Sheila Ascroft

Sheila Ascroft writer ~ editor ~ writing coach

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writing
   magazine articles
     newspaper features
     web articles
     promotional material


editing
     substantive
     stylistic
     copy
     plain language

web design
     simple crisp, clean sites

I have been in "the word business" one way or another since the 1970s. As a staffer at The Ottawa Citizen daily newspaper, I both wrote and edited copy. I've also worked on staff in the federal government editing books, reports and manuals, and writing promotional and educational materials. Now I freelance for local and national magazines, and various organizations.

I've been a regular contributor to Heritage, the Heritage Canada Foundation's national quarterly magazine, since 1997.

As well, I've been writing outdoor articles for almost every issue of Ottawa Outdoors Magazine since 2008. (Click the Outdoor magazine photo to read my latest article.)
In 2009, I also began writing a blog for recreational cyclists on the popular online magazine Women's Cycling.

My subject areas include:

archaeology
architecture
Canadian history
cycling
heritage preservation
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