Editorial Freelancers Association
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Jennifer D. Foster
Planet Word
Hello, and thank you for visiting my profile with the Editorial Freelancers Association!
With 25 years’ experience as a professional editor and writer, 21 of those as a freelancer running my business, Planet Word, I meet deadlines and aim to provide superior results for my clients.
Client projects include everything from fiction and non-fiction books, children’s books, consumer and trade magazines, newsletters, beta reading/manuscript evaluation, blog posts and PR/marketing materials to web copy, reports, curatorial content, style guides and book reviews. My clients include: Penguin Random House Canada, The Globe and Mail, HarperCollins Publishers, Manitoba Museum, Canadian Children’s Book News, Firefly Books, Havergal College, Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families, Tavanberg Communications, PwC Management Services LP, Kids Can Press, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, ECW Press, Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, Ontario Dental Association, Canadian Authors Association, Annick Press, Editors Canada, Page Two Books, Dietitians of Canada and Toronto Foundation.
My full suite of freelance editorial skills includes: writing (blogging, copy writing, rewriting); substantive, stylistic and line editing; copy editing; researching and interviewing; proofreading; fact-checking; project consultation/management; mentoring; beta reading/manuscript evaluation; book reviewing; and book judging.
My educational qualifications include an honours bachelor of arts in sociology and mass communications from Toronto’s York University and a bachelor of applied arts/MA in journalism, specializing in magazines, from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). I also engage in ongoing professional development in editing and writing.
Some of my regular freelance gigs include being assistant editor of Smile Magazine (a publication of the Ontario Dental Association); writing book reviews and features for Canadian Children’s Book News; editing reports for McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Toronto Foundation and Havergal College; copy editing and proofreading manuscripts for HarperCollins Publishers and Kids Can Press; and editing content marketing for Tavanberg Communications, whose clients include major brands in the finance, non-profit, health, consumer goods, food and beverage, and travel industries.
I mentor novice editors via Planet Word and Editors Canada’s John Eerkes-Medrano Mentorship Program, and I’m an annual book reviewer for the Whistler Independent Book Awards and have been a judge (twice) for the Fred Kerner Book Award.
Thank you so much for viewing my profile, and I hope we have the pleasure of working together!
Toronto, Ontario
CA
Email: planet_word@hotmail.com
https://lifeonplanetword.wordpress.com/
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Years in the field: 25
Years freelancing: 21
Jennifer Foster
Hello, and thank you for visiting my profile with the Editorial Freelancers Association!
With 25 years’ experience as a professional editor and writer, 21 of those as a freelancer running my business, Planet Word, I meet deadlines and aim to provide superior results for my clients.
Client projects include everything from fiction and non-fiction books, children’s books, consumer and trade magazines, newsletters, beta reading/manuscript evaluation, blog posts and PR/marketing materials to web copy, reports, curatorial content, style guides and book reviews. My clients include: Penguin Random House Canada, The Globe and Mail, HarperCollins Publishers, Manitoba Museum, Canadian Children’s Book News, Firefly Books, Havergal College, Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families, Tavanberg Communications, PwC Management Services LP, Kids Can Press, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, ECW Press, Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, Ontario Dental Association, Canadian Authors Association, Annick Press, Editors Canada, Page Two Books, Dietitians of Canada and Toronto Foundation.
My full suite of freelance editorial skills includes: writing (blogging, copy writing, rewriting); substantive, stylistic and line editing; copy editing; researching and interviewing; proofreading; fact-checking; project consultation/management; mentoring; beta reading/manuscript evaluation; book reviewing; and book judging.
My educational qualifications include an honours bachelor of arts in sociology and mass communications from Toronto’s York University and a bachelor of applied arts/MA in journalism, specializing in magazines, from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). I also engage in ongoing professional development in editing and writing.
Some of my regular freelance gigs include being assistant editor of Smile Magazine (a publication of the Ontario Dental Association); writing book reviews and features for Canadian Children’s Book News; editing reports for McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Toronto Foundation and Havergal College; copy editing and proofreading manuscripts for HarperCollins Publishers and Kids Can Press; and editing content marketing for Tavanberg Communications, whose clients include major brands in the finance, non-profit, health, consumer goods, food and beverage, and travel industries.
I mentor novice editors via Planet Word and Editors Canada’s John Eerkes-Medrano Mentorship Program, and I’m an annual book reviewer for the Whistler Independent Book Awards and have been a judge (twice) for the Fred Kerner Book Award.
Thank you so much for viewing my profile, and I hope we have the pleasure of working together!
