You have a story to tell.
Copyediting, substantive editing, manuscript review, and mentorship are all in my wheelhouse. I can help you with your fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, business writing and more.
It’s like this: as an emerging writer I was helped so much, and so generously, by other writers that it just feels great to help writers shape their work. Or get the apostrophes in the right places. Whatever is needed.
From time to time I host supported group writing retreats in the Nelson area, offer mini-workshops, and drop in to book clubs. Please contact me for availability, fee schedules, or to ask questions.
Scroll down to read the nice things that others have said. You can review my CV here.
I had been working on my memoir for three years and I needed fresh eyes and guidance. I was so fortunate that Anne said yes to guiding me to the end: restructuring the text, patiently reviewing the arc of the story with me, filling in the gaps. Anne has a true sense of storyline. She also is incredibly generous with her knowledge of publishers and how to put a professional submission package together. I loved working with Anne on my final manuscript and feel incredibly fortunate she came on board as my final editor.
Pat Henman
Beyond the Legal Limit: Surviving a Collision with a Drunk Driver, Caitlin Press 2021
I have had the privilege of working with Anne as my mentor and editor the past five years while I have been writing a creative non-fiction memoir about my Doukhobor family. She has been an invaluable resource from the beginning—making suggestions to strengthen and enrich the writing, helping organize a final manuscript, suggesting publishers that I may approach. It was a pleasure and an honour to work with Anne.
Vera Maloff
Our Backs Warmed by the Sun, Caitlin Press, 2020; They Called Him a Radical, Caitlin Press 2024
I loved working with Anne on my non-fiction manuscript. The editing experience can be traumatic, but the opposite was the case. Anne knows how to be both encouraging and honest, both kind and firm. Anne respected what I was trying to do and didn’t make edits or suggestions to force me in a different direction. Instead, her input, based on her own fine story-writing skills, helped me craft a final draft that went out and was accepted for publication.
Donna Macdonald
Surviving City Hall, Nightwood Editions, 2016
With Anne as an editor I felt guided through the arduous writing and publishing process. Anne brought out the very best capability in me as a writer. Her ability to steward my work with precise and compassionate literary skill, to critique, educate and correct with honesty, and her sensitivity and humour gave me the courage to persevere through all the difficulties and self-doubts that go with the creative process and publishing a book.
Lee Reid
Growing Home: The Legacy of Kootenay Elders, independently published, 2017
Anne is truly dedicated to the craft of writing. Her review of my manuscript was deeply intuitive and measured to be both useful and insightful. She was recommended by other authors who looked me in the eye and said, ‘You are going to want Anne to edit your work.’ She knows from experience how story and language work together. She senses potential in your story you didn’t know existed.
Mark McGivern
In a Field of Silver Trees (NYP)
Anne provided invaluable help reviewing and commenting on the manuscript of my novel. She was thorough, professional, and most importantly, incredibly insightful. I would highly recommend anyone developing a longer piece of writing to work with Anne; she will take your work to the next level.
Fletcher FitzGibbon
No One Told Us It Would Be Like This (NYP)