Andrew Hodges
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Hi, I'm Dr Andrew Hodges.
Are you a fiction author or creative scholar in need of help?
I help fiction authors and cultural anthropologists solve their storytelling problems.
As a certified developmental editor with a research career behind me, I'll leverage my knowledge of setting and story to take your writing up a notch!
Developmental editing is my main service and stylistic (line) editing is a close second.
I have two related niches:
- Fiction (fantasy and science fiction, literary fiction, contemporary LGBTQ+ fiction)
- Arts (cultural and social anthropology)
My interest in setting, context, and worldbuilding forms the bridge between them. Please note that I’m certified in Croatian/German to English translation and often work with authors from these language backgrounds.
I've completed over two hundred projects and worked on over fifty books to date. I have over fifteen years of combined writing and editing experience: over ten years as a research scholar in cultural anthropology, and five years as an editorial business owner.
With my help in navigating the book publishing process, you’ll end up feeling accomplished, satisfied, and self-assured when you submit your book for publishing.
Visit my website for more info, subscribe to my newsletter, or take this quiz to determine your author profile, and I’ll get back to you to discuss the results.
Skills
1. Developmental/substantive editing
2. Line/copyediting
3. Book coaching
Media
- Books
- Novellas
- Short stories
- Journal articles
- Academic book proposals
Experience
Full-time editorial business owner since 2019
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Researcher) – Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany (2018–2019)
Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (Linguistic Anthropology) – Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb (2015–2017)
Training
Club Ed (2021–2023)
- Club Ed Certificate in Developmental Editing of Fiction programme (a comprehensive programme that includes feedback on a full developmental edit from an editor and literary agent with over twenty years' experience)
The programme includes these courses:
- Advanced Developmental Editing
- Explorations: Editing Literary Fiction
- Coaching Writers
- How to Edit Query Letters, Synopses, and More
- Editing for Point of View and Perspective
- Editing for Plot and Story Structure
- Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Editing for Character Development
- Editing for Worldbuilding and Setting
- Editing the Romance
- Editing Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense
- Self-paced Introduction to Fiction Developmental Editing
Editorial Freelancers Association
- EFA Editing Young Adult Fiction
- EFA Intermediate Line Editing for Fiction & Creative Nonfiction (2022)
- EFA Introduction to Line Editing Fiction & Creative Nonfiction (2022)
- EFA Copyediting Fiction (2022)
Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
- CIEP The Art of Querying (2022)
- CIEP Introduction to Fiction Editing (2021)
- Developmental Editing for Academics (2021)
- CIEP Copyediting 3 (Progress) – Pass (2021, 85%)
- CIEP Copyediting 2 (Headway) – Pass (2021)
- CIEP Basic Editorial Test – Pass (2020, 85%)
- SfEP Editing with Word (2019)
- SfEP Copyediting 1 (2019)
Clients
Besides many indie author clients, I have also collaborated with a variety of publishers, including:
Alaska Journal of Anthropology
Bauhaus Dessau Stiftung
Berghahn Books
Bloomsbury
Brill
De Gruyter
I.B. Tauris
Palgrave Macmillan
Penguin Young Readers USA
Subjects
science fiction, fantasy, horror, literary fiction, ethnography
Qualifications
BA Natural Sciences (History and Philosophy of Science), University of Cambridge
MA Anthropological Research, University of Manchester
MSc History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Manchester
PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
Practitioner of Transactional Analysis
CELTA Pass A in teaching English as a foreign language
Goethe C2 German
HSK3 Mandarin Chinese (2021)
C2 Croatian exam (Distinction, 2016)
DELE B2 Spanish (2012)
Specialised software
PerfectIt
The Editor's Toolkit
SDL Trados 2022
Testimonials
"Working with Andy made my debut novel better, and the results in distribution and reviews prove it. Now we've produced two books together in the same series. I would absolutely recommend working with The Narrative Craft if you're in need of sound feedback, a great partner in the process, and a push in the best direction."
Nathan Wagner, Alternative Western Author
"The edits were necessary and incredibly valuable. I learned a lot about my own perspective and how it bleeds into characters, and how to extricate myself from that or lean into it. The editorial report was one of the greatest feedback tools I have ever received, as it covered so many aspects that, as the author, I tended to gloss over."
Vincent Burke, Fantasy Romance Author
"I love edits like this – thank you very much that you immerse yourself so much in the story, its world, culture, and language; this is invaluable for translating all those details that create a unique atmosphere from German to English."
Markus Gut, Literary Fantasy Author
"English is not my first language. I needed someone like Andrew to help me gain confidence with my words, and I wanted to still feel like the words were mine when the editing was done. He is easy to work with, and I will send him my next novel too."
Anka B. Troitsky, Science Fiction Author