Stephen Evans
I currently operate “the-freelance-editor,” which helps authors and writers to reach their audiences, to ensure that their messages are understood. I also proofread, ghostwrite, and fact-check materials for publication.

Local Availability: Not stated

Media Experience
Print; Web

Biographical Note
My publishing career began twenty-five years ago when I found myself news editor of the campus weekly at my alma mater. After some time as a librarian, I became a staff researcher and the publications director for the local historical society in Dayton. There, I was responsible for helping to research, write, and produce brochures, exhibit guides, and a variety of materials that benefited and promoted the society. 

During this time, I also started my first business, which enabled me to make my skills as a librarian and researcher available to individuals, small businesses, nonprofit agencies, and government programs that needed them. 

In 1992, I moved to North Carolina and accepted a position as a general editor with the state Museum of History. My duties in that position included helping to research and coordinate the production of many publications, from brochures and promotional materials to lesson plans, audiovisual scripts, and classroom discussion guides to exhibition study guides and a tabloid newsletter. Less than three years later, I became project editor, text editor, and design editor of a history magazine for the schoolchildren of North Carolina. My work with this publication revolved around researching and ghostwriting or fact-checking and rewriting the contributions for each topical issue. 

Since most of the contributors were subject specialists, analysts, and professors, I often had to work with them to revise their material so it could be read and understood by the magazine’s audience. As a result, I discovered that I enjoyed planning and coordinating projects from conception to publication; I grew to find fulfillment in helping inexperienced writers to outline, draft, and revise their manuscripts; and I found satisfaction in redirecting content, language, and structure toward school-aged readers and general audiences. 

I now operate my second business, which has come to be known as “the-freelance-editor.” 

Contact Details
PO Box 1168, Orlando, FL, USA 32802
Internet: www.the-freelance-editor.com  

Last updated 28 July 2005 NZST

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