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Matheson Freelancing

About
I’m a Toronto-based writer, editor, book reviewer, and anthologist, who’s been working as a professional freelance editor for the last 21 years. I’m actively involved in the Canadian publishing industry in a number of respects, though my prior freelancing background is in corporate and technical writing. (No, that’s not me in the header photo.) I’ve…

Editing
The inevitable side effect of writing is that one’s work requires editing. Specifically, once the work of writing is done, a piece requires various levels of editing. Be it substantive/developmental, line, or copy editing/proofreading. Those types of edits constituting the following: Substantive/developmental edits are large-scale assessments covering overall and integrated structure, narrative flow, pacing, plot, character, and…

Copywriting
Copywriting is an act of careful craft. It’s the right words, perfectly calibrated, to get across your message. Whether that message is a call to action, advertising a product, or selling an idea. In literal terms, copywriting is the writing of content for web pages or other online content, print content, press releases, advertising copy,…

Ghostwriting
We all have stories to tell, be they fictional or our own, and information to share, both fictional and non-fictional. When you have the message, but not the voice to tell it, that’s where a ghostwriter comes in–helping you tell your story or share your message in your voice. Working from assembled notes, outlines, sample…

Rates (All)
I charge the low end of industry standard rates across all the services I offer. This is done to limit the cost to clients but still allow me to earn a living wage. I accept payment through PayPal or Interac eTransfer for most jobs. I will sometimes take a cheque from Toronto locals. If you…

Testimonials/CV
There’s an axiom about editing that holds true: Bad editing is immediately apparent. Good editing is invisible. A good, or excellent, editor helps produce a book that appears as though it was crafted in a literary immaculate conception. Given that, it can be hard to track down the work of an excellent editor. You can, however,…