A great editing service I’m pleased to add my editing services to the skillful team at Essential Edits. My services there are as a senior editor/writing coach, specializing in Canadian Literature. What is Essential Edits? The team of editors at Essential Edits came together as part of an initiative by Robert Runté, who is a former editor with Five Rivers Publishing back when the house published some 30+ writers. Robert’s vision was to establish an…
I’m very pleased to announce I’ll be a keynote speaker at the Editor’s Canada Conference May 29, at 4:00 PM. Aerin Caley, former editor with Five Rivers Publishing, interviewed me recently for the conference. That interview is below: Lorina Stephens didn’t start her career in writing and publishing. She has been a manager and bookkeeper for companies as diverse as a civil engineering firm, Faberge of Canada, and her own custom glass installation company. She…
We’re pleased to announce, after a short departure, Sara Firmani is back with Five Rivers as a copy-editor. Sara Firmani is based in Cambridge, Ontario. She holds an Honours BA in English and Music from the University of Guelph, where she currently works, and has a Masters of Library & Information Sciences from the University of Western Ontario. She has also studied copy, stylistic, and substantive editing through The Chang School of Continuing Education at…