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About Me

FINISHING TOUCHES: A Professional Editing, Translating, and Art Services Organization, offers online editing, translating and artwork for numerous text-types from varied disciplines. Mary Bukhari, owner of Finishing Touches, is not only a professional editor and artist, but has published numerous articles, short stories, poems, and Op-Ed articles over the years. She is currently working on a satirical novel, whose main characters are an Elizabethan Ghost and contemporary writer. The story is power-packed with an ancient mystery, devious characters, a primordial to modern-day conspiracy, archeological proof, and politics, so she is well aware of the numerous problems an author can encounter when approaching agents and publishing houses.

My Interests

A highly motivated writer, editor, translator, and artist from varied disciplines: Fashion, Science, Economics, Humanities, Law, Business, Politics, Religion and Mythology, Philosophy, etc., working on several different planes; from editing to composing and writing, to foreign translation (French and Italian), and original artwork, she is able to give your thoughts finesse and shape.

I'd like to meet:

Publishers, Literary Agents, Academics, Intellectuals, Fellow writers, editors, translators and artists, and people from all walks of life in both the national and international arena. The videos here are some of the wonderful people I've befriended at MySpace:.. Listen to Bob Marley songs at dizzler.comHere are some of the places where my friends are from:

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Music:

Mary has a degree in Communications from Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and studied Finance, Real Estate, Art History, etc. at New York University. She gained a substantial amount of professional experience over her varied career, which encompassed: Public Relations and Advertising, Investment Banking, Corporate Real Estate, and non-profit work (UNICEF, a/k/a United Nations Children’s Fund and World Health Organization). Mary’s academic and business background, combined with her voracious appetite for extensive research on a plethora of different subjects, enables her to edit a wide scope of topics with proficiency. She also brings to the table her significant management skills, and an extensive network of national and international people from a diverse milieus.

Movies:

Her clients include a vast community of researchers, academics, institutions, businesses, as well as novelists and poets.

Books:

Author, Richard Kennedy: Love And Similar States of Insanity, Simon, Harley Nesbit, The Trip, House of December, The Encuentro, Sammson (click below to order Richard Kennedy's books);
Author, Darryl Markowitz: Call of the Tree; Author, Kay Hooper: ALL of her books; Author, Barry Eisler: All of his books Author, Richard Doetsch: The Thieves of Faith, The Thieves of Heaven; Author/Reviewer, Geri Ahearn: Poetry; Author, Kiernan Kelly: Seti's Heart; All authors listed on my site

Heroes:

My mother, my best friends, Victoria and Marjorie, all who promote human rights,and the many wonderful people at UNICEF.

Add Beat Breast Cancer!
It's for a good cause.

http://www.myspace.com/breast_cancer_braclets

My Blog

HOW DO YOU WRITE A STORY, A NOVEL, OR ANYTHING ELSE

HOW DO YOU WRITE A STORY, A NOVEL, OR ANYTHING ELSE By Mary Bukhari, 17 June 2008 As we are all individuals and find different things that inspire us, I find that we, as writers, use different method...
Posted by Mary on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:26:00 PST

Why do you need a Professional Editor?

Why do you need a Professional Editor? Provided you have sufficient training and talent, and the strength of your writing shines-through minor content and style problems, traditional publishers have p...
Posted by Mary on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:51:00 PST

Locating the RIGHT Professional Editor

Locating the RIGHT Professional Editor Locating the right professional editor to meet your communication aspirations, whether you need help refining your book, poem, paper, or anything in-between, can...
Posted by Mary on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:49:00 PST

What Professional Editors DO and DO NOT DO

What Professional Editors DO and DO NOT DO Many writers think a professional editor will give their manuscript a supernatural transformation, when in fact there are many things an editor cannot do for...
Posted by Mary on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:46:00 PST

MYANMAR: DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE-A PERSONAL PLEA

MYANMAR: A TOTAL DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE (A PERSONAL PLEA  MY HERO, BEST FRIENDS/SISTER, MARJORIE, HAS HER MOTHER AND UNCLE THERE) A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MYANMAR: For those of you who do not know ...
Posted by Mary on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:30:00 PST

FINDING AN AGENT: REPOST OF BLOG BY AUTHOR, D.H. Dublin, a/k/a Jon McGoran, with his permission

BLOG BY AUTHOR, D.H. Dublin, a/k/a Jon McGoran, with his permission     We all know that in order to get published these days, agents are pretty necessary. Occasionally, you hear of people...
Posted by Mary on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:23:00 PST

Custom Artwork

If you're looking for custom artwork, you've come to the right place.  Finishing Touches now offers custom artwork to suit your every need.  Please check out the PICS section for some sample...
Posted by Mary on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:06:00 PST

PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION SERVICES

Whether you want to 'spice up' your manuscript with foreign phrases and words, or translate your entire manuscript for publication to the Francophone countries, Finishing Touches offers translation se...
Posted by Mary on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:04:00 PST