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Jill Browne
Suite101 Editor
Jill Browne joined Suite 101 in December 2006 as the Accessible Recreation Feature Writer. In May 2008, she became the Editor for Outdoor & Recreation and Science & Nature. Jill continues to post articles as a Contributing Writer outside of the topics she personally edits.
Writing Credits Include
- Pesticide regulation in Canada: the federal registration process and its development since 1927. Environmental Law Centre, Edmonton, 1985.
- Finalist, Romance Writers of America, Golden Heart Competition, 1993 for an unpublished romantic suspense novel.
- Calgary Herald, humorous Valentine's Day piece, 1994.
- On Site Review (architecture and design), urban design criticism, book reviews, 2007.
- Many shareholder communications, annual and quarterly reports, press releases, presentations.
- Accessible Recreation Feature Writer on Suite101 from December 2006 - May 2008.
Notable Rejection Slips
- Canadian Boy (Boy Scouts) - the first rejection slip, age 8
- Family Circle - the second rejection slip, age 10
Writing Groups and Organizations (Past)
- Alberta Romance Writers' Association, a group dedicated to writing craft generally as well as to the romance genre in particular.
- Romantic Novelists Association (UK).
- Romance Writers of America - was a preliminary round judge for the Golden Heart Competition, 1994.
- Boot Camp Keegan, an online writing group for writers committed to producing quality short fiction pieces and to practicing the art of objective critiquing.
Occasional Blogs
- Explore Radio: The Voice in the Dark examines provocative, interesting and fun pieces of radio journalism and performance.
- Living in Calgary comments on the ups and downs of life in Canada's fastest-growing city.
- Jam Side Down observes with wonder and empathy "some of the stuff that happens to people in real life when all they were doing was acting normally."
- jill browne is a blog of links to Jill's current writing as it is published.
Online Presence
Jill can be found from time to time on most of the major social networks and services - LinkedIn, Facebook, Squidoo, Gather, Twitter, Technorati, StumbleUpon to name a few.
Degrees
- Physical Geography (including two years of transfer credit from Landscape Architecture)
- Law
- Business (MBA)
- Will soon complete the requirements for a post-degree diploma in Cultural Resource Management.
Professional and Volunteer Work
Jill's diverse professional history includes working in
- land reclamation
- corporate and securities law
- stock exchange regulation
- software development
- intellectual property law
- investor relations and
- entrepreneur.
Currently she is an active volunteer and occasional employee in the museum world.
Credo
Jill believes that a team of good performers committed to working together can achieve more than an equal number of superstars can alone. As an editor at Suite, she is inspired every day by the imagination, talent and enthusiasm of her writer colleagues.
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