Writing Services for Website Content

The Importance of First Impressions

A good first impression is still very important and your website is often the first place people will encounter your company and it’s products and services.

Your on line copy reflects your professionalism or lack of it. You need to take pride in what you have on the web. If it appears you don’t really care what your site looks like, the customer will assume your products may be similarly slipshod. 

I offer both hourly rates and flat fees for website content writing, based on the requirements of the project. Please contact me directly for rates and fees for copywriting for website content.

Copywriting Services

The way in which you communicate with your customers is a vital component  of your business and well written content can be the difference between success and failure. 

I have extensive experience in writing for a wide range of industries and market segments and offer a variety of copywriting services including website content, blogs and newsletters, social media including Facebook and Twitter, brochures, direct mail, sales letters, press releases, newspaper and magazine advertising and more. 

Contact me for details regarding copywriting services and my portfolio of completed projects.

New Non-fiction Titles - CN Tower

The CN Tower is the Western Hemisphere’s highest freestanding structure. It has become one of the most recognizable symbols both of Canada and of Toronto’s downtown skyline. Find out more in CN Tower, part of the Canada’s Structural Wonders series.

Canada’s Structural Wonders identifies some of the country’s best-know structures, exploring their history, the people responsible for their creation, and the science behind their construction. Each title features informative text, colourful photographs and maps, and a timeline detailing the steps in construction. Published by Weigl Publishers in Fall, 2012. 

You can learn more about the CN Tower, as well as my many other non-fiction titles, on my website.

Simon Rose Online Bookstore - Autographed and Personally Inscribed Copies Always Available

You can always buy autographed copies of The Emerald Curse directly from the author in my online bookstore.

"Charles Kelly was the world’s greatest comic book artist, until he disappeared without a trace. 

Two years later, his grandson Sam discovers a mysterious pen in Kelly’s attic studio. Sam is soon propelled into a bizarre dimension, where super villains are all powerful and disturbingly real, and finds himself in a deadly confrontation with an evil entity, imprisoned inside a mystical gemstone since the dawn of time."

Coaching Program for Writers

My coaching program is designed to help you progress as a writer. You decide what you want to work on during a personalized, one on one relationship. For example, I can be your coach for just one month or we can establish a month-to-month arrangement, depending on your schedule and expectations. 

Just a few examples of topics we can cover during the coaching period are point of view, creating characters, developing dialogue, story structure, editing and revision, marketing and promotion and submissions to publishers. However, I am very flexible and happy to discuss your own unique requirements and areas where you feel that you may need the most help. 

In addition to coaching, on my website you can learn more about my other services for writers, such as online workshops for adults, manuscript evaluation and online workshops for children and young adults.

New Non-fiction Titles - Parliament Hill

Located in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Parliament Hill serves as the symbolic heart of Canada. Find out more in Parliament Hill, part of the Canada’s Structural Wonders series.

Canada’s Structural Wonders identifies some of the country’s best-know structures, exploring their history, the people responsible for their creation, and the science behind their construction. Each title features informative text, colourful photographs and maps, and a timeline detailing the steps in construction. Published by Weigl Publishers in Fall, 2012.

You can learn more about Parliament Hill, as well as my many other non-fiction titles, on my website.

Online Workshops for Children and Young Adults

With my Online Workshops for Children and Young Adults, through a series of e mail assignments, details of which are available here, we explore where ideas come from and how to turn them into stories, basic story structure, plot development, creating characters, developing dialogue and more to help develop writing ability. A set of workshops can be started at any time. Following registration, all assignments are sent by e mail and are completed at your own pace, to be sent to me by return e mail. There is no time limit and participants may take as long as they wish to complete their full set of workshops.

Check out Online Workshops for Children and Young Adults today.

Unusual and Fascinating Coins and Currency, Part Two at Dark Roasted Blend

Check out the latest article at Dark Roasted Blend entitled Unusual and Fascinating Coins and Currency, Part Two. 

There seems to be no shortage of strange and weird varieties of coins and banknotes that are put in circulation around the world. In the previous article about unusual currency, Dark Roasted Blend featured some of the more unusual items of currency, both past and present, from a range of different countries. This time it's another look at the fascinating, unusual and at times simply bizarre types of money that’s been issued over the course of the last hundred years or so. You can check out the first unusual currency article here.

Dark Roasted Blend is among the finest locations online to find the weird, the wonderful and the fantastic, crammed with great articles, stunning photography, plus fabulous new content appears daily.

Simon Rose Online Bookstore - Autographed and Personally Inscribed Copies Always Available

You can always buy autographed copies of The Clone Conspiracy directly from the author in my online bookstore.

"At the dawn of the twenty-first century, nervous governments around the world reacted quickly to pass legislation banning human cloning. Panicked as technology rapidly advanced, they didn’t realize that the genetic genie had already escaped from the bottle.

When Luke’s best friend Patrick vanishes and the police quickly close the case, Luke is determined to uncover the truth. Tantalizing clues lead Luke and Patrick’s sister Emma to LennoxGen, where they stumble across a shocking international conspiracy with catastrophic consequences for the future of mankind."

School Programs - Virtual Author Visits

Children are almost always inspired when they meet a real life author or illustrator, but it may not always possible to have an author visit your school. However, why not put technology to work for you, with a virtual author visit via video using Skype? These can be conducted with large groups or individual classes.

You can get an idea of what a virtual visit looks like from my videos Virtual Author Visits, Simon Rose – Author, The Time Camera and The Sorcerer’s Letterbox or on YouTube, in which I talk about my books, my workshops for adults and schools, plus my various services for writers.

Contact me directly for details about virtual author visits.

Writing for Children and Young Adults - Classes at Mount Royal University January/February

Writing for Children and Young Adults. New evening classes at Mount Royal University in Calgary from January 16 to February 20, 7 pm to 9 pm. 

Explore the process of writing books for children and young adults aged 8 to 12. Focus on structure, character development and research, and their importance in your stories. Examine how to turn a creative story idea into a marketable, finished manuscript.

Register is available after November 13 here at the Mount Royal University website.

Simon Rose Online Bookstore - Autographed and Personally Inscribed Copies Always Available

You can always buy autographed copies of The Sorcerer's Letterbox directly from the author in my online bookstore.

"In a hidden drawer in the base of an old wooden box, Jack discovers a letter from a boy calling himself Edward. Penning a reply, Jack is astonished to be corresponding through time with the boy king Edward V, one of the famous Princes in the Tower, murdered by King Richard III. Travelling back in time, Jack attempts to rescue Edward V and his brother from their fate, but is soon fighting for his life in the terrifying London of 1483."

Presentations and Workshops

I offer a variety of presentations and workshops at schools, covering such topics as where ideas come from, story structure, editing and revision, character development, time travel stories, history and research, plus many other aspects of writing and publishing. I have some suggestions for presentations and workshops, but am always pleased to work with teachers and librarians to build sessions best suited to your students. Each of my novels also provide ideas for classroom projects and you may find some suggestions on the Study Guides page on my website. 

Contact me for details of fees and availability for school presentations and workshops.

Simon Rose Online Bookstore - Autographed and Personally Inscribed Copies Always Available

You can always buy autographed copies of The Alchemist’s Portrait directly from the author in my online bookstore.

"A school trip to the art gallery at the city museum leads Matthew into an eerie meeting with Peter Glimmer, imprisoned inside his own portrait by his villainous uncle in 1666. Entrusted by Peter with recovering the one object that can save the world, Matthew is sent hurtling over 300 years into the past. Encountering magic, mayhem and murder, Matthew also has to contend with Peter’s uncle, the ruthless and seemingly immortal Nicolaas van der Leyden, at every turn, in a desperate race through time to save the future."

Business Writing for Manuals, Plans and Reports

I have extensive experience in many different types of writing and offer a variety of services for large and small businesses, government, corporations and associations. 

Articles for Businesses or Associations	Business/Grant Proposals
Business Plans	Reports
Company Handbooks	Rules and Regulations
Company Histories	Scripts
Educational Materials	Speeches
Manuals	Technical Writing
Marketing Plans	Training Materials

I offer both hourly rates and flat fees for this kind of business writing, based on the requirements of the project. Please contact me directly for rates and fees for any of the above projects.

Author in Residence

For my Author in Residence program, I can be at your school for a week or longer. This allows me to cover topics in much more depth than would be possible during a regular author visit. All bookings of a full day or longer will also receive a complimentary set of my seven novels for the school library. This special offer is valid until May 31, 2013.

Each of my novels provide ideas for classroom projects and you may find some suggestions on the Study Guides page on my website. 

I have some suggestions for presentations and workshops, but am always pleased to work with teachers and librarians to build sessions best suited to your students. 

Contact me for details of fees and availability for my Author in Residence program.