Suzanne Arnold editor
@suzannearnold.com
Helping authors and businesses polish their text for publication: non-fiction editor and proofreader. Diploma in Egyptology. Random nature photos. In the UK. She/her
https://www.suzannearnold.com
https://linktr.ee/suzannearnoldeditor
https://www.suzannearnold.com
https://linktr.ee/suzannearnoldeditor
Lunchtime listening: @ucstonecenter.bsky.social session on editing and AI from last month, with @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social, @ebrenner.bsky.social and others.
Great discussion not just about what generative AI can and can’t do editorially, but also other uses and transparency and ethics.
Great discussion not just about what generative AI can and can’t do editorially, but also other uses and transparency and ethics.
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Lunchtime listening: @ucstonecenter.bsky.social session on editing and AI from last month, with @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social, @ebrenner.bsky.social and others.
Great discussion not just about what generative AI can and can’t do editorially, but also other uses and transparency and ethics.
Great discussion not just about what generative AI can and can’t do editorially, but also other uses and transparency and ethics.
Friday afternoon listening: a session on developmental editing from September's @the-ciep.bsky.social conference.
This session focused on fiction, but many principles apply to non-fiction, too, so I have many helpful notes. Thank you all!
@aimeewalker.bsky.social @sacalfee.bsky.social
This session focused on fiction, but many principles apply to non-fiction, too, so I have many helpful notes. Thank you all!
@aimeewalker.bsky.social @sacalfee.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Friday afternoon listening: a session on developmental editing from September's @the-ciep.bsky.social conference.
This session focused on fiction, but many principles apply to non-fiction, too, so I have many helpful notes. Thank you all!
@aimeewalker.bsky.social @sacalfee.bsky.social
This session focused on fiction, but many principles apply to non-fiction, too, so I have many helpful notes. Thank you all!
@aimeewalker.bsky.social @sacalfee.bsky.social
I semi-accidentally signed up for an event for primary school children and I had a blast!
Katherine Rundell was at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social talking about creating fantasy worlds to explore issues such as love and fear. An excellent hour – so high-energy and inspiring.
Katherine Rundell was at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social talking about creating fantasy worlds to explore issues such as love and fear. An excellent hour – so high-energy and inspiring.
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I semi-accidentally signed up for an event for primary school children and I had a blast!
Katherine Rundell was at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social talking about creating fantasy worlds to explore issues such as love and fear. An excellent hour – so high-energy and inspiring.
Katherine Rundell was at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social talking about creating fantasy worlds to explore issues such as love and fear. An excellent hour – so high-energy and inspiring.
WeTransfer has sent me a 2025 recap. I'm loving this bit: what it would have taken to transfer the year's WeTransfer projects by other means...
Of course, this can't include all the files sent by other means, but it's still fun.
Of course, this can't include all the files sent by other means, but it's still fun.
January 5, 2026 at 12:22 PM
WeTransfer has sent me a 2025 recap. I'm loving this bit: what it would have taken to transfer the year's WeTransfer projects by other means...
Of course, this can't include all the files sent by other means, but it's still fun.
Of course, this can't include all the files sent by other means, but it's still fun.
May you glide serenely through 2026.
But life isn’t a meme and there are bound to be difficulties as well as highs. Remember that everyone is frantically paddling away below the surface, even if they don’t show it – even the swan.
Happy New Year.
But life isn’t a meme and there are bound to be difficulties as well as highs. Remember that everyone is frantically paddling away below the surface, even if they don’t show it – even the swan.
Happy New Year.
January 1, 2026 at 9:53 AM
May you glide serenely through 2026.
But life isn’t a meme and there are bound to be difficulties as well as highs. Remember that everyone is frantically paddling away below the surface, even if they don’t show it – even the swan.
Happy New Year.
But life isn’t a meme and there are bound to be difficulties as well as highs. Remember that everyone is frantically paddling away below the surface, even if they don’t show it – even the swan.
Happy New Year.
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It exists! 🎉
Working on the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology for @theees.bsky.social was the biggest surprise of 2025. And what an amazing six months it’s been.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved, including the contributors and peer reviewers.
Working on the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology for @theees.bsky.social was the biggest surprise of 2025. And what an amazing six months it’s been.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved, including the contributors and peer reviewers.
December 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It exists! 🎉
Working on the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology for @theees.bsky.social was the biggest surprise of 2025. And what an amazing six months it’s been.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved, including the contributors and peer reviewers.
Working on the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology for @theees.bsky.social was the biggest surprise of 2025. And what an amazing six months it’s been.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved, including the contributors and peer reviewers.
A fascinating evening, which built on one of my favourite reads from last Christmas, Sarah Clegg’s ’The Dead of Winter’.
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A fascinating evening, which built on one of my favourite reads from last Christmas, Sarah Clegg’s ’The Dead of Winter’.
Great event last night with Diane Purkiss on the darker stories underlying what we in Europe now call Christmas.
Midwinter festivals: a way to combat and overcome the darkness of winter – appease whichever non-human being was responsible for the darkness, and bring a return to light (ie spring).
Midwinter festivals: a way to combat and overcome the darkness of winter – appease whichever non-human being was responsible for the darkness, and bring a return to light (ie spring).
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Great event last night with Diane Purkiss on the darker stories underlying what we in Europe now call Christmas.
Midwinter festivals: a way to combat and overcome the darkness of winter – appease whichever non-human being was responsible for the darkness, and bring a return to light (ie spring).
Midwinter festivals: a way to combat and overcome the darkness of winter – appease whichever non-human being was responsible for the darkness, and bring a return to light (ie spring).
I’ve just finished listening to the @acesediting.bsky.social conference sessions on my to-do list and it’s not even the deadline yet 🎉
#edibuddies as ever I thank you all for sharing your knowledge. I learned so much from this conference.
#edibuddies as ever I thank you all for sharing your knowledge. I learned so much from this conference.
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve just finished listening to the @acesediting.bsky.social conference sessions on my to-do list and it’s not even the deadline yet 🎉
#edibuddies as ever I thank you all for sharing your knowledge. I learned so much from this conference.
#edibuddies as ever I thank you all for sharing your knowledge. I learned so much from this conference.
Delighted to be given permission to share this testimonial 🎉
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Delighted to be given permission to share this testimonial 🎉
I’ve just been in a fantastic sustainability-themed networking session thanks to Small Business Britain and I now have so many websites open and sooooo many ideas bouncing around my head!
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I’ve just been in a fantastic sustainability-themed networking session thanks to Small Business Britain and I now have so many websites open and sooooo many ideas bouncing around my head!
I've just received the CPD certificate for Small Business Britain's Green Growth Programme, so I've been looking back over my notes from the classes.
It was inspiring to learn from other service providers about ways of cutting costs and attracting customers while doing good. Thank you all.
It was inspiring to learn from other service providers about ways of cutting costs and attracting customers while doing good. Thank you all.
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I've just received the CPD certificate for Small Business Britain's Green Growth Programme, so I've been looking back over my notes from the classes.
It was inspiring to learn from other service providers about ways of cutting costs and attracting customers while doing good. Thank you all.
It was inspiring to learn from other service providers about ways of cutting costs and attracting customers while doing good. Thank you all.
I started this in January. Finally, I declare construction complete 🎉
It’s very wobbly but I managed to make space for it on a bookshelf. Hooray!
It’s very wobbly but I managed to make space for it on a bookshelf. Hooray!
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I started this in January. Finally, I declare construction complete 🎉
It’s very wobbly but I managed to make space for it on a bookshelf. Hooray!
It’s very wobbly but I managed to make space for it on a bookshelf. Hooray!
Delighted with this new testimonial, from a repeat client 🎉
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Delighted with this new testimonial, from a repeat client 🎉
Just finished Philippa Gregory’s ‘Boleyn Traitor’. Stunning read, as ever. All the usual great writing that creates tension and suspense even when you know the outcome, with timely comment on tyranny and cruelty.
#BoleynTraitor
#BoleynTraitor
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just finished Philippa Gregory’s ‘Boleyn Traitor’. Stunning read, as ever. All the usual great writing that creates tension and suspense even when you know the outcome, with timely comment on tyranny and cruelty.
#BoleynTraitor
#BoleynTraitor
‘Stop waiting. Just do your best – to put something into the world that wasn’t there yesterday. Forget just right, and try right now instead. You don’t have to know what you’re doing or how it will turn out. Just start.’
Maggie Smith, ‘Dear Writer’, on waiting to be ready to write
Maggie Smith, ‘Dear Writer’, on waiting to be ready to write
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
‘Stop waiting. Just do your best – to put something into the world that wasn’t there yesterday. Forget just right, and try right now instead. You don’t have to know what you’re doing or how it will turn out. Just start.’
Maggie Smith, ‘Dear Writer’, on waiting to be ready to write
Maggie Smith, ‘Dear Writer’, on waiting to be ready to write
It's been another big month, including my first time volunteering at Wimbledon BookFest, which I loved.
I also worked on a variety of books and finished a CPD course with Small Business Britain.
November contains a history book and more CPD. I'm looking forward to it!
I also worked on a variety of books and finished a CPD course with Small Business Britain.
November contains a history book and more CPD. I'm looking forward to it!
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's been another big month, including my first time volunteering at Wimbledon BookFest, which I loved.
I also worked on a variety of books and finished a CPD course with Small Business Britain.
November contains a history book and more CPD. I'm looking forward to it!
I also worked on a variety of books and finished a CPD course with Small Business Britain.
November contains a history book and more CPD. I'm looking forward to it!
I’m volunteering at @wimbookfest.bsky.social this year. I’ve done my first two shifts this weekend and had huge fun, and discovered that it takes a lot of work to start an event half an hour after the previous one ended.
And that having a roving microphone is fun but also kind of scary!
And that having a roving microphone is fun but also kind of scary!
October 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I’m volunteering at @wimbookfest.bsky.social this year. I’ve done my first two shifts this weekend and had huge fun, and discovered that it takes a lot of work to start an event half an hour after the previous one ended.
And that having a roving microphone is fun but also kind of scary!
And that having a roving microphone is fun but also kind of scary!
Many thanks to @lisarandisi.bsky.social for a wonderful day at the Petrie Museum in London. First, a handling session, looking at ephemera – eg newspaper used to wrap an item during excavation.
Then I worked in the university library for a few hours. Then more ephemera this evening.
Then I worked in the university library for a few hours. Then more ephemera this evening.
October 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Many thanks to @lisarandisi.bsky.social for a wonderful day at the Petrie Museum in London. First, a handling session, looking at ephemera – eg newspaper used to wrap an item during excavation.
Then I worked in the university library for a few hours. Then more ephemera this evening.
Then I worked in the university library for a few hours. Then more ephemera this evening.
Marvellous unexpected treat to sit outside for today’s green marketing session from Small Business Britain 🌞
October 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Marvellous unexpected treat to sit outside for today’s green marketing session from Small Business Britain 🌞
