Experience

Iguana Books

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor (fiction and poetry)

  • May 2018 - Present

• Editor and Book Marketing Specialist

  • May 2018 - Present

  When I'm not editing and proofreading books, I'm dreaming up highly individualized marketing plans for authors. I also coordinate social media coverage for Iguana Books and Colborne Communications, and handle some of Iguana's author-relations work.



Mighty Red Pen editorial services

• Owner

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Boutique editing services for independent authors. Specializing in poetry and fiction. Substantive editing, copy editing, proofreading, rewriting and co-writing, developmental editing, coaching. Boutique editing services for independent authors. Specializing in poetry and fiction. Substantive editing, copy editing, proofreading, rewriting and co-writing, developmental editing, coaching.



York University and self-employed (research/communications)

• Media studies researcher and lecturer

  • 2000 - Feb 2017

  After working as a reporter and arts writer for 10 years in Canada and the U.S. (including a 2 year stint as a video columnist for The Globe and Mail), I returned to school and earned an MA in Film Studies. Since then I have been balancing motherhood with slow-going work on a PhD in Social and Political Thought (with a focus on women's film and TV adaptations of Canadian fiction by women). I have published eight refereed journal articles and book chapters, taught courses in media, film and cultural studies at York University and the University of Toronto, and have held a variety of contract positions in research and communications.



Tetra Tech Industries

• Technical Editor (contractor)

  • May 2012 - May 2014

  This job involved working independently and with a senior editor at TetraTech to edit mining prospectuses, environmental impact statements and other regulatory filings for startups in the Canadian mining industry. Skills included a blend of substantive editing, copy editing and line editing, and learning about the Canadian mining industry. The job ended when the person who hired me voluntarily left TetraTech and his replacement brought in new staff. This job involved working independently and with a senior editor at TetraTech to edit mining prospectuses, environmental impact statements and other regulatory filings for startups in the Canadian mining industry. Skills included a blend of substantive editing, copy editing and line editing, and learning about the Canadian mining industry. The job ended when the person who hired me voluntarily left TetraTech and his replacement brought in new staff.



Ryerson University School of Radio & Television

• Researcher & Assistant to Prof. Marusya Bociurkiw

  • May 2010 - Jan 2011