Andrew Lowe

Andrew Lowe – Editor

Friendly, precise editor and writing coach. Lots of experience with various genres. I'm an author, too. So I know what it's like.

Overview


"The kind of editor who can make an author love the editing process." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chele Cooke, Author

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I'll help you strengthen your narrative voice, polish your craft, and deliver a book that's true to your vision.

I'm open, collaborative and flexible, and I've worked across multiple genres in both trad and indie publishing.

I'm tight on story and structural work, but also a meticulous copy-editor.

If you don't have a finished manuscript, I can still help. I love to coach aspiring authors, levelling up their technique and confidence as they tackle the first draft.

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"A strong attention to detail. Always thinking about story as well as the copy." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
James Blatch, Author & Co-Founder - Mark Dawson's Self-Publishing Formula

"Communicative, professional, and personable. Andrew takes my writing and makes it more ME." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amity Thompson, Author

"Andrew made my book better in every respect without adulterating my voice or prose. Hire him." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Paul Cristo, Author

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ABOUT ME

As a journalist, I've worked with major titles such as Vogue, GQ, Wired and Total Film, and I've written for many high-profile publications including The Guardian and The Sunday Times.

I've written thousands of published words – short and long-form features, coverlines, headlines, reviews, interviews, marketing copy – and rewritten, restructured and recommissioned thousands more.

So far, I've written twelve books - ten fiction, two non-fiction,

I hate picnics.

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Services
Fiction
Dystopian Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction Mystery & Crime Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense Urban Fantasy
Languages
English (UK) English (US)

Portfolio

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The Final Flight

Blatch, James

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The Monsters in our Shadows

Cembal, Edward J

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Blue Fire

Thompson, Amity

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The Unity Game

Leonora Meriel

WHAT IF THE EARTH YOU KNEW WAS JUST THE BEGINNING? A New York banker is descending into madness. A being from an advanced civilization is racing to stay alive. A dead man must unlock the secre... read more
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“One final task before the fall...” The Bloodmoon has cut its crimson path across the sky, leaving both leech and lamprey reeling in its wake. With Rhin captured by Sift, and Lilain and Lurker... read more
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Reliance

Steve Abbott

The sins of the father, the sins of the son. For years Sheriff Tom Gillman always did what the Baron asked of him. The same as his father did before him. Now that he’s grown a conscience, he’s... read more
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Delilah, My Woman

M. F. Sullivan

A work which beckons the reader into complicity with his own inner demons, DELILAH, MY WOMAN, M. F. Sullivan's debut novel, tells the story of Richard Vasko, a troubled artist whose pursuit of... read more
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The Heart of Stone

Ben Galley

Merciless. Murderer. Monster. He has been called many names in his time. Built for war and nothing else, he has witnessed every shade of violence humans know, and he has wrought his own master... read more
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Among The Ruins (Corsa Moran Book 2)

James Carmichael

THE BRITISH HAVE BECOME REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRYGlobal warming has reshaped Britain, with most of the larger cities drowned in a catastrophic flood. In the remaining ruins, survivors must... read more
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Murders and robberies. Ghastly nightmares and cryptic messages. Lucas Gedge, ex-soldier and spy, must uncover the truth.When a mystery involving a cult that worships ancient Egyptian gods beco... read more
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Devil's Ante: A Sean Addison Adventure

Steve Abbott

The murder business has a way of pulling you back in…Sean Addison is tired of killing in the name of Queen and country. The ex-SAS agent has vowed to never take another life, opting instead to... read more
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The Greater Good (Corsa Moran Book 3)

James Carmichael

In these difficult times we must all make sacrifices for the greater good.Detective Corsa Moran is in crisis. David, the one good thing in her life, has been arrested and accused of being an i... read more
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She was trying to survive. She extinguished an empire.Georgianna has been banished from Cahlven protection. Forced to live in hiding, she must rely on secrets to stay alive and out of sight. S... read more
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After the Flood (Corsa Moran Series Book 1)

James Carmichael

It happened.Global warming, the melting ice caps the rising sea levels that swallowed up most of the big cities, it all happened. The world reached a 'tipping point' and the waters rose and ro... read more
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She drew in a breath and closed her eyes for a moment.“Wallace, they think I killed him.”It is 1921 and two old friends are reunited in a house haunted by a terrible murder.Sylvia Bright is a ... read more
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The October Men: Hindsight can be deadly

David Impey

Otto Parsons, a brilliant Oxford physicist, is missing. His early experiments on zero gravity machines have produced unimaginable results. His professor, Dan Sibley, has to secure funding for ... read more
Copy Editing
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Arabian Night Patrol

Ian Thewlis

Saudi Arabia – a desert oil camp during the Gulf War and the genesis of the War on Terror.Fighter jets scream overhead, air raid sirens clash with the call of the muezzin, and duals between Sc... read more
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Trigger a war or see his mentor killed. That’s the choice facing ex-soldier Lucas Gedge.When he learns of a deadly plot hatched by his nemesis, he leaves the mean streets of East London and he... read more
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Unseen Beauty

Amity Thompson

Invisibility is easy. Love is a beast.Claudette wants to be visible again. Even more, she wants to matter.Claudette seizes her chance when the stranger finds the cursed castle. Instead of impr... read more
Copy Editing
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The Superhero's Murder

Damm, James

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Peacehaven

Charlie Maclean

A grieving professor, crippled by guilt. A conflicted young tutor with a missing fiancé. Can they escape the pain of their pasts and build a future together? Joe is a charming but troubled lin... read more
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Feeder: Volume 1

Eliza Green

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Read the prequels in order: Echoes of Earth, New Origin. Stuck on a desolate Earth no one wants to live on, Bill and Isla Taggart search for meaning in their work. A chance encounter with one ... read more
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“You ready to break out of the cage, little bird?”Georgianna Lennox has been released by her keeper Edtroka, who has sided with the Cahlven, a technologically advanced race exiled from her hom... read more
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R J.

May, 2024

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Andrew is a diamond! Assiduous, thoughtful, intelligent. Felt he really understood and engaged with my work - he ‘got me’ and found the right balance between imposing a little bit of discipline to my prose, but never letting that get in the way of my voice and my ideas. At the end of the process (which he completed before time) we had a valuable chat where he gave me honest feedback. A real ...
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Catherine O.

Catherine O.

Mar, 2024

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Andrew **is** a master class in writing. I received a great deal of very practical and hands-on feedback to begin revising my draft and improving my craft, altogether. Andrew is easy to work with and if you're open to honest, professional, and proven experience - he will elevate your understanding of what it means to write a novel. As a first time scifi writer, I had a lot of ideas squashed int...
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Chele C.

Chele C.

Jun, 2023

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Working with Andrew is always a pleasure. It's such a weight off my mind, knowing that my manuscript will be handled with the care, attention, and skill to bring it to release. Andrew's enthusiasm for the projects he works with, his dedication to the author's voices, shines through with his stylistic choices and comments. We had an depth catch up after I'd received the edits and had a chance to...
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Lucy O.

Lucy O.

Dec, 2024

Andrew gave me excellent structural feedback that helped me crack through what was stalling me in my story. He was friendly and professional while also being prompt with replies.
Jeremy T.

Jeremy T.

Nov, 2024

It is impossible for me to say enough good things about this collaboration. We worked together to do a Developmental Assessment on my novel. As a creative, I recognized that I needed an outside point of view in order to produce my best work. However, like most, I was nervous about sharing my work, even in its unfinished state with anyone. From my first meeting with Andrew, he asked some simpl...
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