The Freelancer
Andy HodgesThe Freelancer explores the fiction publishing world through a queer, social justice lens. It’s for authors and industry professionals committed to building thoughtful, lasting careers.
It covers how to sustain creative work in ways that prioritize care, relationship-building, and long-term artistic practice over the relentless grind of capitalism, tech-bro disruption narratives, and AI hype.
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| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 18 | Founded | a year ago |
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Today I'm chatting with Sophie Playle, a fiction editor and course creator highly regarded in the editorial world for her fiction developmental editing and line/copyediting courses.
We discuss her journey in editing and how the wor... more
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This episode is all about book editor visibility.
tl;dr: For most editors, visibility is an optional strategy, not a necessity
Tune in to hear how:
• Visibility isn't something you have to do if you're an editor.
• You can have a... more
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In today's ep I'm chatting with Vesna Kurilic of Shtriga Books again!
Today we discuss inclusive language and nonbinary gender in Croatian language and fiction. We explore how culturally specific the discussions around conscious an... more
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In the last episode of 2025, I discuss how the year went from a business and marketing perspective.
2025 was a big experiment in running my business without social media.
Things didn't go exactly to plan—tune in to learn which par... more
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Clever, thought provoking and easy to listen to.
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This is currently my favourite podcast. Andy speaks at length about important current topics relating to the editing industry, and he has a refreshing and honest perspective about all the pros and cons of what’s going on. As a freelance editor myself, it’s giving me plenty of food for thought.
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