Current Workshop Offerings
TBA
Editing, Writing, and Communications Services
I offer a range of editorial services, including (but not limited to):
Proofreading,
Line editing,
Copy editing,
Fact checking,
Developmental editing, and
Manuscript consultations.
Whether you need assistance with a college application, a book manuscript, a cover letter, a dissertation, or anything else, I can help! Previous clients include book editors, first-time memoirists, academic writers, seasoned essayists, and curriculum development companies like Green Ninja. Please contact me for rates.
As an educator, I am also available to teach nonfiction workshops or classes to kids or adults or provide one-on-one writing tutoring to high school students and adults of any age. I currently work for the Missoula Writing Collaborative and teach poetry to grades 3-8. I have experience teaching adult writing workshops as well.
Do you or your organization need help with communications? I have extensive experience in writing press releases, managing social media accounts, drafting strategic communications plans, designing magazines and brochures, and developing branding guidelines. Previous clients include the University of Montana's Environmental Studies program and the Peñasco Theatre. Contact me for rates.
“I want to thank you for all the editing you did with us. I especially enjoyed reading your comments and feedback and one in particular that struck home with me and some of our team was your reminder about how some cultures believe that everything is living including rocks. It’s a great point and we made changes to reflect this!”
“Emily spent a great deal of time with me reworking my first solo manuscript for journal publication. I had received feedback from reviewers that was, to me, diverse, confusing and contradictory. Emily helped me navigate these comments and form a strategy for completely reworking my article. She taught me tricks about how to organize my paper from the paragraph level up. If I did not understand a strategy or recommendation she suggested, she patiently reworded her comments. She helped me work through a high-level reorganization and then encouraged me to dive deeper into aspects of my topic that I had not even considered before. Emily was always careful to make sure that what she suggested worked for my research discipline and the journal I intended to submit to. The manuscript is now a more focused and professional article and has recently been accepted for publication. ”
Past Writing Workshops
Fishtrap: Writing and the West
Reimagining Environmental Writing
Tuesdays in November 2021 – 2,9,16,23
6:00pm pacific time – one hour workshop sessions
Nature writing and environmental writing are often narrowly conceived as fly fishing or backpacking celebrations, or journalistic advocacy about an aspect of the climate crisis. In this generative workshop, however, we will flip traditional understandings of environmental writing by reading work that pushes the traditional boundaries of the genre. Readings, which will be largely completed outside of workshop sessions, will serve to help us redefine and reimagine environmental writing. With these new definitions in mind, we will then dive into our own writing. The workshop will take place for one hour each week for four consecutive weeks. Each session will include discussion of readings and ideas, brainstorming, and a generative prompt and writing time. By the end of the month, participants will have an essay drafted as well as resources for revision and publication.
Writing for Healing and Resilience
Wednesdays, April 3 - May 8, 2:30 - 4 pm. Red Willow Center.
The act of writing can be cathartic, especially since we often store the pain of unpleasant memories in our bodies and in our minds. Writing can help us see a way forward towards healing and resilience. In this class, we’ll read examples of published writing, discuss ways to evoke memory and sensory detail on the page, and explore writing prompts. Each class will guide participants to focus on one aspect of their memories, including writing about place, music, family, friendship, and the body. Participants will be encouraged to share their work with the group, but this will not be required.
March 2, 2019, 10 am - 12 pm. Shakespeare & Company Bookstore. Click the title for registration.
Using objects and a theme, participants will write two short pieces that may reveal surprising connections.
Journaling for Resilience
Online six-week class, Wednesdays from January 19 to February 23, 2021, 3:30pm to 4:30pm MST
Class Description:
Writing has been proven to improve both mental and physical health by boosting our immune systems. Writing about what’s on our minds can also help us let go of thoughts or feelings we may be holding onto.
In this class, we will move beyond everyday routines and the monotonous rhythm of the pandemic and respond to prompts chosen according to participants’ needs and curiosities. This class is for everyone—people who have never tried journaling, serious writers, and everyone in between.