**The following links provide a cross-section of my freelance work and my volunteer projects:** **Books copy edited or proofread ** _The Wealth Money Can’t Buy_, by Robin Sharma (HarperCollins Publishers) _Bitcoin Widow: Love, Betrayal and the Missing Millions_, by Jennifer Robertson with Stephen Kimber (HarperCollins Publishers) _The World’s Wildest Cons: Incredible True Tales of Hustles, Frauds and Swindles_, by Duncan McKenzie (HarperCollins Publishers) _Obaawingaashing Gichi-Aabijitaawinan | Pauingassi Collection_, by Maureen Matthews, and Elaine and Joshua Owen (Manitoba Museum) _Frying Plantain_, by Zalika Reid-Benta (House of Anansi Press) _Murder in the Family: How the Search for My Mother’s Killer Led to My Father,_ by Jeff Blackstock (Penguin Random House Canada) _Wild Outside: Around the World with Survivorman_, by Les Stroud (Annick Press) _Evolution Under Pressure: How We Change Nature and How Nature Changes Us_, by Yolanda Ridge (Annick Press)/ _Unreal: Can You Tell Fact from Fake?_, by Kate Simpson (Annick Press) _Someone Is Always Watching_, by Kelly Armstrong (Tundra Books/Penguin Random House) _The Beauty of Us_, by Frazana Doctor (ECW Press) _Goodbye, Guns N’ Roses: The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America’s Most Polarizing Band_, by Art Tavana (ECW Press) _Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care_, by Moira Welsh (ECW Press) _Faded Glimpses of Time_, by Nyah Nichol (Common Deer Press) Stitching Science: Exploring Science from A–Z, by Lauren Wright Vartanian, with text by Keltie Thomas (Firefly Books) _Zeppelins: The Golden Age of Airships_, by James Trautman (Firefly Books) _Caribou: Wind Walkers of the Northern Wilderness,_ by Mark Raycroft and Pili Palm-Leis (Firefly Books) _A Taste of the Wild_, by Blanche Pownall Garrett (Formac Lorimer Books) _How Government Really Works: A Field Guide to Bureaucracies in Canada_, by Jane Allt and Angela Poirier (Formac Lorimer Books) _Downside Up,_ by Richard Scrimger (Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada) _Now You Know Canada: 150 Years of Fascinating Facts,_ by Doug Lennox (Dundurn Press) _The Nordic Guide to Living 10 Years Longer,_ by Bertil Marklund, MD (Greystone Books) _Reflections of Havergal: 1994 to 2019_, by Jean Sheppard (Havergal College ebook) _Let’s Grow Girl!_, by Shari Owen Brown (Page Two Books) _Dance of the Banished_ _,_ by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Pajama Press) _Bad Pirate,_ by Kari-Lynn Winters (Pajama Press) _The Edgy Veg: 138 Carnivore-Approved Recipes,_ by Candice Hutchings (Robert Rose Inc.) _The Chile Pepper Bible,_ by Judith Finlayson (Robert Rose Inc.) _Saving for Schoo_ l, by Gail Vaz-Oxlade (HarperCollins _Canada_) _Dirty Science: 25 Experiments with Soil_ , by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone (Scholastic)__ Pretty Tricky: The Sneaky Ways Plants Survive, __by Etta Kaner (Owlkids Books)__ Poppy& Sam and the Mole Mystery__, by Cathon (Owlkids Books) _Dear Street_, by Lindsay Zier-Vogel (Kids Can Press) Beatrice and Barb, by Kate Jenks Landry (Kids Can Press)__ Operation Cupcake: How Simple Machines Work, __by Bambi Edlund (Kids Can Press) _Life on the Beaver River _and _Dojo in the Woods _(self-published middle-grade fiction), by Paul Yanuziello __The Naked Truth,__ by Lisa Brandt (self-published ebook) _Finding Your Stars_, by Carolyn Morris (self-published picture book) **Book reviews ** _Canadian Children’s Book News_(a publication of The Canadian Children’s Book Centre)_:Wildlife Crossing: Giving Animals the Right-of-Way; Queen Jean Is in Trouble Again; Pride & Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism; Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science Is Making Us Super; No Horses in the House! The Audacious Life of Artist Rosa Bonheur; Babble! And How Punctuation Saved It; Dear Peter, Dear Ulla_; _Little Moar and the Moon_; _Unstoppable: Women with Disabilities_ ; _AAAlligator!_; _Terry Fox and Me_; _Teaching Mrs. Muddle_; _Why Are You So Quiet?_; _The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story_; _My Story Starts Here: Voices of Young Offenders_; _The Girl Who Rode a Shark & Other Stories of Daring Women_; _Qaqavii_; _Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic_; _Killer Style_; _Running Through Sprinklers_; _Missing Mike_; _The Heart’s Song_; _Munro vs. the Coyote_; _#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women_ _CM: Canadian Review of Materials_ :_As Glenn as Can Be_; _Another book about bears_; _We Dream Medicine Dreams_; _What the Kite Saw_; _I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams_; _The Secret Fawn_; _Outside Art_ _Quill & Quire_: _Kasey & Ivy_; _Finding Hope_; _Blank_; _On the Edge_ ; _The Big Apple Effect_; _Hustle_; A Taste of Heaven _;_Live to Tell; _Whatever_ **Copy editing, proofreading, fact-checking**** **PwC Management Services LP:_2025 Canadian Sustainability Reporting Insights_ [March 2025]; How the Resilient Transformation Model (RTM) can power the shift toward digital government and beyond [February 2024]; 2024 Canadian ESG Reporting Insights [November 2023]; Canadian field workers adjust to a new world of work [March 2021]; New world. New skills: Preparing your workforce for the energy transition [summer 2020]; The evolving role of oil and gas in the energy transition[summer 2020]** **Globe Content Studio/TheGlobeandMail.com:Signs you are experiencing the winter blues, January 2024; Canadian filmmaker and environmentalist Julia Barnes, March 2021; _Vision: A Look Inside the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute_ [University Health Network], fall 2020 GreenShield Canada: _2021 Social Impact Report_ GreenShield Canada/Toronto Foundation: _Left Behind: The State of Oral Health in Toronto, 2022_** **Havergal College:_Torch,_ 2024–25; _Annual Report_, 2023–24; _Torch_, 2023–24; _Torch_, 2022–23; _Torch_, 2021–22; _Impact Report,_ 2020–21 Toronto Foundation: _Toronto’s Vital Signs Report: Roundup on Growth_ , 2024; _Toronto’s Vital Signs Report_ , 2023 Special Report; _Toronto Social Capital Study,_ 2022; _Toronto’s Vital Signs 2021 Report_; _The Toronto Fallout Report: Half a year in the life of COVID-19_ __The Globe and Mail__ :_Sunnybrook Magazine_ , winter 2021; _Sunnybrook Magazine_ , spring 2020; _Sunnybrook Magazine_ , spring 2019 McMichael Canadian Art Collection: _Annual Report_, 2021–22; _Annual Report_, 2020–21; _Annual Report_, 2019–20 Ontario Dental Association:_Your Oral_ _Health.ca,_ Fall 2019/Winter 2020 issue; Spring/Summer 2019 issue; Winter 2019 issue Ontario Dental Association: _Smile_ _Magazine,_ Spring/Summer 2024; Fall 2022/Winter 2023 Ontario Dental Association: Annual Spring Meeting 2025 _Show Guide_ (flipbook); Annual Spring Meeting 2024 _Show Guide_ (flipbook); Annual Spring Meeting 2023 _Show Guide_ (flipbook); Annual Spring Meeting 2022 _Show Guide_ **Writing, editorial consulting, copy writing (includes periodical features, articles, blogs, guides) **_Black Children’s Books and Authors_ blog: “What’s Your Story? Faith Abraham: Flying with Purpose” _Canadian Children’s_ _Book News_ : spring 2021 issue: For the Love of Animals (a profile of Nicholas Read); summer 2014 issue: With Flying Colours (a profile of Jeremy Tankard) _Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market_: 2021 edition: The Name Game: Book Titles and Their Roles; 2019 edition and 2021 edition of _Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market_: Getting an Agent 101; 2018 edition: Selling Your Book & Your Brand: Trends in Marketing and Promoting Fiction; 2017 edition: Creative Cures for Writer _**’**_ s Block; 2016 edition: The Ins and Outs of Outlines; 2015 edition: Breaking In: An Author Roundtable, Anatomy of a Successful Short Story; 2014 edition: Writing an Irresistible Query **Volunteer writing and copy editing for _BoldFace_ , the blog of Editors Toronto **Book Review: “Dictionary of Fine Distinctions” by Eli Burnstein ChatGPT and the Role of Editors** **Editor for Life: Jennifer D. Foster, Freelance Editor, Writer, and Mentor** **Editor for Life: Mary Norris: Author, Query Proofreader for _The New Yorker_ , and Keynote Speaker at the Editors Canada Conference 2016 Q&A: Linden MacIntyre on the author/editor relationship Q&A: Mary Lawson on the author/editor relationship **Volunteer writing for _The Editors’ Weekly_ , the blog of Editors Canada **The Benefits of Mentorship Like Loading...

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