Book Editing Services
We are very pleased to offer our editing services through Ann Westlake, Reed Kirkpatrick, Patricia Kot, Carol Hansson and Roxane Christ.
Ann Westlake
Editor
Ann Westlake is an English major graduate of the University of Toronto. She has edited adult novels, children's books, biographies, fictions, non-fictions, and a published magazine. Ann is the acknowledged editor of twenty-five published books. As a published writer, she has authored a collection of children's books, and a variety of business documents.
Ann loves working with New Authors, and has many who have become repeat clients. There is additional information for New Authors on her web site, as well as information for writers in general about the editing process, and what to expect from an editor. She offers consultation to help authors navigate through the publishing process, as well as contact information for web site design, illustrators, photographers and layout design.
Look on her web site for information about the 2nd Annual Editor’s Pick Writing Contest.
Ann is an English Assistance and ESL tutor, has taught editing skills for Delta Continuing Education, and has been a writing skills instructor for private organizations. Ann is currently in her 13th year under contract with Kwantlen University, Richmond, BC campus, working in the Adult Learning Center tutoring ESL students.
She is a member of the Editor's Association of Canada and co-founder of a writer's support group in North Delta, BC. Writer's Cramp Editing Consultants was established in 1992.
Contact Ann Westlake at a_westlake@wcediting.com Visit her web site at www.wcediting.com
Reed Kirkpatrick
Editor
reed@fit2print.ca
A member of the Editors' Association of Canada, Reed has provided the highest quality environmental research, writing and editing services to a variety of clients including the BC Government, Envirotechneering, Environment Canada, the James Bay Beacon, African Community Project, and Cool Aid Society. He is also the editor of two recently released First Choice Books publications: Sudden Cold and The Long Way Home.
Sudden Cold is an investigation into an intriguing climate interval that occurred after the most recent ice age. The climate, which had been warming dramatically, suddenly cooled to an interval of near-glacial cold. Known as the Younger Dryas, this period lasted for well over 1,000 years. The most widely held theory favours that the Younger Dryas was caused by the slowing or cessation of the North Atlantic ocean circulation. However, it is becoming evident that this hypothesis fails to explain many features of the Younger Dryas. Climatologist and author Rod Chilton examines the many shortcomings of the ocean circulation hypothesis, and in its place presents an exciting alternative explanation. For this project, Reed provided substantive editing, indexing, fact checking, and supporting research.
Most recently, Reed was responsible for editing, book layout, cover design, and scanning for The Long Way Home, author Les MacNeill's second book describing his gripping sailing adventure from Victoria BC, to New Zealand."
He is also the author of numerous climate change research papers for Environment Canada, co-author of a research paper published by the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, and many blogs, fact sheets, proposals, and short articles.
Longfeather
Book Design is a father and son freelance design and photography studio with many
years experience in book design and production. With merit awards from Rounce and
Coffin Club, Bookbuilders West and the Cowboy Hall of Fame, their design work has
attained much industry recognition.
Check out their website http://www.longfeatherbookdesign.com, and let them know you're being referred by First Choice Books to qualify for promotional pricing.
Patricia Kot
Editor
Patricia Kot, owner of Kot Copyediting & Proofreading, has been completing editing projects for the past seven years for a variety of notable publishers throughout the world. She is experienced with both general and specialized publications and has completed work in the full gamut of subjects, from fiction and technical documents, to autobiographies and academic essays.
She has a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in History and English as well as a Graduate degree in Education. Patricia is also a world traveller that loves adventure! Manuscripts on the aforementioned topics are her specialty; however, she is conversant in a broad range of fields.
Patricia’s schedule is quite flexible, enabling her to accommodate projects with very little notice and can complete them quickly if required. Patricia is proud to say she has never missed a deadline!
If you would like to utilise Patricia’s meticulous skills please contact her at the following address:
Patricia Kot
Kot Copyediting & Proofreading
5-18 Ringwood Drive,
Suite 226
Stouffville, Ontario
L4A 0N2
Telephone: 905-591-1071
Email: pkot@live.com
Website: http://kotcopyeditingandproofreading.webs.com/index.htm
Carol Hansson
Editor
carol@blossomediting.com
Blossom Editing is your company of choice for proofreading and editing. With 10-plus years of experience in both copy editing and proofreading, you will receive a clean copy in a short amount of time.
Example projects include: novels, resumes, cover letters, essays and articles.
www.blossomediting.com
Roxane Christ
Editor
roxanec@telus.net
Roxane began writing when she was fourteen years old. She wrote sonnets and accounts of her adventures in West Africa where she grew up. Her favorite author then, was Molière. She wrote a critique of his work, “Tartuffe”, at the age of eighteen, which earned her an award in French Literature. Encouraged by her father to pursue a financially rewarding career, Roxane entered the oil and mining industries in 1970. However, she never abandoned her writing – she wrote a couple of novels in 2006-2007. In 1982, she moved to Australia where she began editing and writing in earnest in 1984. She was appointed Director of Offshore Engineering Program at Monash University in 1989. While heading this program successfully for several years, Roxane edited numerous technical works and authored a couple of primers for the industry. Roxane returned home to Vancouver, Canada in 1994 and while fighting cancer, she retired in 2000. Now comfortably ensconced in her apartment, overlooking English Bay, Roxane devotes her time to writing, translating and editing the works of authors from across the world.
