I am an English Major Graduate of the University of Toronto. I have edited adult novels, children's books, biographies, fictions, non-fictions, personal memoires, science fiction, a published travel magazine, and am the acknowledged editor of fifteen published books. At this time, I have ten additional manuscripts at some stage of the editing process. As a published author, I wrote a collection of children's books, and a variety of business documents. As an English Assistance and ESL tutor, I have instructed editing skills courses for Delta Continuing Education, and have been a writing skills instructor for private organizations. Currently, I am in my twelfth year under contract with Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, BC campus, working in the Adult Learning Center tutoring ESL students and those wishing to upgrade Grade Twelve and University course marks. I am a co-founder of a writer's support group in North Delta, BC. Writer's Cramp Editing Consultants was established in 1992, and is owned and operated by Ann Westlake as a home-based business.

My specialty service is coaching New Authors who are unfamiliar with the publishing process. Do you pursue the traditional publishing path or the self publishing route? What is the difference? What are their publishing guidelines? What markets should you apply to? What market does your project fit into? What do you have to know, do, be ready for, understand and decide before you publish, during the process, and when you are ready to market and promote your finished project? What about a web site? I can, and will, coach you through the channels of the publishing process, no matter which course you choose. Click on the "New Authors" section for more information. Coaching consultation and editing fees are based on the work required, and the time involved.

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