For the Love of Books—a Reader’s Dream Job 

When:  Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 to 8:30 pm PDT

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost:    Editors Canada members, free; non-members, $10; student non-members, $5

An avid reader and closet fiction writer, Pat Dobie had no idea that editing books was a job—until she realized it was the perfect one for her. Today she runs Lucid Edit, a thriving business, editing fiction and nonfiction books, teaching developmental editing, and working with writers all over the world. How did that happen? What does this dream job look like, day by day? We’ll talk about mistakes, happy accidents, and creativity in the service of creating your own dream job in editing.

Pat Dobie is a developmental editor of fiction and nonfiction. Her clients have gone on to get agents, achieve traditional publication, self-publish successfully, and win awards. The author of Fiction Editing: A Writer’s Roadmap, Pat is a two-time winner of the International 3-Day Novel Contest and a past finalist for the Historical Novel Society’s New Novel Award.

Everyone attending this meeting will have a chance to win a pair of tickets to one of this year’s Vancouver Writers Fest events!

Note: Editors BC will record this meeting. Editors Canada members can view the recording for 30 days by logging in to the Editors Canada website and going to the Editors BC Branch page.