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| First Name | Jennifer D. |
| Last Name | Foster |
| Member Since | March 14, 2014 |
| planet_word@hotmail.com | |
| City | Toronto |
| State | Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Company | Planet Word |
| Branch Affiliation | Toronto |
| Website | lifeonplanetword.wordpress.com |
| https://www.instagram.com/planet_word/ | |
| https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.foster.58958 | |
| Bio | I'm a Toronto-based freelance writer, editor and mentor, with 25 years' editorial experience, 21 of those as a freelancer. I've created a substantial body of work, with a diverse and notable range of publication credits, interests and clients, including Penguin Random House Canada, The Globe and Mail, Manitoba Museum, HarperCollins Publishers, Second Story Press, Canadian Children's Book News, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Havergal College, PwC Management Services LP, Firefly Books, Editors Canada, Kids Can Press, Toronto Foundation, Common Deer Press, Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, ECW Press, Owlkids Books, Tavanberg Communications and Ontario Dental Association. With extensive experience in magazines, book and custom publishing, and marketing and communications, I work on everything from fiction and non-fiction, children's books, consumer and trade magazines, blog posts and newsletters to PR materials, web copy, reports/guides, curatorial content, style guides and book reviews. 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; book judging. I'm the former administrative director of Rowers Reading Series, which folded in 2020 after 13 years as a vital part of the Toronto literary landscape; a writer and editor for BoldFace, the blog of Editors Toronto, as well as for other publications, projects and events for Editors Toronto and Editors Canada, such as The Word On The Street; and copy editor for "CAA Communiqué" an e-newsletter of Canadian Authors Association. I'm also the former vice-president of Canadian Authors–Toronto and former co-chair and seminars chair of Editors Toronto. And I mentor novice editors and writers via Planet Word and Editors Canada's John Eerkes-Medrano Mentorship Program. I’m also a regular book reviewer for the annual Whistler Independent Book Awards and have been a judge for the Fred Kerner Book Award twice. I have an honours bachelor of arts in sociology and mass communication from York University and a bachelor of applied arts (MA program) in journalism, specializing in magazines, from Toronto Metropolitan University. |
| Publications | My work has been published in/on Quill & Quire; Canadian Children's Book News; Canadian Living; Novel & Short Story Writer's Market; Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market; Canadian House & Home; Ontario Dentist; Your Oral Health.ca; Smile Magazine; Ignite magazine; CM: Canadian Review of Materials; Elevate magazine; National Reading Campaign; BoldFace; The Editors' Weekly; and more. Please see the "Portfolio" section of my website, lifeonplanetword.wordpress.com, for a cross-section of my published work. |
| Other Memberships | In addition to being a long-time member of Canadian Authors–Toronto, I’m also a member in good standing of these professional organizations: Editors Canada, Toronto branch; Canadian Freelance Guild; ACES: The Society for Editing; the Editorial Freelancers Association; Indigenous Editors Association (non-Indigenous member); and The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. |
| Genres | Autobiography, Biography & Memoir, Childrens Books, Comics & Graphic Novels, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Drama, e-Book, Educational, Fiction, Freelance, Health, History, Humour & Entertainment, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Nonfiction, Parenting, Politics & Social Science, Romance, Scriptwriting, Self Help, Travel, Young Adult |
| Available For | Presentations, Speaking Engagements |
| Services Offered | Book Reviews, Copywriting, Corporate Writing, Editing, Freelance Writing, Manuscript Reading & Consultation, Promotional Copy, Research, Web Content |