Work with EvanI think through hard things and build what they turn into.
The same hand behind everything else on this site.
I’m Evan Gillissie. I work alone — no firm, no handoffs. This site is the portfolio.
Three fixed-price pieces below, bookable today. Everything else starts with an email.
On the shelf · fixed price
Three things you can book today.
01 · Research
The Research Brief
You bring one hard question; I do the reading and return a written brief that answers it, with the sources shown so you can check the work.
Deliverable: a ~1,500–2,500-word brief, sources cited inline, a short summary up top, one revision round.
Book on Contra →02 · Writing
The Explainer
A complicated subject turned into one clear piece a general reader can follow start to finish.
Deliverable: a ~2,000–3,500-word explainer with a clear arc, sources noted where claims carry weight, two revision rounds.
Book on Contra →03 · Editing
The Edit
You have a draft — essay, article, or post — and want the argument to land and the prose to read clean, without losing your voice. A line-and-structure edit, not a rewrite.
Deliverable: your draft in tracked changes plus a short note on what changed and why; one pass and one follow-up round, up to ~2,000 words. Longer pieces quoted at ~$0.12–0.15/word.
Book on Contra →Contract, checkout, and delivery run through Contra.
The full range
What I can be hired to do.
01Problem solving
A stuck decision, taken apart — options and a call, in writing.
02Research & analysis
Primary sources, checked claims — something you can act on.
03Writing
Essays, explainers, long-form — my name or yours.
04Editing
The argument lands; the voice survives.
05Policy
Complicated rules in language people actually read.
06Data & interactives
Datasets turned into boards a reader can interrogate.
07Design & build
Pages, tools, whole sites — this one included.
08Creative strategy
What a body of work should be, before anything ships.
09Audio
Written work, produced as narrated editions.
Built by hand
The proof.
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Paper Cuts
Cut a newsroom; watch the civic readings drift.
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02
The Returns Board
Congressional incumbency, 1972–2024, as a working board.
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The Library
Catalogued, shelved, borrowable — live availability.
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The Audioessay
Narrated aloud; the text tracks the voice.
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Sprite Sanctuary
A bad tracker, rebuilt as a full private product — AI clerk included. The case study.
All of it — this site included — built by me.
Hire channels
The three services above, purchasable directly — contracts and checkout on-platform.
Brands commission writers directly. Opening shortly.
The door
If you want to work together, write to me.
Anything beyond the shelf — longer, stranger, or built. Tell me what it is and when you need it.
Say what you need and I’ll tell you honestly whether I’m the right person for it.