I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was small. Over the years I’ve honed my skills in a range of genres across fiction and non-fiction. But a curious thing happened during that time. Family, friends and colleagues continually asked and trusted me to review their writing, and I discovered that coaxing words into resonance with a work’s purpose filled me with my own.
Writing was a love at first sight, but editing has been a profound, slow-burn romance.
I received my bachelor’s in English and antiquity from the University of Toronto and was a founding member and chair of the Toronto Arts & Letters Club writing group. I’ve held a variety of corporate roles, including in project management, adult learning and human resources.
Since then, my career has shifted to editing full time. I am a member of Editors Canada, where I volunteer as part of the training and development committee, and I am the current chair of Editors Toronto.
It’s a dream come true to support writers on the journey to inspire the world.
Assorted Interests & Pastimes
Ancient civilizations
Constructed Language
Video games, tabletop roleplaying and collectible card games
Crafting & DIY projects
Aviation
I chose the name “Elixir” for the connection to alchemy. The pursuit of transmutation seemed an apt comparison to the writer’s craft—spinning words into gold.
Elixir’s values reflect a few other aspects of the philosophy:
Sustantia (substance): harmonizing words with meaning and vision
Immortalis (immortality): celebrating the legacy of the author and the written word
Spiritus (spirit): safeguarding the joy of writing and removing barriers to publication
Also, heavy ties to ancient times and speculative fiction? Count me in. A lot of my specialty genres feature alchemists, wizards or other practitioners of the arcane, metaphorically or not. I may have even referenced it in my own writing.
What can I say? I’m a nerd.