Located in Marin County, California, Wordsworth offers the combined talents of two media and publishing professionals, Barbara Swift Brauer and Laurence Brauer. Since 1984, our writing, editing, and desktop publishing services have served the needs of clients around the corner and around the world.

Barbara Swift Brauer, MA, began a career in Bay Area publishing in 1975, working with authors, agents, and publishers in a wide range of genres. Herself a poet, her extensive experience as a writer, collaborator, and developmental editor has given her a unique insight into the inner workings of the creative process. Her award-winning poetry has been published nationally.

In 2007, Barbara initiated her "Get It Written!" workshops and consultation services to aid writers and professionals in completion of their long-term writing projects. Since then, she has added additional workshops, including creative writing and critique classes.

Laurence Brauer specializes in computer-based prepress production. He has typeset and/or designed books, newsletters, and other publications for small publishers, self publishers, and nonprofits for over 20 years. Previously, he worked in San Francisco Bay Area radio as a disc jockey and producer. Along with his prepress production work, he was a freelance print journalist/critic with hundreds of essays, reviews, and features published in national and Bay Area publications including Rolling Stone, Billboard, Crawdaddy!, Request, FI, BAM, and the Pacific Sun. He is the author of A Summer in the High Sierra.