David M. H.
Lakeside, CA
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Top Rated
Editing, (Re)Writing, (Web) Coding, (Related) Services
$30.00/hr
SUMMARY
David M. Hodges is a capable editor, writer, and researcher able to draw upon a broad educational, vocational, and avocational background. He also has basic to intermediate Web coding skills that have proved useful to some clients. His profile rate, set at $30/hour to keep away riffraff and lowballers, is negotiable on a project-specific and client-specific basis.
EDITING AND (RE)WRITING
David’s freelance experience ranges from proofreading to thorough rewriting to writing of entirely new content. His editing and rewriting have included enhancing, expanding, updating, and thoroughly revising client work. David excels at closely analyzing and critiquing ideas and their implications: finding internal tensions and contradictions, recognizing problematic implications, pointing out failures to distinguish correlation from causation, and suggesting ways to correct such defects, giving clients’ work greater clarity and cogency.
Covering a broad range of topics, the materials he has edited and rewritten have often been scholarly, complex, and technical. Having once dreamed of becoming an academic himself, he has found satisfaction helping professional scholars perfect their work. Of late, David has been spending much of his time researching, editing, and writing personal-finance content, learning a good deal about real estate, taxes, financial management, and related topics along the way.
Links to writing samples and other material, particularly relevant if your project involves scholarly or technical writing or editing, may be found via davidmhodges dot com. Note that David specializes in being thorough rather than fast. Though he strives to optimize his efficiency, he is not a good match for projects where production speed and volume are more highly valued than careful work and quality.
CODING AND RELATED SERVICES
David has intermediate skills in HTML, CSS, WordPress, and Divi, and basic skills in JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, and SQL. He works frequently with Linux-based code editors like Kate, has past experience using Brackets, and still uses Notepad++ under Wine. He uses HTML and WordPress almost daily. He has also worked a fair amount with Infogram, and infrequently with Tableau, to create data visualizations.
EDUCATION DETAILS
David’s educational background includes two theologically oriented master’s degrees, centrally concerned with the Bible and apologetics; two bachelor’s degrees, one focused on literature and writing, the other on psychology; a Web-related certificate; and ongoing self-directed study of English style and usage, Web design and development, online content creation, business and finance, and assorted impractical subjects.
EXPERIENCE DETAILS
Prior to freelancing as an academic and general editor, rewriter, and writer, David acquired Information Technology (IT) experience in data conversion and recovery, and in basic network and computer maintenance; general office experience in customer service and support, and in basic administration; and additional experience in news monitoring, transcript editing, and marketing.
Work History
Talented copy editor needed for personal finance blog
5.00
Apr 22, 2021
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Mar 4, 2022
"David is a pleasure to work with. Great attention to detail and takes pride in his work."
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Build our Divi video content funnel
Feb 1, 2021
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Dec 14, 2021
No feedback given
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Proofreader
Sep 24, 2020
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Oct 19, 2020
No feedback given
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Need an organized person to add HTML tags to text (no HTML experience necessary!)
5.00
May 11, 2019
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May 30, 2019
"David was very responsive, communicated well with our internal teams, and had great questions when completing the project that helped improve it. His work was solid, and made good time on a tight deadline."
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Need help with Academic Writing & Research
Mar 5, 2018
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Mar 22, 2018
No feedback given
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Research paper Anthropomorphism in Film / Science / Natural History
5.00
Dec 10, 2016
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Dec 12, 2016
"David's work is very good, and I will use him again."
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Chinese Cultural Relics Proofreader/Editor
4.80
Oct 23, 2014
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Apr 4, 2015
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Freelancer's response
"As this was my first client with a strong preference for phone discussion over written communication (a very different preference from my own), I'm pleased I was able to rate 4/5 on "response." Pleased, but not satisfied: I'll be striving to improve in this aspect of "response" over time. As for the 5/5 ratings, these speak for themselves. My thanks to the client for an interesting and educational project."
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Skills
- JavaScript
- HTML
- Academic Writing
- Academic Research
- Writing
- Copywriting
- Copy Editing
- Editing & Proofreading
- Developmental Editing
- Online Research
- CSS
- Divi