Writing & Editing

Copy Editor, Copy Writer, Ghostwriter, Proofreader

The author of Philosophy after Christ: Thinking God’s Thoughts after Him, Christ, Capital & Liberty: A Polemic, and Herbert Aptheker: Studies in Willful Blindness, I also ghostwrote Hilary Franco’s Six Popes: A Son of the Church Remembers

An Upwork 5 star-rated editor, I can render your article, memoir, thesis, or book error-free and a pleasure to read. Because once your writing is out of your hands, it will speak for you. My proofreading, content editing, and copy editing will help you make the best first impression on your readers.

In 2023, I’ve expanded my services to include copywriting (blog posts, press releases, white papers, product descriptions . . . any kind of writing that converts readers into customers!

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Editorial assistance acknowledged. (See also my portfolio.)

William J. Ledger, Team of Destiny: Princeton Football’s Undefeated 1951 Season (New York, Ink, Inc., 2015). “. . . Anthony Flood . . . ransacked the online archives of The Daily Princetonian and other publications in order to check facts of which I often had only a hazy memory, not to mention the scores of the games I write about and their wider American historical context. Tony . . . has a command of written English that is, by today’s standards, uncommon, and by applying it to my drafts, helped me produce a far more readable manuscript, and for that I am grateful to him.”

Anne T. Flood, B. C. Butler’s Developing Understanding of Church: An Intellectual Biography. Ph.D. dissertation, Catholic University of America, 1981. “We are indebted to . . . Anthony Flood for making possible the addition of Sister Anne’s dissertation: he was responsible for creating a machine-readable version from the original typewritten copy.”  

John J. Toohey, Notes on Epistemology. Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007.  “Scanned from 1952 monograph (italics replacing underlining) by Anthony Flood, February 2007.”

Terry J. Tekippe, Bernard Lonergan’s Insight: A Comprehensive Commentary. Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 2003. “A special word of thanks is also due to Anthony Flood for his critical reading and careful proofreading of the manuscript.”

Murray N. Rothbard, The Ethics of Liberty, Second Edition. New York University Press, 1998.  “For editorial assistance, thanks to . . . [among others] Tony Flood . . . .”

The Correspondence of W. E. B. Du Bois: Volume II: Selections, 1934-1944, Herbert Aptheker, ed., Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1976. “At various times I have had the help of several younger people, including . . . Anthony Flood . . . .”Annotated Bibliography of the Published Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois, Herbert Aptheker, ed., Millwood, NY: Kraus-Thomson, 1973.

Annotated Bibliography of the Published Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois, Herbert Aptheker, ed., Millwood, NY: Kraus-Thomson, 1973. “In the years of preparation of this effort, several young men and women served as research assistants for varying periods. Appreciation is expressed for their help to: … Anthony Flood ….”