Category Archives: Services

Writing Services

Internationally published writer Dorothea Helms is passionate about writing, and has had her work appear in an amazingly diverse selection of publications. She has also served as editor of three magazines and several newspaper sections, in addition to editing books for individual authors. Whatever your writing, ghostwriting or editorial needs, Dorothea will exceed your expectations… Read more »

Courses & Workshops

Courses Creative Writing – a 10-week course offered each fall at the Uxbridge, Ontario, campus of Durham College that provides an overview of fiction and non-fiction writing for the person who is passionate about the craft, but needs direction in both polishing work for publication and the mechanics of how to approach editors. Advanced Creative… Read more »

Keynote Speeches

The Art of Making Money: How Artsie-Fartsies Can Learn to Tap Into Left Brain Skills Humor Sells: Write Funny to Make Money Don’t Sell Yourself Short: Marketing for the 21st Century Weight No Longer: Learn to Love Yourself at Any Weight Straight to the Top: How to Approach Celebrities and Other Important People Opportunity’s Knocking:… Read more »

Business Training

In 1994, I was dabbling in professional freelance writing, making a few bucks here and there and generally working horrendous hours for little return. I knew how to write – I simply didn’t understand how to make money at it. Then in 1994, I was accepted into a self-employment program run by Women and Rural… Read more »