A Little Bit About Me
Meet Charles Jacobs, the founder of Wise Writer.
Author, editor, instructor Charles Jacobs called upon his uniquely diversified background to write and publish "The Writer Within You", his most recent print book. It is a comprehensive overview that guides the reader through every facet of the writer’s life. The buzz that was created when it was released culminated in seven Best Book of the Year honors and both gold and bronze medals.
In Charles’ most recent release BUZZ your book, BRAND yourself, BUILD your sales the reader is led through ten highly effective promotions. The best news of all is that all but one are totally cost-free. This e-book has already been recognized as an invaluable guide to promoting your book successfully without being forced to spend a great deal of money, something most writers have pleaded for.
Charles has long been recognized for his dedication to the industry and his ability to share that enthusiasm through the help and advice he freely gives to less experienced writers. Now he has turned his talents to creating this WISE WRITER website and its library of articles and essays that can serve as a free “textbook” for aspiring authors.
With his writing, his teaching, his blog, his published articles, his frequent speeches and his coaching, Charles has always been a recognized source of learning and inspiration to authors of all levels.
Charles understands what writers need to realize their potential because he’s been there himself. Rising from a cub reporter in New York City to the post of Publisher of California’s leading newspaper chain, he has also served as Editor of a leading lifestyle magazine, book author, book coach, writing instructor and freelancer with 750 published articles to his credit. He is a published ghost writer. His first attempt at a novel is titled “Blood Bond.” It is the story of two sons of an immigrant Italian family and the way in which the changing northeastern urban scene impacted each.
More than 50 years ago, Charles helped put himself through Columbia College and earn a Masters Degree from Columbia’s famed Pulitzer Graduate School of Journalism while working as a reporter for the New York Journal American. Over the years, he rose to become Publisher/President of the Alameda Newspaper Group in the San Francisco Bay area and later served as Editor-in-Chief of Focus, a million circulation lifestyle magazine. He has consulted for a variety of magazines and newspapers.
Charles' writing has been honored with numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Working Press Association, Garden State Journalists Association, Florida Publishers Association and the North American Travel Writers Association.
He has taught writing and publishing at several venues, most recently at the University of South Florida. He has served as a speaker at the annual writers conferences of the National Writers Association and the Florida Writers Association. His editorial company, Caros Books, is based in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
