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WRITING SAMPLES & PORTFOLIO

BUSINESS & MARKETING

Miller Thomson LLP – Construction Practice Group brochure, Environmental Law practice page
Hipcamp – blog articles, location profiles, park information
Kira Systems – Intelex case study
Education New Zealand – Studying in New Zealand
Education New Zealand – Media Release
Guildwood Business Networking Group – website

MAGAZINES & NEWSLETTERS

Guildwood Village Community Association –  E-News  (monthly)
Canine Corner column – Guildwood News & Views (2013-2017)
NZ Wilderness – Romancing the Stones (cover story) (pg. 1, 2, 3)
Walking NZ Magazine – Tourists Take to the Streets
LINKZ Magazine – Feature articles, migrant profiles, helpful tips
Global Study Magazine – Biotechnology in New Zealand, Offbeat Offerings
Canadian Student Magazine - Feature articles on studying in New Zealand (Get a Hands-On Education in New Zealand, Design Your Career in New Zealand)
Verge Magazine - New Zealand’s Amazing Learning Landscape
i-student advisor (online magazine) – Introduction to Studying in New Zealand
InTravel (online magazine) – Attack of the Killer Seals

BLOGS

I ghostwrite blog posts for lawyers, financial planners, and banking consultants, but for confidentiality reasons I cannot share them here. You can also see my posts on the Blog page of this website.
Love in a Tent - Camping and hiking
​Boldface: Editors Toronto (contributor) - Retirement Planning for Freelancers, Next-Level Networking, Save your eyes! Tips to reduce computer-related eye strain

BOOKS

Be as Happy as Your Dog: 16 Dog-Tested Ways to Be Happier Using Pawsitive Psychology (5 Foot Communications 2023)
A self-help book that shows people how to live the same joyful, fulfilling lives that they see their dogs enjoying. The book brings together the latest research on dog behaviour and cognition and the leading experts on positive psychology to offer simple ways to add more happiness to your life.​

Sex in a Tent: A Wild Couple’s Guide to Getting Naughty in Nature (Wilderness Press 2007)
A fun yet practical guide to camping with a romantic partner. It's part camping guide, part couples therapy, and a dash of Kama Sutra. Over 13,500 copies sold.

Moon Living Abroad in New Zealand (Avalon Travel Publishing 2008, 2nd edition 2011, 3rd edition 2015)
Moving to a new country can seem like an overwhelming endeavour. This guide breaks down everything you need to know for a successful move to New Zealand, and helps you to quickly integrate into the local culture. From taxes to driving rules, medical care to housing options, you'll know exactly what to expect when you arrive.

Psychic Animals: Superstition, Science, and Extraordinary Tales (Arcturus 2017)
Find out how animals do things that seem incredible and even impossible to us. How do salmon find the river where they were born and return to it? How can dogs sniff out cancer? Does your cat know when you're about to get a migraine? When did the US military develop pigeon-guided missiles?

Providing Sound Foundations for Cryptography: On the work of Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali (ACM 2019)
Michelle Waitzman wrote two chapters for this volume, providing compelling biographies of cryptographers Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali, winners of the AM Turing Award for Computer Science. 

Linking the World's Information: Tim Berners-Lee's Invention of the World Wide Web (ACM 2023)
Michelle Waitzman wrote a chapter-length biography of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web and directs the non-profit consortium that manages it, W3C. He won the 2016 AM Turing Award for Computer Science.
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Foundations of Computation and Machine Learning: The Work of Leslie Valiant (ACM, forthcoming)
Michelle Waitzman wrote a chapter-length biography of Les Valiant, known in computing circles as the godfather of machine learning. Valiant is also known for substantial work in computational complexity and parallel computing, and has published controversial views on the link between learning and evolution. He won the 2010 AM Turing Award for Computer Science.

Logic, Automata and Computational Complexity: The Works of Stephen A. Cook (ACM 2023)
Michelle Waitzman wrote a chapter-length biography of Steve Cook, who had a long career at the University of Toronto working in the area of complexity theory. His fundamental work influenced a whole field of research, and defined a problem that now has a million-dollar prize attached to it. He won the 1982 AM Turing Award for Computer Science.

EDUCATIONAL

Home & Abroad travel website – Free educational travel activities for nine destinations (more than 100 activities in total) including Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Niagara Falls, Berlin, Bangkok, Lanai, Seville, and Capetown
San Min Publishing (Taiwan) – Short ESOL texts for vocabulary and grammar practice in textbooks

CONSULTING AND TRAINING CLIENTS

Canadian Women's Foundation — Plain language online workshop
College of Nurses of Ontario — Plain language and writing workshop
Halton Region — Plain language consulting for grant program
Editors Toronto — Online plain language course creator/instructor

EDITING CLIENTS

Current and recent clients include:
Canadian Tax Foundation — copy editor and proofreader: conference reports, journals, reference books, newsletters
Miller Thomson LLP — writer and editor: practice brochures, website content, blog posts 
Emond Publishing — copy editor and proofreader: legal casebooks, professional law books
Ironshield Financial Planning — copy editor: e-newsletters, marketing materials, consumer guides, website content
Mortgage Professionals Canada — stylistic editor: online course materials
Way of Life Dog Training — newsletter and content editor
Guildwood Village Community Association — volunteer editor of monthly e-newsletter
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