Past Projects

Check out a selection of my recent editing projects:

Dark Flashes: A Collection of Dark and Twisted Short Fiction (2024) by Corinne Lewandowski. The title says it all! A collection of eerie and imaginative stories by east coast author Corinne Lewandowski.
Copy edits.

Oak Island’s First Visitors: Irish Monks, Vikings and Templars (2024, Formac Publishing) by Doug Symons. This illustrated book draws on newly discovered artifacts found on Oak Island that prove a European presence on Oak Island hundreds of years earlier than previously thought.
Copy edits.

Edible East Coast Mushrooms: A Guide to Atlantic Canada’s Common Edible Mushrooms (2024, Formac Publishing) by Jeffrey C. Domm and Ben Kendrick. A guide from best-selling illustrator Jeffrey Domm and writer Ben Kendrick to help readers identify 30 edible mushrooms found on Canada’s East Coast.
Proofreading.

Healthy Populations Journal (2021–Present, Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University). A multi-faculty, student led, open access, peer-reviewed journal with a mission to identify and disseminate research to improve population health and health equity globally.
Copy edits.

The World Across the Street: A Field Guide for Cultural Differences (2021) by Daniel Rolfe. A guide to understanding and navigating cultural differences, exploring topics such as worldviews, communication styles, perceptions of time, social standards, spirituality, authority and more. Author Dan Rolfe is a world traveller and retired teacher.
Copy edits.

Alice and Antius (2021, Penrose Press) by Kit Ingram and Brianna Tosswill.
A narrative poem following the lives of two lovers – a scientist and a poet – through a climate apocalypse. Survivors of a lost time, they enter a labyrinth filled with the haze of nostalgia, loss, meaning and hope. Named an editor’s pick in Publishers Weekly.
Substantive edits and copy edits.

Ocean’s Lure (2021, Somewhat Grumpy Press) by Tim Covell.
A contemporary romance novel set on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Marianna Berksen’s campground is struggling to survive, and the end-of-season arrival of any customer is welcome. When an attractive businessman shows up for a few days of rest and relaxation, Marianna appreciates the distraction… but secrets old and new soon have them fighting their growing attraction.
Copy edits.

Conversations with the Ocean (2020, Penrose Press) by Evelyn Elgie and Brianna Tosswill. A narrative poem by emerging west-coast Canadian writer Evelyn Elgie, carefully illustrated by Brianna Tosswill.
Substantive edits and copy edits.

Open Heart Forgery 10th Anniversary Anthology (2020).
A collection of works by 93 poets from the Nova Scotian poetry journal Open Heart Forgery, featuring a special foreword from former Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke.
Managing editor, copy edits and proofreading.