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Editing Otherwise: Fresh Approaches to Stories and Settings


Why generative AI isn’t a useful tool (right now) for expert book editors
As a writer, editor, and business owner, it’s important to let you—my friends, colleagues, and (potential) clients—know how I use AI in my editing business. The short answer is that I don’t. Let me clarify that as a policy: I don’t use generative AI tools to generate or assist my work as a developmental editor, consultant, line/copyeditor, or creative writer. Here are some of the reasons why: I’ve experimented with various tools and found them unreliable for copyediting They’

Andrew Hodges
Nov 26, 20255 min read


Lessons learned from publishing three cultural anthropology monographs
I used to work as a cultural anthropologist, first in the UK, and then in Serbia, Croatia, and Germany in that order. Before I became a...

Andrew Hodges
Jan 23, 20258 min read


How I deliver my edits: Track changes, clean manuscripts, and comments
Today's post is about my line/copyediting services. Suppose you've hired me to edit a manuscript for you. How do I return the manuscript...

Andrew Hodges
Oct 11, 20232 min read
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