Kathleen Fraser has edited nonfiction and fiction for adults and children for more than thirty years. In that time she has also written for herself and others on many subjects in many different formats. Recent gigs have included writing management training and employee education course materials, SEO writing for a gambling website, researching and writing an annual report for an international think tank, and speech writing for a provincial government ministry. Kathleen Fraser's own published works so far have been useful nonfiction (When I'm Gone, more than 130,000 sold, and The 175 Best Camp Games). Kathleen is presently researching the true story of a series of crimes that took place in a small Ontario community about 20 years ago. She is also writing a mystery series under the pen name Kate O'Shaughnessy. She was one of the judges for the 2016 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Crime Writing (Best Crime Novel). Kathleen is also a member of the Editors' Association of Canada, Sisters in Crime (International and Toronto), and the Crime Writers of Canada. For four years she also served as editorial director of SinC Toronto's Crime Scene magazine. For more information, see her portfolio at https://kathleenfraser.wordpress.com/
I entered the journalism field through freelancing many years ago. While an exhibition was visiting my place of work I found it so moving and interesting I had to learn more about it and share it so I pitched it to the local newspaper and was hired as a reporter just a couple of months later. I worked at a small town newspaper and we covered everything, there was no designated crime reporter or sports reporter, or features writer. I moved to Ontario when i got married and then family took a front seat. It has been some time but I am excited to get back to my first love, writing!
I've been an editor, proofreader, and back-of-the-book indexer for over 20 years. These days, the focus of my work is in fiction and academic and higher education publishing, and I maintain a strong interest in trade nonfiction, especially in popular science. I regularly work with new and self-publishing authors, helping them hone their manuscript and navigate the publishing world, and with writers for whom English is not a first language, helping them find a voice in English. I'm also an experienced trainer, consultant, and speaker on editing, whether that's training new editors (including several years with Ryerson University's Publishing certificate program) or speaking to your book club or authors' group about what happens after writing. My nonfiction subject experience includes current events and environmental issues, all the social sciences, history, biography, and memoir. I'm keen to get more work supporting science communication and have been shifting the balance of my academic and higher education work into the sciences. In fiction, I work on pretty much everything except mysteries, thrillers, graphic fiction, and children's fiction. When I'm not working, I'm a news junkie with a passion for social justice; I'm also into photography, sci-fi and fantasy in all media, and gaming. If your project needs a nerd-geek crossbreed who really cares, that might be me you're looking for.
Blogging and copy for websites and pages relating to food, photography, anti-oppression, gender issues, feminism and The Canadian Settler Experience
I have extensive experience as a medical writer and reporter, producing coverage from medical conferences for various healthcare publications and websites in both Canada and the US, on a variety of topics. I also have produced summary reports from pharmaceutical advisory board and consultancy meetings held in-person and online and collaborated on touchpoint sessions with medical communication agencies leading up to these meetings. I have helped create Powerpoint slide decks for meetings and edited slide content. Additionally, I have created patient content for non-profit healthcare organizations like Asthma Canada, Cancer Care Ontario, and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada. I have also assisted healthcare professionals in drafting peer-reviewed papers. I have edited a patient handbook on managing hidradenitis suppurativa. I can do translation work and proofreading and editing to ensure meaning is consistent between English and French texts.
Published in Prairies North Magazine Summer 2019 Issue - ongoing segment writing about Saskatchewan called Norma’s Diary.
Accomplished and enthusiastic writer passionate about creating compelling works for a diverse array of clients and purposes. Self-directed and proficient in thorough research, editing and proof-reading content in a goal-oriented and deadline driven manner. Let me bring my unique voice and fresh perspective to your publication! My professional work experience has primarily been in the education sector as an elementary school teacher. Collaborating with colleagues to create dynamic and effective lesson plans and educational materials to improve student learning has been a key part of my position. My most recent role as school Mental Heath facilitator involved designing and leading captivating professional development workshops for my colleagues. I am currently working on completing my first full-length novel, while completing a fiction and poetry mentorship with the Owen Sound poet laureate.
communications, higher education writing, editing, project management, content writing, social media, websites, blogs, reports, newsletters, publications Also photographer based in Burlington, Ontario. specialized in articles about environment and health.
Freelancing since 1999, I've been published in more than 100 magazines, newspapers, webzines, and websites. I can supply professional quality photographs with my writing, as well as video. Prior to being a fulltime freelancer I worked in daily and weekly newspapers in Alberta and BC for 10 years. I also worked in professional radio as a news/sports director for five years. I did freelance radio work for CBC and CFNB in Fredericton, NB for three years, while attending UNB.
I’m a senior health and science writer with more than 20 years of experience communicating complex information in an engaging and meaningful way. With a B.Sc. from McGill, I have specialized expertise in translating biomedical and scientific information into content that is easily understood by the public.
Food and Travel Writer, Union Organizer, Union Administrator, General Journalist, Radio Show Host, Emcee, Video Host and Producer, Writing Instructor, Radio Instructor, Cooking Instructor
My professional experience to date, consists of twelve years of writing technical and descriptive communications and reports, regarding financial matters as they relate to the law. The purpose of most of this writing is for use at the Court of King's Bench. This type of writing, while technical, is written for a broad audience, as lawyers and judges are not necessarily financial experts. Accordingly, this type of writing provides a combination of complexity and simplification, resulting in a high level of message conveyance. In conjunction with this writing, my writing will be moving to a larger, more public audience, and will pivot into areas of greater impact, such as war, poverty, and crisis. The gravity of war and crisis became clear in 2022 when I worked in refugee tents in Krakow, Poland, and visited a refugee camp on the Polish-Ukrainian boarder. At that time, I took a number of videos, and reported back to friends and family. We started a small charity and were able to raise funds to help a number of families. What struck me at the time, was the effect of the specificity of my descriptions in relation to the videos I sent to friends and family. While it seems somewhat obvious, the better the descriptions the more they seemed to understand what they were seeing int the videos, which resulted in their increased willingness to help. Another item that came to light, was the importance of specificity in reporting, which could only be realized by immersion with the refugees. After a number of days in close contact with refugees, their needs became more clear, and assessing their needs was straight forward. The principal of immersion can be applied to journalism, where personal immersion with individuals results in accurate assessment of a problem and provides a clearer window into the perspective of those subject to the problem. Living a plight, as much as one can, makes the problem more real, and points the words and camera in the right direction. Conveying reality in a precise way, will result in high quality journalistic reporting. Writing at home in Canada will likely focus on homelessness, while writing abroad will focus on refugees and conflict.
I began my career as a private investigator, running a successful agency for over 30 years. Midway into my tenure as a P.I. I began teaching at the college level. Shortly thereafter, I began writing on a freelance basis - covering topics as diverse as politics, psychology, aviation, theatre, and....travel! (My first freelance piece was a full page travel article for the front page of The Globe and Mail's travel section.) I began working as a contributing editor for Shield Media, which operated a network of weekly newspapers across Ontario. I then authored a best-selling true crime book in 2011, and quickly followed it up with another. Since then I have focused my ambitions solely on travel writing - becoming International Living's "Gumshoe in Paradise" columnist, searching the world (along with my wife) for the perfect retirement destination. Our adventures will continue as we head to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala on January 1, 2022 for 4 months. I'm always eager to take on additional freelance writing assignments involving travel and leisure, and welcome any requests!
Content Creator, Alberta Treasury Branch Business Banking UX Design team. Content Creator, Alberta Treasury Branch new website launch (2019). Romantic Fiction Author published under the pseudonym Maeve Buchanan. Previous Experience: Marketing Manager, Chapters Inc. Responsible for all bookstores in Alberta region. Radio Scriptwriter, Nornet Broadcasting Network, Alberta. Archives Writer, Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Fonds descriptions for Manuscripts and Government Records divisions. Scriptwriter, Canadian Naval Base, Esquimalt. Numerous other freelance assignments for a wide variety of businesses.
I have written for: Canadian Photography Magazine Glebe Report CFG Bulletin Board Jasper Fitzhugh Merritt Herald Baytoday Taber Times Marketing Magazine
