Award-winning copy editing, substantive, and style editing of articles, books and more: fiction and nonfiction, newspaper and magazine articles and editorials. Specialize in capturing the essence of what the writer is saying and, in collaboration with him or her, improving upon it wherever possible. Specialty is book editing: - No Smoke Without Fire: Canada Book Award winner - No Longer Lonely: A gay former priest Journeys from his secret to freedom, by Ray Buteau - Where Were You When I Was a Kid, by Len Westwood - Forgive Yourself First, by Velma Callan Harland - ABC Field Guide to Fairies, by S. Alexander-Heaton - An Irreverent Guide to Spirituality, by Jack Mansfield - Jackrabbits in the Outfield, by John Hindle - Making Contact, by John Hindle and many more.

Awards won: - Two-time winner of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors Golden Dozen Award for outstanding editorial writing - Three-time winner of the Charles Hawkins Memorial Trophy for best national editorial, Canadian Community Newspapers Association - First-place winner of the Vopni Memorial Award for best editorial, Manitoba Community Newspapers Association - Second-place winner of the CIDA Award for Excellence in feature writing on international co-operation - Media Award winner, Ontario Forest Industries Association, for excellence in news and feature writing on the forest industry - Successful independent journalist, writer and editor (Pansarina Communications Inc./Final Copy Editorial Services). more... See more text