Freelance Writing and Editing

Available for a variety of writing projects—experience with adapting the tone and voice of the work to meet the needs of different audiences.

• Travel Writing
• Technical Writing
• Grant Writing
• Creative Nonfiction
• Journalism
• Profiles

Please contact Tom Burke for more information.

Writing Samples:

Personal Essay: Yellow Brick on Market Street

Profile: Long Form Burrito Champion of the World

Journalism: Pan African Culture Festival

Book Review: Thumbs Up

Praise for Writing:

Praise for Essay in Tin House on Utne Reader

Praise for Essay in St. Petersburg Review on Newpages

2010 Best American Nonrequired Reading, Notable Submission
Other distinguished submissions on this topic, selected by the series editor.

Editing

Editing services are available for a wide range of projects.

• College Application Essays
• Books and journals
• Fiction and Nonfiction Manuscripts
• Proofreading

Please contact Tom Burke for more information.

Past editing work:

but here are small clear refractions, Achebe Center at Bard College. Book of prose poetry that explores terrorism on the coast of East Africa. Published by the Chinua Achebe Center at Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY, 2009.

Remembering Future Africa Cover, Achebe Center at Bard College. A script for a dramatic reading published in book form and featuring work by emerging African literary talents. Published by the Chinua Achebe Center at Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY, 2009.

The Text Wrestling Book, UMASS Writing Program. Staff member involved in selection of essays, layout, writing introductions, and creating multiple tables of contents for the Writing Program’s primary textbook. Published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 2005. (Co-editor)