Overview
For 21 years I've been helping people do exactly that. I've made clients' work shine for fiction publishers like Harlequin, ChiZine, and Ravenstone. I've done it through TTRPG and board game publishers like Green Ronin, R. Talsorian, and Lynnvander. And I've helped a whole host of indie authors get their work gleaming.
As a published writer in my own right, I understand the need to find the perfect home for our work and to have a good experience getting there. Whether we go through traditional or self-publishing, we want our stories to be treated well at all levels of production. And that starts with good editing.
I primarily offer developmental/substantive, copy, and line editing services, and can offer proofreading and editorial assessments as needed. All at reasonable rates, because we're all just trying to get our work out the door without breaking the bank.
Whatever your next step is, I'm here to help you reach it.
Services
Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Grant (2020)
- Toronto Arts Council Grants to Writers: Level One (2015)
- Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve Grant (2015)
- Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve Grant (2014)
- Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve Grant (2013)
- Ontario Arts Council Writers' Works in Progress Grant (2013)
Certifications
- Clarion West Writers Workshop
Work experience
Harlequin Enterprises
- Proofread nearly a hundred titles from multiple imprints
- Sensitivity reading of titles from multiple imprints
ChiZine Publications
Managing Editor, CZP eBooks (2014-2015), Marketing/Editorial Assistant (2013-2014)
- Managed publisher and title metadata for Harper Collins Canada, Raincoast, Diamond, Trajectory, and other distributors
- Liaised with authors in relation to their eBook titles
- Developed and cultivated titles for the CZP eBook imprint
- Developmental, line, and copy-edited titles across multiple imprints
- Created content for website, promotional materials, and jacket copy
- Developed marketing initiatives across multiple social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, and direct mailing campaigns
- Designed newsletter graphics and formatting, and wrote content
Zombie Orpheus Entertainment
- Edited Ultimate Dungeon Showdown card game content
Seven Seas Entertainment LLC
- Script rewriting and editing of Japanese manga in translation
Lynnvander Studios Inc.
- Wrote fiction and general content for multiple Divinity Original Sin board game storybooks
R. Talsorian Games
- Edited tabletop roleplaying game sourcebooks
- Sensitivity reading for multiple intellectual properties
Green Ronin Publishing
- Edited tabletop roleplaying game sourcebooks and adventures
- Sensitivity reading for multiple intellectual properties
- Wrote tie-in fiction for Nisaba Press imprint for multiple intellectual properties
Anathema: Spec from the Margins
- Assessed fiction, non-fiction, and art submissions
- Performed substantive, line, and copy edits on all acquired content
- Designed and implemented social media marketing across multiple channels, including Twitter and Facebook
- Organised and ran multiple successful online fundraising drives
- Liaised with cover artists, trade publications, independent reviewers, editors, and anthologists
- Designed and maintained website
Self-employed
Portfolio
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