Joe Kraynak

Testimonials

If you have worked with me, please feel free to post something about the wonderful experience you had or how much trouble I was. This will give me some valuable insight on how others see me along with letting future collaborators know what they’re getting into before they decide to work with me. Of course, I reserve the right to pull any comments that I feel are too nasty or unfair, but I promise I won’t censor you too harshly.

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1. My name is Bob Wood and I co-authored Food Allergies for Dummies with Joe. I have written a few other books as well as hundreds of scientific articles and in doing so, have worked with upwards of one thousand co-authors. I can say with complete confidence that none come close to Joe.

   Joe has the remarkable ability to synthesize data and present it with absolute clarity, along with appropriate doses of cynicism and humor. Our book has received rave reviews and while I can take most of the credit for the content, it is Joe’s presentation that made it special.

   Along with his technical skills, Joe possesses a unique combination of efficiency, integrity, and kindness. It was a sincere pleasure to work with him. We worked as a team from the start and our collaboration was entirely smooth from start to finish. We have still never met face to face but through our thousands of emails I have come to know him well and will value him as a trusted friend and colleague for life.

   Comment by Robert Wood — April 2, 2008 #

2. My name is Candida Fink and I co-authored Bipolar Disorder For Dummies with Joe Kraynak. The experience was smooth and comfortable from start to finish. Joe expresses the most complex and challenging material with clarity and accuracy. His sense of humor infuses the work with energy and color that draw people in. Readers have often commented on the accessibility and on-target quality of the writing and these have been critical to the book’s appeal and success.
   As a colleague and co-writer Joe cannot be beat! He pushed himself and me to bring our best stuff and then take it one step further. He gets things done - he is on time and on point at every turn. And he made me laugh a lot - especially during some of the stressful times when there was a lot to be done in a short time. His humor is positive and human - even with difficult and dark themes. He is a true collaborator - keeping us on track but always working together and in sync.
   I look forward to meeting Joe in person sometime - this is a funny way to work so closely together. But I would do it again in a heartbeat!

   Comment by Candida Fink — June 9, 2008 #

3. I’ve been writing, performing, and collaborating with artists and writers for over 25 years. Without reservation my experience co-authoring The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry with Joe Kraynak was one of, if not the best. Now we are about to embark on another journey together, and I can’t wait.

   For collaborations to work, each side of the partnership has to keep critique and flexiblity in balance. Tell it like it is when something doesn’t seem to be in sync but be willing let go when your darlings prove to be demons. Joe kept that balance with me, and I hope I did the same for him.

   He’s a pro and he can be hilarious to work with, which for me is important. If I’m going to be tramping in the trenches with somebody for many months to churn out twenty some chapters start to finish, it had better make professional sense how the process is organized and executed and it had better be fun; and it was.

   Comment by Marc Smith — June 10, 2008 #

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