Andrew Collins – Editor

I'm a freelance editor, copy editor, and writer based in Mexico City, but also living part-time in both Portland, Oregon and New Hampshire's Lake Sunapee region. Additionally, since 2004, I've taught both travel writing and food writing for New York City's rewowned Gotham Writers Workshop. My professional focus is primarily in nonfiction, although I graduated from Wesleyan University (in Middletown, CT) with a degree in literature and will consider certain fiction projects, especially if they relate to my primary areas of expertise: travel, food, and LGBTQ. In my capacity as a magazine and travel guidebook editor over the years, I've also developed a strong knowledge of and interest in art, architecture, history, biography, cinema, and hiking and the outdoors).I've contributed as an editor, copy editor, or writer to more than 200 guidebooks for the internationally respected travel publisher Fodor's (I currently work on the Pacific Northwest, National Parks of the West, New Mexico, New England, and Mexico City titles). Additionally, I'm the editor in chief of as well as the food and beverage columnist for The Pearl, a quarterly magazine about Portland, Oregon's hip Pearl District. And I've served previously as editor in chief for four different regional wedding and travel publications geared to the LGBTQ community. I'm also the former copy editor of New Mexico Magazine, and I've written for a variety of both mainstream and LGBTQ magazines, including Travel + Leisure, Sunset, AAA Living, Out Magazine, The Advocate, Canadian Traveller Magazine, and Four Seasons Magazine.What can I offer you as an editor? The simplest answer is that I love helping talented writers realize their full potential as engaging storytellers. I'm also a bit of a grammar geek. Yes, I read style guides and ponder the implications of nonrestrictive clauses and whether or not to hyphenate compound adjectives entirely because I like to. As a copy editor, I focus on these sometimes arcane grammar and style issues so that you can focus instead on what you probably love the most about writing: telling your story.I've been both a writer and an editor for nearly three decades. As a writer, I'm eternally grateful to a handful of editors I've worked with over the years who've helped me to fine-tune my message, organize my ideas, and—above all else—express myself clearly and compellingly. As an editor, I strive to help the writers I collaborate with to achieve these same ends. I'll communicate with you candidly but constructively, and I'll provide you with the flexible feedback you need to turn your manuscript into the book or article you envision.