Glen Herbert, Writer and Editor

 

“You have to consider your client. ... You can’t work in the abstract.” –I. M. Pei, architect

 

 

About Me

I have more than 15 years of experience in publishing ranging from sales support, to project development and acquisition, to authorship. As an editor, I develop projects for use in school and college instruction. As a writer, I contribute technical material, articles, and interviews to a range of educational and trade publications. I am also the publicist for the Kruger Brothers, writing press material, fielding opportunities with a range of media outlets, and administering the band website.

Skills	Genres	Subjects
Writing Development and project editing Structural and substantive editing Content research Photo research and permissions Literary permissions Video research and permissions Fact-checking	School Higher education Magazine Marketing	Language arts Social studies, sociology Psychology Health and wellness Lifestyle Music

 

Acknowledgements

“Glen Herbert’s energetic and meticulous approach to the project was evident from beginning to end. Visually and linguistically, this book owes much to his exemplary skills as a developmental editor.”

–Robert J. Brym, from the preface New Society: Sociology for the 21st Century,
4th ed. (Toronto: Nelson)

“Glen Herbert attended to the development of the edition and I am grateful for his guidance and support throughout the project.”

–Tara Burke, from the preface to Social Psychology,
1st Cdn. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin)

“We are especially grateful to Glen Herbert for [his] consummate professionalism, constant good humour, and patient readiness to indulge requests for Luddite-friendly file formats and last-minute changes to incorporate just-released census data.”

–Adie Nelson, from the preface to Mooney, Knox, Schacht, Nelson,
Understanding Social Problems, 2nd Cdn. ed. (Toronto: Nelson)