Nina Flournoy Editorial Services

Managing the Written Word

NFES Publishing

Write, Edit, Publish, Promote …

Serving as author, editor, publisher, distributor, and PR manager, NFES produces and promotes manuscripts and documents of all kinds—biographies, memoirs, histories, works of nonfiction or fiction, scripts, short stories, poetry collections, articles, annual reports—you name it. We get written material publish-ready and published. Our in-house publishing company, NFES Publishing, can publish the project, and/or work with agents to get works published by mainstream publishing houses. We shepherd written manuscripts from concept to completion, tailoring services to fit the needs of authors or clients who need help producing written projects and promoting the finished product. As the logo says, we manage the written word.

Projects written, edited, published, and promoted by NFES:

Power Lines:
My American Story

by David N. Powers

Edited by Nina P. Flournoy.

Published by NFES Publishing, August 2025

A memoir tracing the lineage and life of an American lawyer who grew up in the privileged suburbs of Washington, DC, among political insiders during the 1960s and 1970s, when radical political and social changes rocked the country and the world. His prominent family provided him with an upscale pedigree and Ivy League education, which fueled his focus on academic excellence and competitive sports, while also opening doors to positions in powerful legal firms that took him across the globe. This is his American story.

Flew Too High

by Louie Mandrapilias

A southern gay college boy sets out for New York City where a demonic Svengali lures the naïve student into the razor-wire underworld of international drug smuggling. Upon his arrival in Bombay, Louie—now rechristened Eli—detours to the mystical ashram of guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Netflix’s Wild, Wild Country ) and explores new possibilities. With a flawed moral compass, he’s trapped in purgatory: Is it too late to walk away, or is he fated to follow in the nefarious footsteps of his father, Nick the Greek? Woven throughout is a proud heritage dating back to ancient Sparta, the struggle between a pious mother and rebel father, and the battle that rages on in the soul of their only son.

The Lions Among Us: Celebrating 80 Years of The Dallas Petroleum Club

by Nina Flournoy

The history of the risk-taking oil tycoons who sparked the East Texas oil boom of the 1930s, and how they formed an oil fraternity in Dallas that helped build the city while impacting the nation and the global oil business.

“Cassie’s Comet”

by Scotty Comegys

Edited by Nina P. Flournoy.

Published in 2023 by NFES Publishing.

It’s 1979 when 22-year-old Cassie Tate, an aimless cashier at the Piggly Wiggly in East Texas, jumps at the chance to visit her Army boyfriend, stationed in Germany, only to discover his invitation is a ruse. He went AWOL, is mixed up in gun trafficking, and enticed her abroad as part of a Green Card scheme. In a darkly comedic turn, she becomes entangled in his plot to sneak a terrorist into the States. Desperate and on the run, she hatches a risky plan to get back home. With nowhere to go and a gun in her back, can she pull it off?

A Geophysicist’s Memoir: Searching for Oil on Six Continents

by Albert Hrubetz III

Memoir edited by Nina P. Flournoy and

published by NFES Publishing in 2017

Reflecting on his 63 years as a geophysicist in the global petroleum industry, Dallas oilman Al Hrubetz traces his journey from the collapse of coal to the emergence of oil as a driving force in the energy world. More than a glimpse into the work of a geophysicist, Hrubetz’s book escorts the reader into the mind of an authentic innovator who carved a unique niche in the burgeoning world of oil. More than a timeline of oil’s evolution in American history, Hrubetz’s memoir harks back to a pivotal juncture when the shift in energy changed America forever, and brings it forward, making his story keenly relevant today.

Schultz’s Ledger: Parlaying Errors into Success on the Path to the American Dream

Biography by Nina P. Flournoy,

Published by NFES Publishing in 2020

The biography of Dallas Businessman and Philanthropist Howard H. Schultz, founder and former president of Howard Schultz & Associates, International.

Originally From Shreveport: A Lite Off-the-Wall Memoir

By William A. Peavy III

Edited by Nina P. Flournoy

The book began as a collection of off-handed recollections that Peavy jotted down and tossed on the desk of Dallas author/editor Nina P. Flournoy one summer afternoon in 2017. Both natives of Shreveport, they collaborated to turn the random notes, photos, and scraps of paper into a humorous semi-memoir about Peavy’s life and times.

Magazine / Newspaper Articles/Business Reports etc.

In addition to book-length manuscripts, NFES writes, edits, and publishes articles, guides, annual reports, academic papers, and speeches, in a variety of publications—magazines, newspapers, company brochures, academic journals, newsletters, and more. To review some currently published articles, click on the “Portfolio” tab at the top.

Social Media and Blog

Content and Strategy …

NFES promotes client projects through social media and blogs.

Documentary Script

Writer and Producer …

Public Relations,

Media Relations, Publicity …

In addition to editing and publishing written projects, NFES promotes finished work by overseeing national and international distribution, creating public relations materials (press releases, press kits), setting up and managing social media sites, including blogs, organizing and managing book signings, author readings and guest appearances … a one-stop shop.