Affordable Spaces for Connecting with Writers

The Classifieds—

Affordable spaces for connecting with writers

For rates & measures: wordworks@bcwriters.com 15% discount for FBCW members

This page accepts ads for anything of interest to writers, including:

retreat space for rent writing books for sale editing, design, proofreading beta reading workshops presenters technical help collaborations

EDITING AND PROOFREADING

Clare Appezzato is a Master’s graduate of English Literature, who is currently accepting freelance editing and proofreading jobs. Clare has a large background in editing, having worked in academic and mainstream publishing houses. Please email her at clarea1997@hotmail.com with any questions and for more details.

FULL SERVICE FOR FREELANCE PUBISHERS

I shepherd your book from concept to print. I’m an experienced and versatile freelance editor who has also worked in publishing houses. Contact me for an evaluation, substantive work, copy editing, production assistance. Or a portrait, of pet or person! Lenore Hietkamp, https://heatherfieldediting.com, https://portraitsbylenore.ca

BETA READER

When working as a beta reader I don’t look for technical errors; I’m totally concerned with how your storytelling holds me in its spell and where it lets me go. I curl up with your manuscript and let the magic take me away. $4.00 per thousand words. ursulavaira.ca.

NEW PODCAST

New #PODCAST: SOME KINDA WOMAN, Stories of Us. A variety of characters at pivotal moments in their lives. One moment at a time. The grief of life, the laughter, mystery and history. A theatrical podcast based on fivestar international touring shows. www.caitlinhicks.com/ wordpress/podcast

ONLINE PRESENTATIONS BY LYN HANCOCK

Online presentations via Zoom available for youth, school and civic groups by best-selling author of Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon, There’s a Seal in My Sleeping Bag, There’s a Raccoon in My Parka and other wildlife classics. Contact Lyn Hancock at lynhancock@shaw.ca

POETRY EDITOR

Adelia MacWilliam: MFA, University of Victoria (Writing) 2018, teaching assistant first, second and third-year undergrad classes, poetry editor for a self-publishing firm, poems in three anthologies, most recently Sweet Water: Poems for the Watershed. Caitlin Press, 2020. $30 an hour Full manuscripts negotiable. adelia.macwilliam@gmail.com

REMOTE TECHNICAL TROUBLESHOOTING

Computer/internet /uploading/printer/phone issues? Remote technical troubleshooting consultation for writers and editors, via Zoom or phone, remote access. Excellent references available. $20 per half-hour. Text Brad Larson at 250-266-0567, or email bklwork@gmail.com.

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