I specialize in three areas. Editing non-fiction manuscripts, helping individuals write their memoirs and families and organizations compile their histories, and helping small businesses and non-profits develop promotional copy and Web content. Non-fiction manuscripts. I edit books that win awards! I offer every level of editing — developmental, structural, stylistic, copy-editing, and proofreading. I also provide additional writing and ghostwriting services. If you need a book designer, I partner with an award-winning designer who can design a book to meet your specifications and coordinate with the printer of your choice. Memoirs and corporate histories. Do you have a story that needs telling? Do you want to preserve your story, or that of a relative? Do you want to compile a family or organizational history? I can help you do it. I offer a full range of services from interviewing and ghostwriting to book design — everything you need to put your story into book form. For more information and to view some samples, visit my website www.lifewriters.ca . (See our newest release, "Buckerfield: the Story of a Vancouver Family." This lavishly illustrated 100,000-word, 334-page, 10 x 8 casebound coffee table book tells the stories of the Buckerfields (the feed, seed, and fertilizer family). For more information, visit www.lifewriters.ca/buckerfield.) Promotional copy and web content for small businesses and non-profits. This includes brochures, newsletters, sales letters, profiles, and web content. I partner with web designers and publication designers to offer full services. For more information and to view some samples, visit my website www.elitewords.com “As a first time writer, I had a lot to learn about the entire process of getting a book from the initial draft to the final, finished product. . . . Thankfully, I decided to invest in a professional. Philip definitely knows his stuff. He offered objective feedback that caused me to dig deeper. Not only did he strengthen my manuscript, but he has made me a better writer. If you are wondering if it's worth it to hire an editor —it is!” — Sandra Crawford, author of In the Arms of My Beloved: A Journey Through Breast Cancer. Winner, 2010 Word Guild Award for Best Independently Published Non-fiction. “Philip edited a number of the FVCDC newsletters as well as some promotional material. He was also instrumental in helping us plan and rebuild our website (www.fvcdc.org). He worked closely with several of our staff members as well as the website designer and wrote or edited almost all the content. We found him easy to work with and especially appreciated his ability to make the material easy to understand and navigate for first-time visitors to our website. I would be quite willing to refer him to other organisations.” — Laurie Tattersall, Human Resources Manager, Fraser Valley Child Development Centre. “Without the help of Philip, I could never have written and published my memoirs. Not only is the finished product much better than I ever could have imagined, but the whole process was very rewarding. Philip and his team are professional in every sense of the word, and I benefited first hand from his intuitive editing skills — his ability to rearrange a passage with skill and subtlety without sacrificing anything of the narrative. And all done with a lightness and humour that makes working together pure fun.” — Joyce Bryant, CM, BEM. Author of Slender Threads: A Memoir. | 
