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Training and experience.

The short story is that I turned to editing in 2004.  I started with a copy-editing course, and gradually completed the Certificate in Publishing from Metropolitan Toronto University.  

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I've edited about 25 titles for indie authors (developmental and line editing) and copy edited about 50 books for university presses.

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These authors have published with trade publishers like HarperCollins and Jessica Kingsley,  small presses like Woodpecker Lane, self-publishing companies like Friesen, and companies launched by the writers themselves.

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Degrees and certificates.

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  • Certificate in Publishing, Metropolitan Toronto University. Courses completed: trade publishing; educational publishing; grammar; copy editing for books, journals, and reports; substantive and stylistic editing; production; scholarly publishing     

  • Developmental Editing: Book-Length Fiction and Creative Nonfiction. With Barbara Sjoholm, Author-Editor Clinic, Seattle

  • MA, English, Queen’s University

  • Bachelor of Education, Queen’s University

  • BA, English and History, Trinity College, University of Toronto

Sampler of recent training (since 2019)

  • Memoir Bootcamp. Three-week intensive with Allison K Williams, hosted by Jane Friedman

  • Research Agents and Publishers Like a Pro. Webinar with Jane Friedman

  • What’s Wrong with History and Biography? Webinar with Charlotte Gray, Ken Whyte (publisher, Sutherland House), and Dan Wells (publisher, Biblioasis). Hosted by the Creative Nonfiction Collective

  • Land a Book Deal with a Better Table of Contents. Webinar with Jennie Nash

  • Preparing to Publish: Making the Right Choice. Webinar, Writers’ Union of Canada

  • Editing Memoir. Webinar, Editorial Freelancers Association

  • Line Editing: Fiction and Creative Nonfiction. Two 4-week courses, with Christina Frey, Editorial Freelancers Association

  • Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference, Portland, Oregon

  • The Art of Feedback. Webinar with Christina Frey, Editorial Freelancers Association

  • Sentences with Style. Webinar with Frances Peck, Editors Canada

Courses I teach

I'm an instructor for the online Editing Certificate Program at Simon Fraser University.  I teach

EDIT330:  Structural Editing

EDIT320:  Stylistic Editing

EDIT 110:  Introduction to Editing

I revised the structural editing course in 2021, and in the process I immersed myself in readings and videos about developmental editing.

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From 2014 to 2020 I taught WRIT 265: Editing in Academic and Professional Contexts, at Queen’s University. I developed this 12-week course with Maureen Garvie.

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