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Professional Writers Association of Canada - National writers association, based in
 Toronto with provincial chapters. I have been a Professional Member, Victoria chapter,
since September 2010.
Federation
of BC Writers - Provincial writers association based
in Vancouver.
I
have been a member since February 2008.
British Columbia Association of Travel Writers - Provincial travel writers association based in Burnaby. I have been a member since May 2011.
Morrison's Nifty Drivelarium & Gubbins Repository - My blog, launched in January 2011.
DeSign of the Dog - Vancouver design company run
by Ariane Behrend, responsible for building
this beautiful website, the photography within, and also designing
my logo
and
business card.
| CLIENTS & EMPLOYERS
(plus associated): |
BeatRoute - Calgary and Vancouver-published magazine, concentrating primarily
on music content: Freelance contributor from August 2011 to present.
Page
One Publishing - Based in Victoria, BC, Page One produced Harbour Air Magazine
and still publishes British Columbia Magazine, plus a range of tourism guides
amongst many titles.
The
Navigator - Malaspina University-College student newspaper:
Freelance contributor on
behalf of CHLY
from April 2008.
Harbour
City Star - Free, twice weekly Nanaimo, BC community newspaper:
Contributor
of advertising copy from March to May 2008.
Nanaimo
Daily News - Nanaimo community newspaper, published
Monday to Saturday: Contributor
of advertising copy from March to May 2008.
EyesOnBC
Media Group - Bowser, BC.-based publishers: Contributor of
commissioned
music and arts content to EyesOnBC publications The Beacon
from August 2007 and
The Baynes Sound Current from September 2007.
More
Living - Nanaimo lifestyle magazine, issued bimonthly by Mac
Publications:
Contributor of wide-ranging feature articles since the July/August
2007 issue.
The Source - Brighton, UK, magazine, now known as The Brighton Source. I was a
contributor of music-oriented material and occasional features from 1998 to 2006.
Comes
with a Smile - London-based independent music quarterly:
I was an unpaid
contributor
from 2000 to 2006.
The
Latest / Latest Homes / Latest 7 - Brighton, UK magazine:
I was a contributor of
music
reviews from 1998 to 2000 and also to offshoot music magazine
L.U.V. in 2003.
Cheeky
Guides - Publishers, Brighton, UK: I contributed
to and edited the music section of
The Cheeky Guide to Brighton: Fourth Edition (2006).
Webplacing
Ltd. - Brighton, UK S.E.O. and Internet marketing
company:
Employer (2005 - 2006).
Web
Writing - Webplacing Ltd. sister Internet Copywriting
company,
founded
during my employ.
| SELECTED INTERNET COPYWRITING
CLIENTS (Webplacing Ltd. / Web Writing): |
Escapes 2
- Manchester, UK
White
Sand Weddings - Tonbridge, UK
Pop Art To
Go - London, UK
Please go here
for Canadian Internet Copywriting clients.
| SELECTED
INTERVIEW, FEATURE & REVIEW SUBJECTS (plus associated): |
The Blue Owl B&B - Feature subject for More Living magazine.
Douglas
Walker - Feature subject for More
Living magazine. I also produced a
foreword for the 2010 edition of Walker's Form & Function
book.
Free
Spirit Spheres - Feature subject for More Living
magazine.
Gumboot
Books - Excellent and innovative children's book publisher
in Vancouver:
Feature subject for The Beacon magazine.
Nanaimo
Recycling Exchange - Feature subject for More Living
magazine.
Heimann
Counselling and Healing - Feature subject and cover story
for More Living
magazine.
Ira
Pelletier - Nanaimo musician: Feature subject for More
Living magazine.
CHLY
- Nanaimo's Radio Malaspina Society's superb radio station: Feature
subject for
More Living magazine. On April 14, 2011, alongside four other non-fiction writers,
I participated in a panel discussion about media and media literacy on CHLY's
Be the Media show. Anyone interested in hearing it can do so by clicking here.
I also appeared on the same show on June 30, 2011, to talk about concert promotion
and the 2011 Vancouver Island summer festival season. That show can be heard
by clicking here.
Killbeat
Music - Publicity and artist management company run
by Radiogram's
Ken Beattie: Interview subject for Comes with a Smile.
Lambchop
- Nashville band: Interview subject for Comes with a Smile.
Willard
Grant Conspiracy - US band: Interview subject for
Comes with a Smile.
Danielson
Famile - Review subject for Comes with a Smile.
Bonnie
"Prince" Billy - Feature subject, L.U.V.
magazine.
| BIOGRAPHIES,
PRESS RELEASES & ONE-SHEET CLIENTS: |
Fabrizio Paterlini - Neoclassical composer/pianist from Mantua, Italy: One-sheet/online
biography, 2011
Alli Sunshine and The Blue Sparrows - Nanaimo indie band: Biography and EP release one-sheet, 2010
No Horses - Sadly defunct Vancouver rock band: Biography, one-sheet and US tour press release, 2009
Greek Beds - Nanaimo/Lantzville electro-acoustic duo: Biography, 2009
James McRae - Nanaimo jazz musician: Publicity materials, 2009, 2011
Tara
Angell - New York City rock musician: Online
biography, 2007.
Belinda
Bruce - Vancouver, BC. singer-songwriter: Biography,
2007. |
