Editors' Association of Canada

Joanne Haskins

Profile

I care about every detail and it shows in the end result: your text is coherent, compelling and delivered on time. My experience in every step of the process, from copy editing to proofreading, on projects as varied as magazines, newsletters, websites, fiction, textbooks and promotional material, means I can help where you need it most. With writing, layout and design skills in the mix, I ensure everything works together to make your message as strong as it can be.

Professional, personable, thorough, quick, reliable, meticulous, adaptable, enthusiastic — this is how clients and colleagues describe me. With over 20 years of publishing expertise, I'll help you make the most of your words whether you want to inform, entertain, persuade or promote.

RECENT PROJECTS  Business profiles * City Business Retention & Expansion report * Workshops on positive youth development * literature review for science and technology social marketing * Green Party of Ontario newsletter * math textbook * marketing material for a solar-energy company * personal memoir * promotional material for an arts festival * biology textbook * fantasy novel * ESL teaching materials * Hansard transcription * natural-lawncare booklet.

PAST CLIENTS  Include a social marketing company, magazines, non-profit organizations, an arts festival, individual businesses, self-publishing authors, book (science text and fiction) editors.

TESTIMONIALS  See "What Clients Say" at Think Communications' website and my LinkedIn profile.

SUBJECT AREAS include ESL, Hansard (N.W.T.), investments and securities, land conservancy, organic lawncare, positive youth development, recreation, and parenting twins. Other interests: addiction, allergies, arts, cinema, feminism, environment, fertility, food and drink, holistic health, home repair and renovations, interior design, literacy, literature, music, psychology.

EAC MEMBER since 1997: http://www.editors.ca/about_EAC/committee_chairs.html.

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Think Communications
http://thinkcom.ca/

Orillia, Ontario, L3V 8A9
Canada

Primary contact:705 323-9985
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EAC Volunteer Participation

  • Forum Monitor (2011)
Editorial SkillsMedia/GenresSubjects
  • Copy editing
  • Proofreading
  • Structural and substantive editing
  • Stylistic editing
  • Layout and design
  • Writing
  • Desktop publishing
  • Production editing
  • On-screen editing
  • Rewriting
  • Magazines
  • Newsletters
  • Websites
  • Fiction
  • Guidebooks
  • Transcripts and minutes
  • Advertising and marketing materials
  • Educational materials, general
  • Government materials, general
  • Dictionaries, directories, and encyclopedias
  • Résumés and CVs
  • Ecology and environment
  • Government, provincial
  • Pedagogy
  • Gardening and horticulture
  • Entertainment
  • Travel and tourism
  • Finance and taxation
  • Family
  • Animals

Working Languages

English