Portfolio

Smart-Bear Adventures

Product: Baby Smart-Bear Adventures - Jeannie Whistler
see also: Telefilm website
Client: Leboe & Grice
Project: Using technical data, wrote narrative script for interactive educational CD.
Target Market: Children learning to read, their parents, and their educators.
Awards: Dr. Toy "Best Vacation Children's Products" Award , 2005

Helen's Surprise

Product: Helen's Surprise
Client: Parks Canada - Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada
Project: Wrote and illustrated a children's book based on the life of a fur trade family in Fort Langley in the 1850s.
Target Market: Kindergarten to Grade 3 students participating in the "Communities in the Fur Trade" educational program.

Professional Writing Experience

Parks Canada - Write, edit, and design ads, brochures, web content, newsletters, promotional copy, training manuals, and educational materials. (2000-present)

Freedigs Publishing - Ghostwrote a 117-page manual called Housesitting: An Insider's Guide to Rent-free Living. (2000)

Various Clients - Edited brochures, cover letters, resumes, and articles. (1996-present)

Freelance Writing

As a natural wordsmith and professionally-trained writer, I will transform your raw content into organized, creative, and polished copy. My experience ranges from writing and editing marketing copy, web content, and corporate documents for the federal government to developing creative edcuational children's products. If you'd like to discuss your next project with me, contact me by e-mail.

Key Services

Web content writing & editing
Brochure, advertisement and newsletter copy
Educational material - heritage and nature themes
Intermediate French-to-English translation or editing
InDesign – brochures, ads, graphic design