Editorial Services
I work with novelists and short-story writers, traditional publishers and independent authors, think tanks and professors, and memoirists and thought leaders.
I offer beta reads, manuscript assessments, proofreads, copy-editing, line editing, developmental editing, detailed reader reports, and tailored combinations of all these services. I also help with query letters, and I offer consultations on the good and bad of the publishing industry. In addition to fiction editing, I offer academic editing and report editing, and I also work on marketing materials, from social media posts to conference programs.
I’m comfortable in Canadian, American, and British conventions, and I’m familiar with all mainstream style systems, including guidance related to references and citations.
Creative Editing
I’m an editorial advisor in Sit Write Here’s Pathway to Publication program. I’ve edited novels and short story collections for Radiant Press and Guernica Editions. I’ve proofread and copy-edited books for Inhabit Education.
I work in most genres, from literary to crime, horror to historical, sci-fi to satire, and middle grade to YA.
I’ve edited fiction that’s gone on to be signed by Invisible Publishing, Flame Tree Publishing, and Nat 1 Publishing, and I’ve worked directly for authors on materials published by Coach House Books and Rebel Satori Press.
I’ve helped dozens of self-publishing authors with novels, novellas, collections, memoirs, and thought leadership, and I’ve workshopped with newcomers to help them learn the basics of everything from grammar and formatting to storytelling and style. I also write detailed editorial letters breaking down theory and technique.
Academic Editing
I’m part of the editorial team that produces the arts journal Trigger, published annually by FOMU, a photography museum in Antwerp, Belgium, and I copy-edit and proofread membership surveys and reports for the US-China Business Council.
I’ve worked on deep-dive projects for the Institute for Research on Public Policy, offering a range of copy-editing, proofreading, and substantive feedback. I’ve edited dozens of successful research proposals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for the American Institutes for Research. I’ve also edited citation-heavy case studies and teaching notes for Ivey Business School.
I’ve worked with the Canadian Centre for Christian Charities on guidebooks focused on the complexities of Canada’s Income Tax Act, and I’ve helped professors and assistant professors get published in academic journals.
I’m a member of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association. Below, you’ll find links to my directory listings in both organizations, and you can visit my LinkedIn page to view client endorsements and recommendations. You can also cycle through the testimonials at the bottom of this page. If you want an idea of how I think about grammar and storytelling, you can read the free writing resources on my blog.
I stay active in my communities. I’ve been a peer juror for the Ottawa Book Awards and the Ontario Arts Council, and I’ve judged for several Writing Battle contests. I volunteered on the jury of the Editors Canada Claudette Upton Scholarship. I also delivered talks on writing safe freelance contracts for the Editorial Freelancers Association, and I contributed to one of the organization’s efforts to orient clients in how to assess freelancers and what to expect from freelance business practices.
If you’d like to discuss an editorial project or get a quote, you can contact me here. Please include a project description, the word count, the deadline, and your budget. I base my prices on the rate chart published by the Editorial Freelancers Association, which you can view here. Please be sure to have a quick look before sending a query.
