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Publication Contract

Bill Wodhams has signed a contract with ECW Press, Toronto, for the publication of his crime novel, Thirty Feet Under. Service: Substantive editing, query letter review, publisher referral. September 2024

Publication Contract

David Lebrun has signed a contract with Tortoise Books, Chicago, for the publication of his memoir, Delirium Vitae. Service: Substantive editing. June 2024

 Award Finalist

Congratulations to Bill Wodhams, whose novel Thirty Feet Under, has been shortlisted for the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Best Unpublished Crime Novel Award. Services: Story coaching, substantive editing, copy editing. May 2024

Glowing Reviews

Craig Shreve’s The African Samurai received a glowing review from Miramichi Reader: “Shreve is a writer of enormous talent and with his latest novel, The African Samurai, he is making his mark on the literary world.” Service: Substantive editing. October 2023

Congratulations on Publication

Congratulations to Craig Shreve whose novel The African Samurai was just published by Simon & Schuster Canada. Service: Substantive editing. August 2023

Publication Contract

Bill Wodhams has signed a contract with AOS Publishing, Montreal, for the publication of his novel Declan Tuttle’s Grand Debut. Services: Substantive editing, copy editing. May 2023

Award Finalist

Congratulations to Michael Urlocker and Zack Urlocker whose novel, The Man from Mittelwerk, was shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada’s Best First Crime Novel Award. Services: Substantive editing, line editing. May 2023

Glowing Reviews

Michelle Tocher’s Novel Outside the Big Oak Doors received a glowing review from IndieReader: “Funny and heartfelt, Michelle Tocher’s Outside the Big Oak Doors may be short, but this rich, warm, and deeply humane novel will linger in readers’ minds long after they finish it.” Kirkus said: “A slim but fulfilling novel in stories about the madness of families.” Michelle’s novel is available on Amazon. Services: Evaluation, copy editing. October 2022

Congratulations on Publication

Congratulations to Michael and Zack Urlocker whose crime novel The Man from Mittelwerk was just published by Inkshares. Services: Substantive editing, line editing. September 2022

Publication Contract

Craig Shreve has just signed a contract with Simon & Schuster Canada for his novel The African Samurai. Service: Substantive editing. September 2021

Award Winner

Congratulations to Ray Bazowski who won the Unhanged Arthur for his noir, The Future, in the 2021 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence competition. Service: Evaluation. May 2021

Agency Contract

Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists has offered to represent Craig Shreve as his agent. Service: Introduction. May 2021

Reader for CANSCAIP’s Writing for Children Competition

I am proud to have been invited to evaluate manuscripts for CANSCAIP’s Writing for Children Competition, sponsored by CANSCAIP and The Writer’s Union of Canada. Service: Reading and evaluating. July 2019

Award Winner

Congratulations to Elle Wild, winner of the 2017 Arthur Ellis Best First Crime Novel. Services: Manuscript acquisition, story coaching, substantive editing. May 2017

Award Finalist

Congratulations to Pam Modecai, whose novel Red Jacket, was a finalist for the 2015 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Services: Manuscript acquisition, story coaching, substantive editing. October 2015