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Many OIW members have long years of writing experience in a variety of fields. Below are just a few of our members who would be more than happy to help with your writing needs. Their services include: speech writing, corporate profiles, brochures, writing and editing of reports, public relations, news releases, book publicity, newsletter writing, translation and consulting on a variety of business issues pertaining to your communications needs.
Being listed here as a "writer for hire" is a benefit of OIW membership. If you are an OIW member, send your listing to the Communications Director for posting here. Please remember to update your information regularly by contacting the Communications Director.
Writers / Editors Roster:
Karen Allen
Phone: 613-435-8003
Email: karen.allen@writtenedge.ca
Website: www.writtenedge.ca
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/writtenedge
Karen Allen is a seasoned communications professional, with over fifteen years experience as a writer, editor and project manager in the private and public sectors. Her Master of Journalism and professional experience allow her to easily explain complex subjects to the public using clear, simple language that is both interesting and easy to understand. Karen is passionate about helping people improve the quality of their lives, and enjoys providing writing, editing, communications and marketing services to forward-thinking businesses and government organizations.
Karen is fluently bilingual and has Enhanced Reliability security clearance (Secret clearance in progress). She has earned many client testimonials and work excellence awards, which you can read about on her website.
Don Atkinson
6326 13th Line RR # 4, Alliston ON L9R 1V4
Phone 905 729-0786
Email datkin@cyberus.ca
Website www.cyberus.ca/~datkin
After serving with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canada Customs & Excise (the forerunner to the Canada Revenue Agency) Don Atkinson formed his own security consulting business. One of his contracts brought him back to work with the government as a member of its task force on counter-terrorism. In the mid-1970s Atkinson began writing short stories and media articles and in 1995 he made an impressive debut with his first novel, Nations Within, published in Ottawa by Centurion Publishing & Marketing. In 1997 one of his stories, "Rapture," was included in Winning Shorts, an anthology published by General Store Publishing House. Atkinson’s second novel, Haudenosaunnee, was published on-demand in 2001 by Trafford Publishing of Victoria. The author’s third novel, A Matter of Family, was published in December, 2004 by BAICO Publishing, Gatineau, Que. The author lives in Alliston, Ontario with his wife, an accomplished artist.
Don Atkinson is a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada and the Ottawa Independent Writers.
Alex Binkley
152 Ivy Cresent Ottawa K1M 1X6
Phone: 613-749-7633; fax 613-995-5795
Email: alex.binkley@sympatico.ca
Web: www.alexbinkley.com
Alex Binkley started with The Canadian Press in 1971 in Montreal, was transferred to Halifax and then to Ottawa. He has been a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery since 1975 and has covered Parliament, committees, leadership conventions, major commissions and inquiries and election campaigns.
He started freelancing in 1994 and is a correspondent for trade publications in Canada, the United States and Britain covering transportation, agriculture, food safety, nutrition, pesticides, natural resources, business and private public partnerships. He is also able to do editing and rewriting of reports and documents.
Pandora Ballard
Email: panb4@yahoo.ca
Pandora Ballard was born in Sidcup, Kent, England and emigrated to Canada with her family in 1962. She lived in various parts of Canada, from Newfoundland to the Northwest Territories, before coming to Ottawa in 1969 to attend Carleton University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1973. She worked for daily and weekly newspapers before branching into freelancing for Canadian religious publications, one of her key interests. In the past 30 years her short stories for children, humorous essays, articles, editorials and poetry have been published in more than a dozen magazines and newspapers, as well as in several anthologies.
She is working on a children’s novel. Her work has appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, The Catholic Register, Presence, Novalis, the C.H.A.C. Review, The Byline, Intercom, the Pembroke Daily News, the Petawawa Informer, the Pembroke Observer, Scribendi, The Grist Mill (Volumes 4 and 5), Centretown Buzz, Capital Letter, Peace and Environment News (The PEN), Good Food News, and The Spirit. Ballard writes on such topics as car-sharing, politics, food, community matters, child poverty, mental health, and religion. She is a member of Access Copyright, the Canadian Children's Book Centre and Ottawa Independent Writers.
L. D. Cross
1222 Bonnie Crescent
Ottawa, ON K2C 1Z9
Tel: 613-225-2024
Email: ldcross@sympatico.ca
Web: www.koalaus.com
BIOGRAPHY
L. D. Cross is an Ottawa writer of business and lifestyle articles and books that have appeared in Canada and the United States. Her articles have appeared in magazines such as WeddingBells, Home Business Report, Profit, Legion Magazine, enRoute, AmericanStyle, Fifty-Five Plus, Health Naturally, Antiques! and Airborn as well as The Globe and Mail newspaper. Her creative non-fiction has won awards of excellence for features and editorial writing as well as writing for seniors.
BUREAUCRACY
As a former federal government Policy Analyst at Industry Canada, her duties included compiling data and writing publications on technology transfer from government laboratories; acting as departmental representative on the Circumpolar Arctic Science Cooperation Committee; coordinating policy inputs to federal-provincial procurement initiatives; researching directives affecting GATT and NAFTA agreements; managing preparation of the Industry Canada, Estimates, Part III process; supporting the Canadian Content and Culture Working Group of the Information Highway Advisory Council; participating in trade and investment re-engagement trips to Pakistan and India; preparing investment/mission information affecting the Eastern European geographic region as well as central Asia. Prior to Industry Canada she worked as:
- Senior Corporate Planning Officer, Supply and Services Canada
- Employee Communications Advisor, Customs and Excise Canada
- Pay Research Officer, Public Service Staff Relations Board
- Classification Audit and Staffing Officer, Labour Canada
BOOKS
The Quest for the Northwest Passage: exploring the elusive route through Canada's Arctic waters,. Toronto, ON, James Lorimer & Company,, 2009
Marriage is a Business. Ottawa, ON, Baico Publishing, 2008
Spies in Our Midst: The Incredible Story of Igor Gouzenko Cold-War Spy. Calgary, AB, Altitude Publishing, 2005.
Inside Outside – in conversation with a doctor and a clothing designer. Ottawa, ON, Creative Bound, 2004.
Ottawa Titans – fortune and fame in the early days of Canada’s capital. Calgary, AB, Altitude Publishing, 2004.
Rosaleen Leslie Dickson
201-500 Laurier Ave. West Ottawa ON K1R 5E1
Phone 613-232-1837
Email rosaleen@flora.org
Website www.flora.org/rosaleen
Rosaleen Dickson has been writing for about 65 years. She was publisher and editor of "THE EQUITY," the weekly newspaper of Pontiac County, Quebec, for 32 years. Also, for 10 years she wrote regular columns and was a feature writer and books editor for "The Hill Times," the newspaper of Parliament.
With her husband she researched and wrote the genealogy-rich "Dickson-Leslie Family Histories." She has edited numerous books, including the S. Wyman MacKechnie trilogy, "What Men They Were," "Well Remembered," and "Weathering the Thirties," served as ghost writer on interesting assignments, co-authored "Freenet", published by Stoddart, and wrote "HTML the Basic Book for people who would rather Do it than Read about it."
An active member of the Editor's Association of Canada, Rosaleen also takes a leading role in several other writers' organizations and has built and maintains a number of Web sites, including the daily updated interactive site of the National Press Club of Canada http://www.pressclub.on.ca.
Always ready for a new challenge, Rosaleen Dickson will write, rewrite, edit, or help out in any of a number of ways, if the work at hand interests her and she feels it is worthwhile. Her media experience covers newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the Internet.
Her academic achievements include a Bachelor's degree in Psychology at Guilford College, North Carolina and a Masters in Journalism at Carleton University, Ottawa. She has also taught Press Journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto.
Carl Dow
39 Melgund Avenue, Ottawa ON K1S 2S1
Email carl.dow@sympatico.ca
Phone 613-233-6225
Carl Dow is an experienced writer/editor. In daily journalism he’s received a number of recognitions including a nomination for a National Newspaper Award. As a magazine writer he was recognized as one of the top ten writers in Canada. He’s edited tabloid and broadsheet dailies and weeklies, and monthly magazines. He's written for television and radio and has been on camera and behind the microphone. As youth editor of The Montreal Star he was the first newspaper columnist in North America to praise The Beatles. He also worked as an associate editor for Harvest House, a privately owned academic publisher. Outside of journalism and publishing, his gainful employment has included laborer in farming and in new-housing construction, sub contractor in new-housing floor and wall tile installation, cost accountant, truck driver. With all this, however, his all-time favorite employment was eight years as a part-time school bus driver while writing several novels and a collection of short stories that are in circulation to publishers.
Sylviane Duval
Phone 613-537-2728
Email alpha@sylvianeduval.ca
Website www.sylvianeduval.ca
Sylviane writes and substantive/stylistic edits a wide variety of corporate communications products on an equally wide variety of subjects. She draws on her extensive experience in the arts, the not-for-profit sector, the private sector, academia and government to deliver clear, concise, enjoyable text that appeals to those who need to read and those who want to read.
Sylviane's superior interpersonal skills, attention to detail and professional attitude make her a valuable member of any communications team. She is fluently bilingual and holds a valid SECRET clearance from the federal government.
View her résumé and work samples at www.sylvianeduval.ca.
Anita Flegg
The Sharp Quill
Phone 613-769-3034
Email anita@sharpquill.ca
The Sharp Quill is a team of experts delivering writing, editing and training services designed to bring out the quality in your work; to make you look better and improve your profitability. The team writes and/or edits everything from simple articles to full-length books, offers ghost-writing services and provides training development and implementation. A Sharp Quill developed custom workbook can deliver additional revenue by helping you teach your points and sell your products. The Sharp Quill expertise will help you develop professional products under your name. Selected client projects in our portfolio:
- editing monthly newsletter for a client in California
- creating custom workbook for a four-hour seminar for client in California
- editing a memoir for a client in Seattle
- creating custom workbook for 2nd Edition of Hypoglycemia: The Other Sugar Disease
- writing brochure copy for a local photographer/artist
Anita's work before starting The Sharp Quill includes editing two full-length books: Journey to Wellness by Vaughan Glover and Lead Yourself to Achieve Your Maximum Potential by Steve Belwin. She has also edited various material for the TSFC (Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada) including some training material, newsletter articles and the upcoming book, Family Handbook. Anita is the editor for the monthly newsletter for the Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Association of Public Speakers (CAPS). She is the author of Hypoglycemia: The Other Sugar Disease, now in its 2nd edition.
Barbara Florio Graham
B.A. (Columbia University)
Email simon@storm.ca
Simon Teakettle Ink, Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA
www.catwriters.org
www.writers-editors.com
www.writers.ca
Barbara Florio Graham is a writer, teacher, broadcaster and communications consultant whose clients have included 14 government departments, 12 national and international organizations, 14 regional organizations, and many private sector clients. She has written for dozens of daily newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and Canada, and has won awards for non-fiction, humor and poetry. The author of Five Fast Steps to Better Writing, Five Fast Steps to Low-Cost Publicity and Mewsings/Musings, she has contributed to seventeen anthologies in four countries.
Barbara's company is named after her cat, Simon Teakettle, who has had his own writing and broadcasting career.
Mike Heenan BA, BJ, MA “Wordsmith~On~Call”
Phone 613-230-4640
Email mikeheenan@rogers.com
Mike has edited over 30 novels and memoirs for local writers after retiring as editor of the former Carp Valley Press six years ago. After teaching Canadian Literature at U of O and Algonquin in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Mike ran his own writing and editorial firm Creative Consulting Incorporated for over a decade.
His poetry and criticism has appeared in Literary Mags such as CVII, Inscape, Bywords, and is anthologised in Poets of The Capital (Borealis) and three volumes of Ottawa Gems (Baico). His first poetry collection Landing Sights (Bisson) was published in 1979 and will be followed by Selected Poems: Country Matters & Urban Affairs this summer.
Mike offers major discounts for OIW Members and has edited eight OIW clients to date. Speaking & seminar fees start at $100.00 plus expenses. References as required.
Frank Hegyi
Phone: 613-731-7355 cell: 613-866-9967
1240 Kilborn Place, Unit 5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 1B4
Email fhegyi1636@rogers.com
Author website: www.hegyipublications.com
Frank Hegyi is a scientist, high tech entrepreneur and author. He has written over 30 articles in scientific journals, co-edited a book on Global Change, and has authored several reports on high tech and futuristic opportunities. He has written numerous articles in newspapers on sports and community service projects and produced two 30 minutes TV shows on physical fitness and community service work. He has made several appearances on television Talk Shows. Frank is an experienced communicator, has extensive experience as keynote speaker at international conferences and has been a popular motivational speaker for service clubs and volunteer organizations. He is Past District Governor, Kiwanis International. He has published three books: Dare to Take the Next Step – Adventures of a refugee; Death Can Wait: Stories from Cancer Survivors with co-authors Roslyn Franken, Jacquelin Holzman and Max Keeping; and If it wasn’t for Celibacy, I would have been a Priest. See: www.hegyipublications.com
He is now a regular columnist with the CanAsian Times, a National Weekly Newspaper of South Asian Fraternity. See Articles on www.hegyipublications.com
Bill Horne
Launceston Services
Website www.launcestonservices.ca
Email bill@launcestonservices.ca or wghorne@rogers.com
Phone 613-837-2166
Freelance writing and editing with a business flavour
After more than three decades in the business world, primarily as a senior manager in telecommunications, high tech and NGOs, I morphed into being a freelance writer/editor. My particular interest is in business communications and personal histories. I have served some six years on the OIW Board as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President, and President for two years, and am now (2005) Past President. I am also active with the Business Network International organization, and the Association of Personal Historians.
During much of 2003 and 2004, I was on contract to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to write and edit material for its website. I have articles published in several magazines, including Biz X, Cape Bretoner, and Athletics, and on CBC Radio One. You will find my commercial work in City Woman, Due West, The Star and the Ottawa Citizen. Other writing assignments include website content, brochures, sales training scripts, and some re-writes in plain English. I've written three personal history books, and am currently (May 2005) compiling a family history. In the recent past I have edited several novels, academic papers, website content and more. As a volunteer, I am the copy editor for the National Capital Runner's Association newsletter.
My principal freelance interests are in the business and personal history fields, but I am willing to consider virtually any assignment. My passions are running, cycling, cross-country skiing, community service and international politics.
Ramma Kamra
6136 Voyageur Drive, Ottawa, ON K1C 2W3
Phone 613-830-2228
Email rkamra@ncf.ca
Ramma Kamra is a professional writer who has been writing since 1997. Seven of her non-fiction pieces have been published in the Ottawa Citizen for which the Citizen paid her. In 2003, her two short stories won "Honourable mention" in a contest sponsored by the Canadian Authors Association. In 2002, she read her "FIRST PERSON SINGULAR" entitled "A Full Circle" on CBC Morningside and was paid for it. In 1997, Ramma was interviewed on the CBC's Summerside program about one of her published articles. In 2002, Ramma received a City of Ottawa writing grant.
Ramma has compiled and self-published a priced publication of Indian Wedding Songs, which is selling well in Canada and the USA. In early 2004, Ramma has been busy on a history and membership list of Ottawa Independent Writers in observance of OIW's 20th anniversary. Ramma Kamra plans to complete her memoirs, a collection of short stories and some of her travel writing work in the not too distant future.
She would be interested in commissioned work of personal, family, or 'organizational' histories, as well as biographies and ghost-written autobiographies.
Betty Nygaard King
Phone 613-523-3276
Email bettynk@rogers.com
Freelance editor and writer Betty Nygaard King hails from Ottawa, where she earned degrees in English literature and music at Carleton University. She worked as an editor and communications officer in various government positions for over 20 years before joining the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada as senior subject editor 2001-2009. Betty is also affiliated with the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame; her research formed the basis for Serena Ryder’s Juno-winning CD If Your Memory Serves You Well. Betty has received grants including an Ontario Writers’ Reserve grant, and various awards. By night she teaches piano, handles publicity for the Ottawa Cat Show, and indulges a passion for Coronation Street. Betty’s present areas of interest are Canadian history, biography, music, and purebred cats. She is a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada.
Betty is available for editing and writing projects, including book editing, corporate and government projects, and ghost-writing.
Books:
Hell Hath No Fury: Famous Women in Crime. Borealis Press, 2001
Alexander Brott: My Lives in Music. (With Alexander Brott). Mosaic Press, 2005
George Laidlaw
Carp, ON
Email laidlaw@iosphere.net
Website www.georgelaidlaw.ca
Novels & short fiction
George Laidlaw was born in Ottawa, Canada's Capital and is married with two children Michael and Meghan. He has been writing ever since he told bed time stories to his children and received the plaintive cry, 'Dad tell us another story.' After working for the Canadian government as a biologist, for over 30 years, his hopes are to pursue his writing career in retirement and craft stories that draws in the reader and leave them with a finely crafted action-filled romance adventure, and an overall appraisal from the reader with a comment 'it was a good read'.
Collecting G. A. Henty books, the respected British author of adventure books for children (1832-1902) may be the reason George Laidlaw's stories are filled with historic facts and intriguing mysteries.
"A story is a chance to borrow a moment of someone's time and in doing so the author owns it to the reader to give him or her a chance to feel the beauty of words and uncover a story worth reading."
A long-time member of Ottawa Independent Writers association and director of the OIW and avid historian, his world-wide assignments, travel, research and intense relationships bring an authentic, hard-pressed contemporary air to his remarkable output.
Laidlaw's publications include stories in children's magazines and adult novels. His interests include biology, geology, paleontology and the history of man. Interwoven with the fast-paced skills of a natural storyteller are threads tying action, emotion and intellect in a close-knit loom of international suspense.
Mystery and surprisingly constant romances draw the most discriminating reader into Laidlaw's inexorable whirlpools.
Life on the hard edge … today.
Sigrid Macdonald
Phone 613-224-0762
Email sigridmacdonald@rogers.com
Blog sigridmacdonald.blogspot.com/
Sigrid Macdonald is a writer, book editor, book coach and public speaker. Her articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail; the Women's Freedom Network Newsletter in Washington, D.C.; the American magazine, Justice Denied; Carleton University Women's Centre magazine entitled 52%, and the newsletter of The Anxiety Disorders Association of Ontario. She's had an article in Toastmaster International's magazine and is the author of three books: GETTING HIP: Recovery from a Total Hip Replacement, D'Amour Road, a novel, and Be Your Own Editor, a crash course in grammar and writing basics for writers of all ages and stages. The latter is available at a 20% discount for all OIW members.
As a book coach, Sigrid helps new writers to clarify and organize their ideas on paper, and leads them step-by-step through the publishing process. In addition, she has edited 50 full-length books, and numerous websites, articles, short stories and resumes.
Mike Martin
Ottawa, ON
Phone 613-230-4165
Email mike54martin@sympatico.ca
Mike Martin is an experienced freelance writer and researcher. His published credits include the Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, and dozens of print and on-line publications across Canada and the United States. He has experience writing for internal and external publications for a number of national and local organizations including preparing annual reports, briefing notes, speeches and op-eds. His experience in communications is also extensive and includes campaign design and coordination, drafting and editing media releases and background documents, and preparing briefs and presentations to parliamentary committees and international delegations. His areas of expertise include social policy, human resources and work and workplace issues. He is a very good researcher and policy developer and has worked with the Canadian Cancer Society, the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada and several federal government departments to research and create new policy documents. Mike is available to assist individuals and organizations with all of their writing, research and communications needs.
Bernard J. Muzeen
Phone 613-831-0379
Fax 613-831-9109
Email muzeen_b@sympatico.ca
Bernard J. Muzeen, P.Mgr., the former Executive Director and General Manager of the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, has extensive experience in developing fundraising submissions and successful grant / funding requests for: building fund projects; specialized program / services for children and youth; co-funding projects with various levels of government. He also writes speeches; news releases; annual reports; program submissions; training materials; plus operating manuals. Recently, he wrote a collection of 13 true and charming short storybooks based on children and adolescent’s meetings with SANTA.
Emily-Jane Hills Orford
11 Stradwick Ave., Nepean K2J 2X3
Phone 613-823-6271
Email ejomusic@sympatico.ca
Website www3.sympatico.ca/mistymo
Short fiction, non-fiction and novels
Emily-Jane is proud of her Canadian roots and her growing up years in southwestern Ontario. Her stories and novels reflect her national pride. She grew up in Hamilton and London, Ont. and studied in England and France, before settling in Victoria, B.C., then Dartmouth, N.S. and finally Nepean, Ont. Emily-Jane holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario, Carleton University and the Royal Conservatory of Music. She divides her time between her growing and ever-busy family, her music studio where she teaches more than 50 students and her writing. She worked as a researcher and article writer for the 2005 edition of the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Other writing accomplishments include countless articles, short stories, children’s picture books about artists, musicians and Canadian personalities, and novels which include Canadiana and music, such as “Spring”, which was published in 2005, and “Ukulele Yukon” which was published in 2006. Emily-Jane believes in writing about Canada; but she also believes in writing about ordinary people – the real people who made our country a great nation. Many of her stories include the people who were most important and influential in her life, people whose names will never appear in history textbooks, but whose lives have made a significant contribution to our country and our society.
Jon Peirce Ph.D. (English literature), M.I.R. (Industrial Relations)
#407, 5530 Artillery Place Halifax, NS B3J 1J3
Home 902-404-1639
Email jonpeirce@hotmail.com
Website: jonpeirce.ca
Short stories, novels, essays, and non-fiction books--specialize in manuscript evaluation
By day, I work as a policy analyst and researcher-writer for a large public service union. Outside of work hours-mainly in the morning before going in to the office-I'm working on an essay collection and a short story collection. My other interests include tennis, swimming, theatre, improvisational dance, and cooking, to name but a few. I was an OIW board member for nine years, from 1997 through 2006, and served two years as the organization's president.
I'm currently rejigging my consulting practice to focus on preventive mentoring, big-picture manuscript evaluation, and individual coaching as well as small-group workshops on a broad range of writing and editing topics. In my practice, my aim is to teach people how to edit their own work rather than have me do the job for them. Workshop and individual mentoring topics include: Conceptualizing the Book-Length Project, Writing and Time Management, Pseudo-Scientific Language, and Fun Writing for Stressed-Out People. I also offer introductory and advanced editing workshops and initial evaluation of book-length projects. Most recently, I have added a "quick query" service in which I answer very specific questions in half an hour or less.
Please phone or e-mail me for more information about the services I offer, or to discuss rates.
I have been writing and editing for four decades now. Highlights include:
- Publication of an introductory industrial relations text, Canadian Industrial Relations, now in its third edition with Pearson Education Canada (formerly Prentice-Hall Canada)
- Stints as a reporter and editor on daily newspapers in both Canada and the U.S.
- Twenty years' experience as a freelancer, including publications in the Christian Science Monitor, Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Canadian Forum, Ottawa Citizen, Books in Canada, Kingston Whig-Standard, and Atlantic Provinces Book Review
- Experience teaching writing and editing workshops for OIW
- Five years' experience as a researcher-writer-editor for the Economic Council of Canada
- Service as senior researcher and writer on the Fryer Committee on labour-management relations in the federal public service
Randy Ray
1881 Louisiana Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1H 6T8
Email rocket@intranet.ca
Author website www.triviaguys.com
Publicist website www.randyray.ca
Phone 613-731-3873; fax 613-731-3004
Randy Ray launched his writing career as a reporter with The London Free Press in 1976 and was transferred to Ottawa in 1986 to cover Parliament Hill. He started freelancing in 1989 and is a correspondent for various newspapers and magazines in Canada, including The Globe & Mail, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Forever Young, Capital Parent and Winnipeg Free Press. His writing expertise ranges from financial affairs, tax issues and families, to sports, the environment and housing. He is the co-editor and co-founder of Environment Policy & Law newsletter and has co-written eight books about Canada. He works as a freelance book publicist, writes speeches, develops public relations programs, edits and rewrites reports and documents and handles media relations programs. He also makes presentations about book publicity, book publishing and Canadian history. Ray and his partner Mark Kearney of London, ON operate a company known as The Trivia Guys, which provides Canadian content to newspapers, magazines, broadcasters and web sites.
Jo-Ann L. Tremblay
P.O. Box 454, Orleans, ON K1C 1S8
Phone 613-830-1423
Email jo-ann@potentialsmanagement.com
Website www.potentialsmanagement.com
Since 1987, Jo-Ann Tremblay has worked in management and human resources, and as a consultant and business coach. President of Novacomm Incorporated a consulting firm since 1987, and as principal of Potentials Management. She is a professional coach, consultant and trainer as well as a recognized expert in the field of personal transformation and human potential. Jo-Ann has worked extensively in media, writing, producing and hosting programs on CFRA (Voices of our Town), Rogers Community TV Special (That's Life), Cogeco TV (Write Where You Are - television series & Remembrance Day Special {TV Cogeco Star Award Winner - Best Documentary in Small Media across Ontario}). Because of her belief in the immense potential that every human being possesses, Jo-Ann wrote "The Self-Coaching Toolbox" - 6 tools for personal and professional growth and development, published by General Store Publishing House, 2005. Jo-Ann Tremblay's learning centred workshops, seminars, lectures and writings are a dynamic blend of information and interactive work written with warmth, wit and keen insight into human nature. Jo-Ann Tremblay is a member of the Ottawa Independent Writers and the Canadian Authors Association.
Margaret Kell Virany
Email tvirany@sympatico.ca
Margaret Kell Virany has a BA in English Language & Literature from the University of Toronto (1955) where she worked on the daily student newspaper, The Varsity. Over the years she has been in charge of YMCA media relations in Montreal, Toronto and nationally, organized a CBC national live televised conference, been editor and co-owner of The Aylmer Bulletin and formed a desktop publishing company with her husband, Thomas (www.viranyandvirany.wetpaint.com). Her byline has appeared in the Ottawa Citizen and other metropolitan dailies, plus numerous consumer magazines. She has authored two books (Amazon.ca, Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk) and edited two others.
Margaret can help those who would make their writing more perfect by first tidying up the basics and then going on to be compelling and emulate the greats. She offers a personal workshop for a modest fee.
Iris Winston
759 Country St., Almonte, ON K0A 1A0
Phone 613-256-4747
Email iris.home@sympatico.ca
Iris Winston has been writing and editing for a wide variety of print and electronic media for more than 35 years. As well as reviewing theatre for Variety and writing features and columns for the Ottawa Citizen and other newspapers, she is a regular contributor to a number of magazines, including Fifty-five Plus, Due West and Due East. She has six books in print, including a children’s book, A Visit from the Tooth Fairy, published in December 2006. She has won a number of awards for her writing, including first prize in the 2006 (plays for young people category) and 2000 Ottawa Little Theatre National Playwriting competitions, two provincial awards for arts journalism and two awards for short-story writing. Her academic qualifications include an M.A. in History, two undergraduate degrees and two postgraduate diplomas. She is a former executive director of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies and was a federal public servant for 17 years.
Lisa Zanyk
Email lisazanyk@rogers.com
Tel. 613-820-7544
I am a writer, theatre director, and arts administrator with writing and editing experience in a variety of media and formats including:
- news stories and features,
- radio documentaries
- essays, prose, poetry
- technical manuals, reports, speeches, resumes and biographical material, artists’ statements
- resource books, policy papers, public education documents, newsletters
- theatre and book reviews
- publicity materials, programs, catalogue entries
- course and curriculum outlines, workshops, seminars
- grant applications
Selected published and broadcast writing includes CBC Radio, The Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, Ottawa Magazine.
I currently work in arts administration for the city of Ottawa and help run a theatre company. I have excellent critical skills and a real-life understanding of what it means to make a living as a writer. Please contact me to talk about any project. lisazanyk@rogers.com 613-820-7544.