met with students during office hours.
● Created and taught courses. Trained instructors and IAs.
Education
2006 - 2009
Linn-Benton Community College. Albany, Oregon. Associate of Arts in English; minor in writing; Office Specialist Certificate
Studied and practiced short story and poetry writing. Student Poet Laureate for one year. Hosted and promoted U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan for a reading. Tutored at the writing center. Invited as poetry reader for college inservice and Spring’s Light reading. Wrote for the student paper.
2009 - 2011
Oregon State University. Corvallis, Oregon. Bachelor in English; minor in writing; cum laude
Studied women’s fiction, short stories, and flash fiction writing. Tutored undergraduate and graduate students and worked as an assistant and writing tutor for student athletes.
2012 - 2014
Western Oregon University. Monmouth, Oregon. Master of Science in Education for Adult Learners with an emphasis in Writing. 4.00 GPA
Studied imitation grammar and memoir writing. Wrote a memoir for thesis with the committee's guidance. Tutored online writing center.