John Elder
Writer, Copy Editor, and Developmental Editor for Academics, Businesses, Healthcare Professionals, and Consulting Firms


I work with people who have something valuable to offer but are not doing themselves justice in their writing.

Clients often come back to me because I help them work out their ideas more clearly and completely.

I can help with practically anything, from a book to an opinion piece, from an industrial case study to a peer-reviewed article, from an analyst report to an annual report.


"It always makes me feel good to know you are on a job."
Ann Walter, Director, Division of Research, Harvard Business School

"You’re the ambulance of writers."
Gianfranco Zaccai, Chairman and President, Design Continuum

"You have a true gift: an ability to catch both the smallest inconsistencies and the largest structural flaws. I'm deeply appreciative of your craftsmanship."
Thomas Eisenmann, Professor, Harvard Business School

Past and present clients in the Boston area, New York, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Sacramento/Davis, Berkeley, Stanford, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Virginia, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Malaysia.

 

 
Services for Academics and Healthcare Professionals
  • Has a journal asked you to revise, clean up, or shorten your piece?
  • Are you worried about your English?
  • Was your paper poorly written by a coauthor?
  • Are you struggling with your book?
  • Are you putting together an employee handbook or policy statement?
Chasing the Rabbit: How Market Leaders Outdistance the Competition and How Great Companies Can Catch Up and Win, by Steven J. Spear. Copy-edited by John Elder.

Services for Businesses
  • Is your product or service a lot more interesting than your website, annual report, or marketing materials make it sound?
  • Do you have great success stories that never get written up?
  • Is writing taking time away from doing your job?
  • Are you putting together an employee handbook or product manual?
Cold Calling for the Clueless How the Non-Sales Entrepreneur Can Implement a Telemarketing Process, by Ceridwyn G. Ruenheck. E-book for It’s Your Call, a business-to-business telemarketing company. 
Copy-edited by John Elder.

Services for Consultants
  • Are your ideas a lot more interesting than your website or marketing materials make them sound?
  • Do you need help with your Web content or blog?
  • Do you have great success stories that never get written up?
  • Would you like to appear in the trade journals your clients read?
  • Is writing taking time away from consulting?
Put It on Paper! Every Person’s Guide to the Printing Industry, by Margie Dana. Collection of columns by print-buying consultant. Copy-edited by John Elder.

Getting Started
  • Who I am and how we can work together.
Contact: - (978)453-3512
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