Lynn Beighley

Millburn, NJ USA
15 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Editor and best-selling author of dozens of books, courses, and articles. I turn tedious technical info into clear copy that even the most tech-phobic novice can follow. I offer editing, website creation, and both creative and technical copywriting.

Expertise

Web Developer 10 YearsEditor 20 YearsWriter 25 Years

Specialty

Books & Literature 20 YearsFiction 15 YearsTechnology 15 Years

Industries

Book Publishing Consumer 20 YearsOnline/new media 10 YearsMarketing (in-house) - Fortune 1000 corp. clients 10 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Imagine Media (10+)
  • Peachpit Press (3-5)
  • Pragmatic Publishers (3-5)
  • Pearson Publishing (1-2)
  • O'Reilly Publishing (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Boeing (10+)

Technical Skills

Creative writing (short stories, scripts, advertising copy), Technical writing (user guides, training materials, specifications), Web design and development (WordPress, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, MYSQL), Design and animation (Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash)

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Acrobat, PowerPoint, WordPress, Drupal. Operating Systems (OS X, Windows XP), HTML, Flash, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, SQL.

Equipment

MacBook Pro, Adobe CS6, iPhone 6, iPad, Scrivener, MS Office.

Books I've written

How to create a subquery in SQL. This is a sample from my book, Head First SQL.
A chapter from my book, iPhone 5 Visual QuickStart.

Published short fiction

Flash fiction.
Flash fiction.