Kathy Smith, Freelance Writer Tel: (250) 361-3121 Email: kathy@smithsecretarial.com
	A professional writer known for quality copy on time, I have covered a range of subjects including and business and mental health. Click on selected links below to read samples. Published Articles (listed in date order) Keeping Change in Proportion Premier Issue, Fall 2004 - Looking Great (Winnipeg) What the heck is Buccaneer TV? May 14, 2003 - Esquimalt News (Victoria) Enduring architectural firm sets sights on diversifying April 2003 - Business Exminer (Victoria) Psychiatric Dis/Abilities Program Spring 2003 - Visions, BC's Mental Health Journal (Vancouver) Chalk It Up Signs chalks one up for business niche April 2003 - Business Examiner A realtor with lasting appeal March 2003 - Business Examiner DMG Financial focuses on people, then product February 2003 - Business Examiner Foster Air Conditioning Ltd. - 75 years and counting February 2003 - Business Examiner A Personal Trainer with a Personal Touch January 2003 - Business Examiner Report paves way for smoke-free teens Winter 2002 - Cross Currents (Ontario) Unity Business Machines takes light approach to advertising but remain serious about customer service September 2002 - Business Examiner Friendly Notaries make clients feel at home August 2002 - Business Examiner A Career with Clarica is Waiting August 2002 - Business Examiner Island Blue - 90 Years Strong July 2002 - Business Examiner Shoal Point Offers Business on Waterfront June 2002 - Business Examiner The Glenshiel June 2002 - Business Examiner Club Phoenix April 2002 - Business Examiner Naturally, it's in the diet January 30, 2002 - Oak Bay News (Victoria) Beginning the New Year Stronger Than Ever January 3, 2002 - Business Examiner Sculpting A New Life November/December 2001 - Active Living Magazine (Ontario) Baywest Home Centre - Building a Loyal Clientele November 19, 2001 - Business Examiner Royal Roads Unique Business Coaching Program August 2001 - Business Examiner Unique Approaches: Women In Victoria's Health Industry August 2001 - Business Examiner Good Diet and Exercise Habits Can Help in the Fight with Schizophrenia July/August 2001 - Schizophrenia Digest (Ontario) They Share a Love for Art, Purely by Accident July 8, 2001 - Victoria Times Colonist, Islander section Common Budgeting Principles Apply to All May/June 2001 - Schizophrenia Digest Coaching Good Remedy for Transitional Changes March 7, 2001 - Oak Bay News New Year, New Hope for Anxiety Sufferers January 17, 2001 - Peninsula News Review (Victoria) High-Tech, Non-Lethal Weapon New Option for Police Sept./Oct. 2000 - Schizophrenia Digest Disturbing Media Images Still Rampant July - 1999 Schizophrenia Digest Springtime in the Canadian Rockies May 1999 - Picture This (Seattle) Porcelain Veneers May 1999 - Picture This Step Up Romance with a Springtime Picnic May 1999 - Picture This Vancouver Island a Sculptors' Haven November 15, 1998 - Victoria Times-Colonist, Islander Section Schizophrenia in the Family Spring 1998 - Schizophrenia Digest Looking to a Positive Future March/April 1998 - Insight Health Magazine (Victoria) Project Inter-Seed, Growing Relationships in Health Care December 1997/January 1998 - Insight Health Magazine The Victoria Citizen Advocacy Society/Friendship Overcoming Disabilities October/November 1997 - Insight Health Magazine Victoria Women's Conference Focuses on Informed Decision-Making June 1995 - Health Care News (Vancouver-now defunct) Education Key to Treating Child Depression Properly June 1995 - Health Care News Options on the Rise for HRA's May 1995 - Health Care News Alternating Darkness and Light April 1995 - Schizophrenia Digest Blenkinsop Project is One Year Old March 1995 - Health Care News Psychiatry in the Community February 1995 - Health Care News Health and Safety in the Workplace February 1995 - Health Care News Alternating Darkness and Light December 1994 - Health Care News Helping to Solve Hearing Problems November 1994 - Health Care News Work and Disability October 1994 - Health Care News Community Nursing - New Perspective October 1994 - Health Care News Sign Brings out Smiles August 1994 - Esquimalt News CMO Gears Up for Major Event July/August 1994 - Health Care News The Yew Tree Family Restaurant June 1994 - Goldstream News Gazette (Victoria) New Directions in Progress June 1994 - Health Care News Boot Scootin' Fever June 1994 - West Coast Country Magazine (Vancouver Island) Seniors Scoot Their Boots June/July 1994 - South Island Seniors Magazine (Victoria) Centre Makes Great Inroads May 1994 - Goldstream News Gazette Emergencies of the Mind May 1994 - Health Care News RN Battles Job Discrimination April 1994 - Health Care News Mental Health - Moving Into the Community March 1994 - Health Care News Time Out for Caregivers February 1994 - Health Care News Partnership in Action January 1994 - Health Care News Boot Scootin' Kicks In January 1994 - Esquimalt News It's Not Just My Nerves May 1993 - Health Care News