Love of language has been the central thread of my editing, writing, and teaching career. Over the last 25 years, I have edited dozens of book manuscripts, written more than 50 published articles, and taught thousands of college and university students in linguistics, professional writing, English grammar and composition, and medical terminology.

If you are looking for meticulous attention to detail, speed and efficiency, clarity, and conciseness, I can help you achieve your writing goals. Trained in linguistics, I have edited writing on a wide range of topics, and most of my published writing has focussed on environmental issues.

Contact me to discuss your project and receive an accurate, free estimate. Go to my website for more details: speargrasscommunications.com.

Recent Projects

Copy edited a monograph and two anthologies for Athabasca University Press on the topics of day care history, international relations, and Western Canadian studies.

Copy edited several essays, a haibun collection, and a web page for an Edmonton haibun poet and essayist.

Copy edited a K-12 Aboriginal curriculum on home safety for Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Proofread final page proofs of a legal anthology on the meaning of "consent" as it relates to Aboriginal peoples for UBC Press.

Copy edited a web site for an international development consultant.

Edited and wrote for a full-colour, 32-page wilderness conservation magazine, from article solicitation to final page proofs.