Group Coaching (Accountabiliaty Group)
"Genevieve’s writing groups are amazing! I joined my first prompt group in late Fall 2020, and I am so thankful I did. Genevieve’s prompts have allowed me to explore characters I didn’t even know were sitting in my head, waiting to be written, until a prompt brought the right words to kick-start their story. I joined the Accountability Group in Winter 2021, and it has been so wonderful and helpful to meet with Genevieve and the rest of the group every two weeks. We share progress reports, talk about issues we’re having, hear suggestions from the group, and share work. Genevieve always encourages a review of the major goal(s) of the session mid-way, to ensure that the goal still makes sense, or we can adjust it (because life happens and we roll with that). It’s because of the Accountability Group that I finished my first draft of my poetry manuscript, something I didn’t think I’d ever do, because I felt so burnt out after university. As we say in Accountability, “Not good, but done,” which is the most important thing in writing. After all, how can you edit anything if there’s nothing to edit?
Genevieve’s group provides the perfect amount of deadline and pressure to actually finish things without feeling incredibly stressed like in school.
Genevieve also creates a wonderful atmosphere in all of her groups that allows for creativity and silliness (and if so desired, creepiness), and a safe space to share our work, even though it is rough.
If you are looking to get into (or back into) creative writing, whether it be fiction or non‑fiction, prose or poetry, Genevieve’s groups provide a space to let your imagination soar!"
Group Coaching (Accountability Group)
Substantive Edit
Copy Edit
James Dick
"I'm writing this testimonial one hour after a short story Genevieve edited was accepted by a Toronto publication. As a short fiction writer, I know how difficult it is to get noticed, let alone published, by professional markets. I like to think I only ever send my best work out, but Genevieve has consistently shown me that my best work can always be made better by a copy edit and a proofread. These days, I'll rarely send a story out until Genevieve's had a crack at it first. Any acceptances I get are thanks to her keen and discriminating editorial eye."
Copy Edit / Proofread
"Genevieve’s work helped strengthen my prose, and made stories I was already proud of even better. After spending years of work on a book, knowing that its prose was in her hands was a relief. She’s one of the best editors I’ve worked with, and on top of that comes into the job and with a friendly and professional demeanor, which makes the frantic work of publishing nicer, and also smoother. Her proofreading work is meticulous, and she caught mistakes in works that had already seen passes by other proofreaders. I’ll be coming back to Genevieve’s work in the future, you can count on that."
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