We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

[Exit King.]

I once again want to remind all writers: When you’re starting a new chapter in MS Word, do NOT press the return key until you reach the next page. Use Insert > Break > Page Break instead. Your editors, copy editors, & typesetters will thank you!

Copyediting malpractice is real, full stop.

No edit is perfect—and that's okay! I explain why a 95% correction rate is excellent, how to evaluate remaining errors, and what to do when they're discovered: zurl.co/jcdXD #WritingTips #WritingCommunity

And this is why I noped out of Substack right as I was getting my newsletter there off the ground. Any media channel I don't control directly is fodder for these tech bros' fever dreams.

The EFA is committed to standing by DEI; we re-affirm the principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Learn more about our commitment: The-efa.org/diversity-equity-belonging #DiversityEquityInclusion #DEI #InclusionMatters #EquityForAll #DiversityMatters #Freelancers #EquityInAction

And no, genuinely top-tier copy editing can't be done by "AI," because, like with translation, there are subtle bits an LLM isn't going to pick up on, because it's not actually intelligent. There's more to copy editing than just grammar. A good copy edit can make a story better. Brains are required.

AAAHHH!!!! *screams in GENX with glee* AAAHHH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Just gonna drop this here . . . 😁

A sliver of good news from the fire in Altadena.

www.blackenterprise.com/grave-octavi...

Who is your celebrity “Birthday Twin” (born same day as you)? Answer with pic or gif only.

👋 Now that Bluesky will be one of my only social media "homes" for a while, hi there! I'm a:

✍️ Freelance book editor
✨ #fantasy #sciencefiction #horror lover
🧠 AuDHD
🖖 Star Trek > Star Wars
🐾 Cat fanatic
📝 Slow writer
🎵 Lazy musician
🏃‍♀️ 13.1 runner
🧙‍♀️ Witchy woman
📍 St. Louisan

#writers
#editors

2024 Wrapped, Editor Edition:

📚 53 books 😲 (yes, I'm tired)

✍️ 5,035,000 words (so, so tired)

🔥 Genres: fantasy, horror, sci-fi, romantasy, mafia romance (!), thriller, middle grade kidlit (!!)

🥳 Accepted on Reedsy

😍 New clients: 19

🥰 Returning clients: 7

2024 rocked! Time to sleep, lol. 😴

👋 Now that Bluesky will be one of my only social media "homes" for a while, hi there! I'm a:

✍️ Freelance book editor
✨ #fantasy #sciencefiction #horror lover
🧠 AuDHD
🖖 Star Trek > Star Wars
🐾 Cat fanatic
📝 Slow writer
🎵 Lazy musician
🏃‍♀️ 13.1 runner
🧙‍♀️ Witchy woman
📍 St. Louisan

#writers
#editors

clause =📝

Claus = 🎅

claws = 🐈

Chicago Manual of Style editors dish on the changes they wanted that didn't make it in, why the stylebook is yellow, and how a printing problem during the pandemic led to some rare editions of the book.

Watch: youtu.be/d2pJVGkf9No

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

#AmEditing

I'm obviously obsessed with this whole thing but want to note that this has been an excellent distillation of why boiling traditional advanced-based publishing down to just "gatekeeping" is erasing the knowledge, expertise, and experience of the legion of folks who labor to "publish" a book.

If you'd like to publish your book without enriching four entities that emerged from the bio-jelly of a thousand pulped tech-bros, you could scan this writeup I put together on self publishing Legends & Lattes, which cost less than 5k and involved human artists and editors
medium.com/@travisbaldr...