Nicholas Zacharewicz

Hi, I'm Nicholas Zacharewicz: Author, soon-to-be self-publisher, and blogger.

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Nicholas Zacharewicz is an author who is also building a freelance writing/editing career. Currently, Nicholas Zacharewicz is sharing his opinions about books and video games on his blog Going Box by Box, and his translation and commentary skills on Tongues in Jars. While teaching English overseas and earning a master's degree from the University of Victoria, he also happened to pick up some valuable life experience (which has been perfect fodder for his fiction and poetry). Nicholas has published some of his poetry and fiction in small journals and collections, and has written 1000+ blog posts and online articles.

Freelance Writer/Editor at Independent

February 2011 - Present

Most recently, I have worked as an editor for Yellow Pages Digital & Media Solutions Limited (through Wall2Wall Media). I've also contributed to anthologies such as Outside In Vol.2 (a collection of reviews of Doctor Who episodes). To date, I have written nearly 1000+ articles on books, video games, the Old English epic Beowulf, and other topics on Blogger, Wordpress, and other online publishing platforms.

Volunteer Copy Editor at The Post

November 2011 - April 2013 | Hanover, Ontario

I worked with other volunteers to check newspaper copy for spelling, grammatical, and factual errors.

Document Editor at Faculty of Law, University of Victoria

February 2011 - September 2011 | Victoria, British Columbia

After identifying the hallmarks of his writing style, I edited and revised several documents into a 100+ page report written in my supervisor's style.

Teaching Assistant at Department of English, University of Victoria

September 2009 - April 2010 | Victoria, British Columbia

I prepared lesson plans and taught weekly tutorials (15-20 students) for ENGL 147 (Introduction to Literature). I marked over 200 assignments and exams using the "Track Changes"€ feature in Microsoft Word and by hand.

ESL Teacher at Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education

October 2008 - August 2009 | Incheon, South Korea

Working with Korean co-teachers, I taught English to classes of 35 to 40 students for over 20 teaching hours per week. Independently, I lead after-school, summer, and winter break education programs. As my school's native English speaker, I also judged several school-wide English competitions.

University of Victoria

2009 – 2011

Master of Arts

Concentration: English Literature

Activities: Presented research and poetry at both the 2010 and 2011 English Graduate Society Conferences.

University of Guelph

2004 – 2008

Bachelor of Arts

Concentration: Honours English

Activities: President of the Creative Writing Society from September 2005 to April 2008.

Reading fantasy and science fiction, video games (RPGs and adventure games especially), movies (particularly dramas, foreign films, science fiction, fantasy, surreal, dark comedies, and indie films), and medieval history.