The Scholarly Quill

The Scholarly Quill provides a variety of writing services. Barbara Bell specializes in business communications, ESL assistance, academic writing, and creative writing. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from U.B.C. and a TESOL certificate from the International Teacher Training Institute. She has worked as an ESL teacher and tutor, Non-Profit Society Researcher, Legal Secretary, Administrative Assistant, and Proposal Writer.

Regarding academic writing, she will assist you with the researching, brainstorming, organizing, editing, and proofreading of your written materials.

Her approach involves working with you to create a professional product for your business or academic needs, as well as to help you become a better, independent, academic writer and researcher. Her goal is to help you to become confident in your abilities to produce written academic work. She will assist you to understand what your writing errors and weaknesses are and to help you manage your academic writing.

Barbara Bell has many years of education and training in business and academic writing. What matters to her is that her clients walk away with a professional product -- writing they can be proud of, and writing that conveys well what they know or what they want to say. Personable, conscientious, knowledgeable, and educated, Barbara will help you through your writing needs and challenges.