When not editing, I work for one of Canada’s largest insurance companies, editing policies and handling many other administrative tasks.
Writing and editing became my trademark when I was very small. I was always scribbling down something or other, and agonizing anytime I read something that wasn’t quite right. It’s become my goal in life to build a career out of what I love: creativity and the unique expression of ideas.
One of the most important things I believe about the editor-author relationship is that, no matter how many parties are involved, everybody should work together as a team. It’s not enough for any editor to simply sweep through someone’s manuscript, unload a heap of notes and corrections on an author, and leave him or her to it. After all, anyone can be a writer, but if all writers were able to bring the same fresh perspective and ability to isolate areas of improvement to their own work that editors can, people like me would be out of a job. But editors need authors just as much: the author is the best and most informed resource about the story that the editor can hope to draw upon. Somewhere between author pride and editor scrutiny is the publishable book.
