If you’re wondering what Valerie’s done, specifically, below is a comprehensive list of her publication credits, awards, and appearances.

Freelance Print & Online

Newspapers, Magazines, Periodicals

  • “Before the Red Ribbon,” NOWW, the magazine of Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop, Winter 2011.
  • “What’s Unexpected in Midlife? A Second, Unpaid Job,” Mississippi Crow, Issue 10,  September 2010.
  • “Leaving Home,” Canadian Stories, forthcoming (autumn 2010).
  • “Through a Poet’s Eyes,” Poemata (CPA), Vol. 25, No. 1, silver anniversary issue July 2010.
  • “What’s Your Writing Process?” Byline newsletter (CAA Ottawa), Volume 27, No. 4, March/April 2010.
  • “Q&A with Harold Rhenisch,” Poemata (CPA), Winter/Fall 2008.
  • “Working Backwards Moves Writing Forward,” Mississippi Crow, Issue 7, Fall 2008.
  • “A Conversation with Anne Simpson,” Bread ’n Molasses, Volume 2, Issue 5, June/July 2008.
  • “Imaginary Friends,” Word Weaver (WCDR), April/May 2008.
  • “Unity Between Strangers: A Homebuilder’s Story,” Habitat for Humanity newsletter, Autumn 2007.
  • “Self-publishing: A Rewarding Experience,” Canadian Writers’ Journal, # 1163, February 2003 (2007).
  • “If Oprah Posed the Question, Anderson Cooper Answered It,” Outreach Connection, No. 664, August 18-25, 2006.
  • “Self-publishing: A Rewarding Experience,” Contact (PWAC), October/November 2004.
  • “Just Doing It,” Word Weaver (WCDR), December 2003/January 2004.
  • “Finding Inspiration,” ArtsForum, Issue 8, Summer/Fall 2003.
  • “The Remarkable Mr. Dressup,” Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada, Vol. 33, No. 3, Spring 2001.
  • “Readers’ kindness inspires new tradition,” Toronto Star Have Your Say, Sunday, January 7, 2001.
  • “96-year-old is bank account robbed of $6,000,” Toronto Star Have Your Say, Sunday, January 2, 2000.
  • “No Substitutions, Please!”, Outreach Connection, No. 324, Feb. 18–Feb. 24, 2000.
  • “Free Information is Plentiful,” (3/3), Outreach Connection, No. 310, Nov. 13-Nov. 19, 1999.
  • “Bright Lights, Big City,” (2/3) Outreach Connection, No. 309, Nov. 6–Nov. 12, 1999.
  • “So You Want to be a Star?”, (1/3), Outreach Connection, No. 308, Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 1999.
  • “Got Kids? We Can Help,” Outreach Connection, No. 301, Sept. 11–Sept. 17, 1999.
  • “Safety & Awareness through CHIRPP,” Outreach Connection, No. 286, Jun. 2–Jun.9, 1999.
  • “Sugar Sugar, Honey Honey,” Outreach Connection, No. 279, Apr. 14–Apr.21, 1999.
  • “Hey What About Me?”, Outreach Connection, No. 278, Apr. 7–Apr. 14, 1999.
  • “Teaching Kids to Share,” Outreach Connection, No. 272, Feb. 24–Mar. 3, 1999.
  • “Emergency!”, Outreach Connection, No. 262, Dec. 18–Dec. 25, 1998.
  • “Charity is Timeless”, Outreach Connection, No. 262, Dec. 18–Dec. 25, 1998.
  • “Ernie Coombs Returns to the Stage” Outreach Connection, No. 258, Nov. 25–Dec. 1, 1998.
  • “How Can You Profit from Your Intuition?”, Outreach Connection, No. 228, Apr. 29–May 5, 1998.
  • “So you want to be in pictures…”, Durham Parent, July 1998.
  • “Self-Publishing: Promoting your Book”, The Author (CAA Toronto), October 1999.
  • “Self-Publishing: Getting Started”, The Author (CAA Toronto), November 1999.
  • “Partnering with a Distributor”, The Author (CAA Toronto), November 1999.
  • “Finding the Right Business Partners”, The Author (CAA Toronto), December 1999.

Books, Anthologies

  • Author of Total Life Chocolate (forthcoming)
  • Author of Seeking Representation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding a Talent Agent, BeanStock Publishing, 1998. In print; sold through Toronto’s TheatreBooks.
  • Contributing editor to Invisible Women WWII Aboriginal Servicewomen in Canada by Grace Poulin, published by D.G. Poulin, 2006.
  • Contributing writer Super Seniors: 65 and Fully Alive, “Retired Nurse Brings Aboriginal Stories to Light.” Published by SeniorInterPress, 2004.
  • Contributing writer to The Organizer, a directory for the acting industry, produced by Theatrebooks, 2000–2010.

Web sites

  • “Working with Editors and Writers-in-Residence,” http://markhamvillagewriters.com, March 2010.
  • “Giving in the Spirit of Christmas,” www.breadnmolasses.com, January 2009.
  • “Mentoring My Boss: The View from Down Here,” www.theglasshammer.com, August 2008.
  • “International Writers Take on the Short Story Challenge,” www.nycmidnight.com, February 2008.
  • “My Family Vacation,” www.womenbloom.com, May 2008.
  • “Trashy Drug Store Novelist,” www.breadnmolasses.com, February 2008.
  • “Keanu Reeves: The Best Gift,” www.breadnmolasses.com, October 2007.
  • “Close to Home,” www.breadnmolasses.com, April 2007.
  • “Bad Language in the Workplace (or Why Bill Gates Sux),” www.canadiancontent.ca, April 2004.
  • “Sarah Ban Breathnach Pisses Me Off,” www.canadiancontent.ca, February 2000.

Weblogs

  • Author of Another Writing Project, www.valeriebeanonline.net/blog, May 2011–present.
  • Author of A Creative Way Out of Work, www.valeriebeanlonline.biz, February 2010–February 2011.
  • Editor of and occasional contributor to www.minorhockeylife.com, November 2008–present.
  • Regular contributor to People, Places, and Things, Metroland, DRMG, March 2007–January 2010.

Poetry Print & Online

Publications, Periodicals, Anthologies

  • “Morning,” “A Wish List of Sorts,” “Celaire’s Crush” (excerpt), Poemata (CPA), Vol. 25, No. 1, silver anniversary issue, July 2010.
  • “Dented Memory” Artsforum, Issue Number 16; Summer/Fall 2009.
  • “Manhattan, 2006,” and “The Hungry Season,” Poemata, Volume 23, Number 2, 2008.
  • “A Song That Mourns the Death of our Love,” “Leaving Home,” “Stories,” “Birth,” “Kisama,” “Anchor,” “Saudades,” “Home,” and “Afternoon Tea,” Garden’s End – A Poetry Anthology, a project of the Poetry Writing course hosted by Niagara College, 2007.
  • “1987,”Coffee House Poetry, No. 10, 2006.
  • “No Photographs (1987),”Erato (U.S.), #13, November 2006.
  • “Silver Islet,” Misunderstandings Magazine, Vol. 3, Winter 2006.
  • “Sky Burial,” The Prairie Journal, No. 4, Fall 2006.
  • “Word-of-Mouth,” Elan, A Regina Reese Collection, Wingate Press, 2005.
  • “Dented Memory,” Jones Av., XI/1, October 2005.
  • “Rosemary’s Garden,” The Sentinel (U.K.), No. 6, December 2005.
  • “Balance Sheet,” Spire Poetry Poster, Vol. 1. No. 4, February 2004.
  • “Rationed Oranges,” Surface & Symbol (Scarborough Arts Council), Vol. 15, No. 5, June 2004.
  • “Corporate Life,” Outreach Connection, 2002.
  • “Feline,” “Fragments,” “Soft Folds,” Legacy, an anthology of Toronto and Central Ontario Branch of the Canadian Authors Association, 2000.
  • “Belly Aches,” “Beloved,” “Birds of Paradise,” “Sparrow,” “Feline,” Outreach Connection (featured), No. 203, October 1999.
  • “Excerpts from a Letter,” Jones Av., II/4, January 1996.

Chapbooks

  • Celaire’s Crush {a short story in verse}, 2010
  • Theory of Illumination, 2008
  • Brushing Back History, 2004
  • The Trunk of a Green Malibu, 2003
  • Something to Hide, October 2002

Online

  • “Anchor,” www.blueskiespoetry.ca, July 22, 2010.
  • “Immeasurable,” www.blueskiespoetry.ca, July 19, 2010.
  • “Distant Voices,” http://gloomcupboard.com, #119, April 2010.
  • “Loose Connections,” www.blueskiespoetry.ca, October 20, 2008.
  • “Word-of-Mouth,” www.reginaweese.com, Vol. 1.8, October 2003.

Awards

  • “Before the Red Ribbon,” Postcard Story Challenge contest winner, Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop (NOWW) and AIDS Thunder Bay, December 2010.
  • “Stonemason” sculpture & digital camera, contest winner, Grimm Magazine, No. 1, Spring 2005.
  • Something to Hide, October 2002; Finalist, Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, 2003.

Creative Non-fiction & Fiction

  • A Mixed Bag of Bones, Volume 3, Summer 2011. A collection of stories. Published at www.issuu.com.
  • Letters to My Girlfriends, 2010, fictional correspondence. Published at www.thebestgirlsiknow.blogspot.com.
  • A Mixed Bag of Bones, Volume 2, Summer 2008. A collection of stories. Published at www.issuu.com.
  • A Mixed Bag of Bones, Volume 1, Summer 2006. A collection of stories. Published at www.issuu.com.

Live, Television, and Film Performances

  • Decorating Challenge (series, Eps. 207), featured participant, Danielle Kiraly, JV Productions, 2004.
  • Art Bar Poetry Series (poetry reading series), featured poet, Victory Café, 2003.
  • 100% Maple Verse (pilot), off camera interviewer, Michael Hamm, Frame 30 Productions, 2002.
  • Living Romance (series), on-camera participant, Mark DeAngelis, W Network, 2002.
  • Mann Over Moon (short film), background performer, Paul Quarrington, Fuzzy Dog/CBC, 2000.