Words tell your audience who you are and what you care about. They can be lucid or muddled. There may be a few words on a page, sent as an email, or thousands of them in a book.
The right words convey wisdom, not confusion. They let the world know you are unequivocal about your message and committed to results.
I write words for my clients that are clear, concise, and carefully chosen. All of them are relentlessly directed to your specific reader.
So tell me what you want to accomplish. I will write your words.
I wanted to be a writer when I was five years old. So I went to school and studied math and science. Then I attended the University of Toronto for a Specialist Degree in English. At Victoria College, the great Northrop Frye inspired us with words of wisdom. Finally, I set off to Western University for a Master’s Degree in Journalism. I did this so I could write something more interesting than a complex academic essay.
I completed some courses at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) because I liked advertising and editorial design. Then I went to work managing people — mostly writers, publishers, artists, editors, marketers, and communication staff.
Twenty years after my first job, I decided to be a writer.
By then, of course, I already was a writer, albeit in “disguise”. I’d written articles, newspaper columns, plays, advertising copy, even a children’s book, published by Black Moss Press and Oxford Press (Great Britain) in 1995.
Words & Solutions was created in 1999. Since then, I have worked with over 100 businesses, marketing communications studios, publishers, boutique consulting firms, Fortune 500 companies, banks, and arts organizations.
These days, I focus on book-writing. I’ve written two more as author, and ghost-written over 20 books—even some bestsellers!
Beth’s intelligence versus artificial intelligence:
I use AI as a tool for research, and platforms like Grammarly to compare style manuals. But when you hire Beth, you get me. Nothing I write is composed by a robot. The soul of your voice remains in your words.
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
– Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
Services
Ghost Writer
Books that include: sales, marketing, interior design, law, financial services, therapy, medicine, dentistry, family business, job search, leadership, and travel.
Unstoppable: The Story of Asset-Based Financing and Leasing in Canada
How to Be A Great Elephant
Thomas Knew There Were Pirates Living in the Bathroom
Editorial & Publishing
I work with publishers and authors to guarantee a book that proudly bears your name.
Substantive and developmental editing
Publishing and book consulting
What People Say
“Beth is so reliable and smart at organizing a book and then pulling the right material out of the authors. It all worked out beautifully.” -Trena White, Co-founder and Co-CEO, Page Two Books
I was not prepared to share a bedroom with him. He clung there on the window while I squeezed myself onto a downstairs couch. My two cats were delighted. I woke up with muscle aches where I didn’t know I… Read more: Bat Boy of the Lake
Sepia isn’t a colour that has a lot of star power. No wonder! It was named after the sepia cuttlefish, which is where sepia gets its pigment. These small cephalopods, related to their much larger cousins, the octopus and the… Read more: Meet Sepia, An Unsung Pigment for Painting
Next time you run out of ultramarine blue, remind yourself that there was a time when the ultramarine blue pigment was so expensive, no one could afford to buy too much of it! Johannes Vermeer, for instance, used so much… Read more: Painting the Blues
I was not prepared to share a bedroom with him. He clung there on the window while I squeezed myself onto a downstairs couch. My two cats were delighted. I woke up with muscle aches where I didn’t know I… Read more: Bat Boy of the Lake
Sepia isn’t a colour that has a lot of star power. No wonder! It was named after the sepia cuttlefish, which is where sepia gets its pigment. These small cephalopods, related to their much larger cousins, the octopus and the… Read more: Meet Sepia, An Unsung Pigment for Painting
Next time you run out of ultramarine blue, remind yourself that there was a time when the ultramarine blue pigment was so expensive, no one could afford to buy too much of it! Johannes Vermeer, for instance, used so much… Read more: Painting the Blues