Editing, Ghostwriting & Bylines
”Andrew’s editorial and copyeditorial work is both speedy and accurate, and he's committed to preserving and enhancing the vision and voice of any author he works with.”
—James Waller, Editorial Director, Thumbprint;
Adjunct Instructor, Tandon School of Engineering, NYU
Bibliography
I can write about anything, in any style, for any audience, in any voice. An editorial generalist, I have ghostwritten, doctored, copy edited, and edited over 80 books—from textbooks on architecture to oral histories of heavy metal music to a slim volume about bespoke golf courses. l even contributed to a bartending guide.
My clients include Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hearst, HarperCollins, Wiley, Macmillan, and St. Martins, as well as boutique publishers and academic presses.
Ghostwritten presentation script
At a multinational company like Atypon, many conference presenters’ native language was not English. Others were unused to public speaking. In addition to providing a presentation coach and conducting rehearsals, I wrote conversational scripts in each presenter’s voice to help those presenters feel more secure in their delivery.
This one accompanied the launch of our design studio, which was given separate branding to distinguish the company’s platform from its services offerings. A VP at the company, the speaker wanted to sound authoritative but also approachable. (The text is keyed to the slides in the deck.)
You can find thought leadership articles I’ve ghostwritten here, and examples of my branding work here.
Software documentation
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Bylined work
Lectures
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I’ve taught courses in software and product documentation, journalism, and marketing writing at NYU’s engineering school. The biggest challenge was to get engineers to think and write about how people would use their products rather than how they had been built. I taught coders to write procedural as well as reference documentation, and engineers to write about product benefits rather than how the parts fit together. Each course always began with creative writing assignments to move students beyond their fear of writing, and critical thinking exercises to show them that even technical and business writing has sociopolitical implications.