Overview
I am a highly attentive substantive, stylistic and copy editor; proofreader; and communications professional with more than 20 years of editorial experience. Also a poet, fiction author and book reviewer, my work has been widely published in magazines, anthologies and chapbooks.
· Author, Crazy / Mad forthcoming poetry book (Gordon Hill Press, spring 2024).
· Contributing editor, Arc Poetry Magazine, June 2014-present.
· Author, Lost Enough: A collection of short stories (Morning Rain Publishing, 2017).
· Co-editor, Motherhood in Precarious Times (Demeter Press, forthcoming spring 2018, Toronto).
· Interim Arts Editor, This Magazine, September/October 2019 issue.
· Chair, Romance Jury, 2020, 2021 and 2023 Bi Book Awards; Jurist, Romance Jury, 2019 and 2022 Bi Book Awards, Bi Writers Association.
· Treasurer and fundraising lead, Arc Poetry Magazine, September 2013-June 2014; and member, Board of Directors and Editorial Board, Arc Poetry Magazine, November 2012-June 2014.
· Freelance professional editor and writer since 2000, for the private, public, non-profit and arts sectors.
· Literary clients have included Elaina Martin (Dyke, Dyke II, memoirs); EK Wicher (The Leda, The Blackwater Sailing Club, novels); Amanda Earl (early draft of Beast Body Epic, poetry) Clare Latremouille (The Desmond Road Book of the Dead, novel); Stephen Brockwell (early draft of Fruitfly Geographic, poetry) James K. Moran (Town & Train, horror novel); and forthcoming fiction from Paddy Scott, Hasan Namir and others.
· Voting member, Editors’ Association of Canada, 2011-present.
· Full member, League of Canadian Poets, 2015-present.
· Member, The Writers’ Union of Canada, 2017-present.
· Host, Editors’ Association of Canada Editing Fiction seminar, Ottawa, May 2013
I hold a BA in anthropology, with a minor in professional writing, from the University of Victoria, and speak and read French and Dutch.
Services
Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Finalist, 2015 Alberta Magazine Awards.
- Top Five Editors in Ottawa, 2023
Work experience
Self-employed
• Providing writing, editing, proofreading, project management and communications strategy advice for the private, public, not-for-profit and arts sectors.
• Specialties include comprehensive editorial oversight, developmental and stylistic editing, plain-language editing, and development of clear, concise, engaging, reader-friendly prose.
• Publications include books, stories, poems, brochures, reports, articles, website content and advertising material, magazines, profiles, administrative documents, newsletters, features, reviews, signage, essays and social media content.
• Clients include numerous authors and poets as listed above, as well as This Magazine, The Writers’ Union of Canada, Erskine Studios, CCUNESCO, the Public Service Labour Relations Board, Industry Canada, the Canadian International Development Agency, Volunteer Canada, Carleton University, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Technology Partnerships Canada, non-linear creations, Borden Ladner Gervais, Capital Xtra and many more.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Editing and writing promotional, administrative, marketing, instruction, research news and a wide range of other content, and providing French-to-English comparative revision.
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