Fiction

I can show you how the time-tested principles of compelling storytelling can enhance your authentic voice and style, to effectively recreate your vision in the reader’s mind.

“The first draft reveals the art; revision reveals the artist.”

Michael Lee

Novels

Through careful attention to plot development, characterization, and threads of deepening insight, I can help you realize your novel’s full potential.

Young Adult Fiction

I can help you develop your plot in such a way that it drives young readers’ interest and holds their attention, while avoiding condescending language or tones that are apt to put them off.

Drama

Through careful attention to the various levels on which dialogue and action work in the context of a visual medium, I can help you hone your play or screenplay to its most powerful and effective form.

Short Stories

I can help you address the challenges of developing a full and satisfying story within the confines of shorter form, while taking advantage of the unique opportunities a short length affords.

“It was my first novel, and I was apprehensive and nervous about the process. As a newspaper writer, I was accustomed to harsh and insensitive edits and I feared that with my 'baby,' but Julie was absolutely gentle, kind, and made the process easy and fun. And she caught factual things that I had completely overlooked. If you're a newbie...or even an old pro...I'd say Julie's your ticket to a pain-free editing process.”

Dave LeBlanc, author of Falconi’s Tractor, and

contributing writer for The Globe and Mail as “The Architourist”

“When my publisher appointed Julie Roorda as the editor for my new novel, I felt a bit stressed. As a writer of immigrant fiction, I feared that Julie, being a well-known and talented writer herself, would be unnecessarily demanding and perhaps inflexible too. On the contrary, her formidable writing skills and experience made her even more patient, percipient and persuasive. With her understanding and encouragement, the editing process – the least

likeable part of writing – turned into a pleasant and rewarding exercise.”

Pratap Reddy, author of Ramya’s Treasure and

Weather Permitting & Other Stories