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David M. H.
Lakeside, CA
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Editing, (Re)Writing, (Web) Coding, (Related) Services

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 rates are 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.
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Skills

Skills

  • JavaScript
  • Academic Research
  • Editing & Proofreading
  • Online Research
  • Divi

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