I have two main businesses: Islander Memoirs and R. Y. Glover & Associates.

For Islander Memoirs, I help clients create their own memoirs by providing a number of different services including: editing, ghostwriting, photo restoration, and book design.

For R. Y. Glover & Associates I provide full web development and online marketing services.

For both companies I bring a great deal of professional experience.

Journalism

I was a Professional Editor for the Vancouver Sun, the Province and the Victoria Times Colonist, including a stint as Editor of the Sun's Op-Ed and Forum pages. I was also a Senior Writer and Line-Up Editor for the CBC television NewsCentre in Vancouver.

As City Hall Reporter for the Vancouver Sun, I served as a regular beat reporter and published a weekly column on the editorial pages. I also appeared regularly as a City Hall commentator interviewed by Allan Fotheringham on the old Vancouver show, which appeared on CKVU 13, now CityTV.

Public Relations and Marketing

In the 1990s, I was Director of Communications for the BC Branch of the Canadian Bar Association. I planned and implemented strategy that helped to help fight off a major initiative by the provincial government to introduce "No Fault" auto insurance. I then executed many of the tactics required to carry out the strategy. I also served as Editor of the CBA's member newsletter, BarTalk.

At ICBC, as a Marketing Communications Specialist, I created the Information Architecture for a major subsite of ICBC.com and also served as editor and copywriter for the site as it developed.

Over many years I have served a number of clients as an independent consultant. These clients have included B.C. Rail, B.C. Hydro, VanCity Savings, the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the College of Dental Surgeons of B.C., the Workers Compensation Board, and many others.

Print and Web Publishing

I have worked with print for years and still love the satisfaction of a good print job. I am well equipped for all print assignments, with a Macintosh computer system, Quark Xpress, In Design and Photoshop. For the web, I rely on Dreamweaver and RapidWeaver to crank out websites.