Substantive Editing: Walking the Labyrinth

Substantive Editing: Walking the Labyrinth
In a sense the writing of a book is like walking a labyrinth. It is in some regards a circular journey where head down you weave around others, your focus is getting to the heart of the story which is leading you as much as you are leading it. Whether you walk slowly or quickly is up to you. While writing you make your way to the centre where you may rest, pray and ask for insights. Once at the centre you have a manuscript that is nearly there. You are so close and have worked so hard to get it all down but don't know if it is ready for publication. In some cases, you simply don't know how to take it to that next level and your friends and writing group have taken you as far as they can with their generosity as your first readers. Now you may need a substantive editor to dig more deeply into the entire manuscript, someone to walk with you as you retrace your steps and complete the final revisions. Together we will talk about the need for a substantive editor, what you can expect from them and where to find one.

This talk is for you if you are

• in the midst of writing and wondering what is next
• holding on to a manuscript, wondering if it is ‘good enough’
• not sure if you need an editor and how one might help
• ready to find the right editor for you

About Jónína:
Jónína Kirton, a Red River Métis/Icelandic poet, author, facilitator and manuscript consultant currently lives in the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Sḵwxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh. A graduate of the SFU Writer’s Studio in 2007, she was Betsy Warland’s mentor apprentice at the studio in 2017 and 2018 and is currently one her Vancouver Manuscript Intensive mentors.

Her first collection of poetry, page as bone ~ ink as blood, was released in April 2015 with Talonbooks. It has been described as “restorative, intimate poetry, drawing down ancestral ideas into the current moment’s breath.” A late blooming poet she was sixty-one when she received the 2016 Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts Award for an Emerging Artist in the Literary Arts category. Her second collection of poetry, An Honest Woman, was a finalist in the 2018 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

Until very recently she was a member of Room Magazine’s Editorial board and the curator of their on-line news related poetry series, Turtle Island Responds. She was one of the co-founders of the reading series, Indigenous Brilliance. For a number of years, she was an active member of the Vancouver literary scene but now finds herself in semi-retirement due to health issues and the demands of her manuscript consulting work. She is committed to author care, her own and that of others.

Author in the Spotlight: Michele Amitrani

Michele is the author of several books in Italian and the founder of www.CrediNellaTuaStoria.com, a leading book marketing and self-publishing platform in Italy. He is also the host of Credi Crea, a podcast in Italian that interviews successful authors on a weekly basis. Michele writes Sci-Fi in Italian and has recently published his first Fantasy in English.

About Lord of Time

Time doesn’t heal all wounds. It makes them deeper.

Alfred White’s only concern in life is his career. Until he meets Pacific, a mysterious man who questions Alfred’s obedience to a system designed to harvest people’s time.

Yes. Time. Pacific seems to know the inner truth behind time, and he will share this knowledge—if Alfred will accept his mentorship for one day. But Alfred soon learns that the road to temporal knowledge is paved with death and destruction.

And, as the day continues, Alfred discovers another truth: there is nothing Pacific wouldn’t do for more time.

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Event Details
Contact Person:
Melody Owen
melody@melodyowen.com
604-809-3364