Filter words are words that filter the things happening in a scene through the character instead of just showing them happen. This article explains why to avoid filter words in #creativewriting: www.ajcollins.com.au/resources-fo... #amwriting #writingcommunity

Life hack: set your Kobo browser to open to send.djazz.se to make it that much easier to use Send to #Kobo #booksky #ereader #amreading

Cirie Supremacy #TheTraitorsUS youtu.be/9pxeIZnNGhQ?...

When editing blog posts, I often copy a keyword into Google and run a site search on the client's blog to find related posts to add internal links to. site:https://carolinavonkampen.com "copyedit" I just modified GoogleFetchUS to pull up this site search for my client's blog with ONE shortcut.

Preparing for a new project by hanging out with some old friends and getting to know some acquaintances better ❤️📚 #EditorSky #WriterSky #BookSky #InclusiveFiction

Copyediting a book is not merely running a spellcheck or reading the book. In this blog post, I’ll break down my #book #copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript when you send it to me. carolinavonkampen.com/book-copyedi... #amediting

Exactly. You don't call a bank thief an entrepreneur.

The CIA World Factbook has been mentioned at #ACES conferences a lot as a good resource for editors. The Trump administration has taken down the Factbook website. www.publicnotice.co/p/cia-world-... #amediting #editing #freelanceeditors

#Artists, #writers, and #creators of all kinds are banding together with a simple message: Stealing our work is not innovation. It's not progress. It's theft—plain and simple. #StealingIsntInnovation #AI www.stealingisntinnovation.com

The CIA World Factbook has been mentioned at #ACES conferences a lot as a good resource for editors. The Trump administration has taken down the Factbook website. www.publicnotice.co/p/cia-world-... #amediting #editing #freelanceeditors

The CIA scrubbing the World Factbook from the web may not seem like a big deal in itself, but it's a symptom of something larger: the Trump administration's war on government usefulness. My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/cia-world-...

Your book has been edited and designed—now what? 🤔 I provide #selfpublishing aid to #authors who are ready to #selfpublish their book but aren’t sure what it entails. I help authors set up their Amazon KDP/IngramSpark account and walk them through #publishing.

My take on AI use 1) It's making it harder for people to learn *how* to learn 2) If you can't do everything you think ou should be doing without resorting to it — then you're doing (or being asked to do) too much www.patreon.com/posts/149942...

Hybrid publisher: "You've been a freelance copyeditor/proofreader with us for years. Want to be a writing coach for our anthologies?" Me: "Ok..." Them: "To do that you have to PAY to be an author in one of our anthologies, then you get the opportunity to be a writing coach!" Bruh. LMAO no 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Learn the basics of how to #edit for simple, clear, yet compelling #language—transforming technical information into reader-friendly content. Watch @edsguild.bsky.social's webinar "Intro to Plain Language" by @bykristenmclark.bsky.social for FREE: www.edsguild.org/intro-plain-...

tax the rich more plz 😭😭😭 youtu.be/3dFU9khyt5M?...

"Believe women, but don’t always believe Kamilla” 💀💀💀 www.youtube.com/live/F5H6hyR... #rhap #survivor50 #survivor

It is time: I've started working my way through #RHAP's #Survivor50 preseason interviews

“Power should be shared, and profits should stay close to home. … Fascists saw the cooperative movement as a threat. Cooperatives are grassroots organizations that cannot be controlled by government on top.” We don’t have to be ruled by billionaires 😭 youtu.be/dQMZR64G_eM?...

2026 propaganda is A+

Authors, beware the book club scam! These scam emails are SO common right now. Don't fall for it! writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r... #authors #writingcommunity #booksky

I love the fully realized version of Ciara Myst’s talent show poem! youtu.be/NS590o8s_8A?... #dragrace #poem #poetry #drag #protectqueerart

"A deus ex machina rarely, if ever, provides a satisfying enough payoff for readers who have become invested in your world and the trajectory of its inhabitants." #FictionWriters, here's a solid article on understanding deus ex machina and why to avoid it!

ahhh yes Chicago Manual of Style, the book I famously wrote! glad to see it's getting the recognition it deserves!

Want to speed up your #copyediting (without #AI)? Use macros! Pick a few macros that sound useful and set Function key shortcuts for them. @redpenrabbit.bsky.social's blog post helped me pick out those first few macros to try! www.rabbitwitharedpen.com/blog/using-w... #amediting #freelanceediting

Lord I've seen what you've done for Jeremy Collins and I want that for Christian Hubicki 🙏 #Survivor #Survivor50 youtu.be/bqEYtWB1P-w?...

Who are the experts / journalists / researchers you turn to for critical perspectives on AI & the tech world? I created a feed of experts who watch AI developments with a skeptical & critical (but *informed*) POV. I'd love more people to follow it, but I'm also looking to add people - recs welcome!

Some free advice for copyeditors and proofreaders: If an author refers to a named person with the pronouns "they," "them," "theirs," consider the possibility that MAYBE THE AUTHOR DID IT FOR A REASON AND YOU SHOULD LEAVE THEM INSTEAD OF CHANGING EVERY SINGLE ONE. #AmEditing

What counts as a word? youtu.be/m8niIHChc1Y?... #tomscott #language #words

Engineering managers: Can't AI do that? Editors: No.

What a good copyeditor does to help your manuscript be a success - a lot! #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #authors

#Authors, here’s what you need to know about the style sheet your #bookeditor creates for your manuscript (with real examples!). Read it here: carolinavonkampen.com/style-sheet/ #amediting #freelanceeditor #writingcommunity #author #stylesheet #editing #copyediting

Fascism wants you to believe that you are alone. That you are isolated. That the feelings you have are yours and nobody else has them because everybody is too afraid to speak. But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.

A book I copyedited is out in the world! 👏 Congrats to Ariel Ruthanne! Silhouetted is the first book in Ruthanne's trilogy, Mortal Sins & Immortal Sinners—a dark #urbanfantasy where crime intertwines with the #supernatural. www.arielruthanne.com/silhouetted #booksky #amediting #writingcommunity

This is a fantastic article for #FictionWriters to spend some time with! I love the section about the balance between dialogue, physical action, and interiority—getting that ratio right in your scenes takes practice. janefriedman.com/the-art-of-c... #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity

Finally braved the snow and picked up my copy of @stephenfishbach.bsky.social's #novel, Escape!, from @leftbankbooks.bsky.social! #Survivor fans, this one’s for you—it’s a #book about #realityTV, and it’s by Stephen Fishbach of Survivor: Tocantins and #RHAP Know-It-Alls fame! #booksky #shopindie

It’s a short book at 97 pages, but the prose, mood, and intense characterization of Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba gripped me long after I put it down. carolinavonkampen.com/such-small-h... #booksky #books #AndrésBarba #SuchSmallHands #SmallPress #TranslatedLit #SpanishLiterature

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

#ICEOut #FreePress youtu.be/tW0UKsrxjyA?...

"[ACES: The Society for Editing] stand[s] against attempts to curtail the First Amendment rights to speech, the press, and assembly." Thank you, @acesediting.bsky.social! Proud to be an ACES member. aceseditors.org/news/2026/re... #amediting #language #freespeech #freepress

They just blindly shot through the fucking door. "Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."

"Is my book ready?” You’ve worked endless hours writing and revising your book. It can be hard to know when your book is finally ready to #query to agents or #selfpublish. A #ManuscriptEvaluation can help. Contact me to book your manuscript evaluation today.

"Think of dialogue scenes as having three main modes: ✅ Dialogue (what characters say) ✅ Action/Description (what characters do and see) ✅ Interiority (what characters think) "You need all three, but the ratios matter enormously." janefriedman.com/the-art-of-c... #fiction #amwriting #revising

Can confirm @carolinavonkampen.com does a great job!

Copyediting a book is not merely running a spellcheck or reading the book. A book #copyedit involves a lot more than that! I break down my #book #copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript: carolinavonkampen.com/book-copyedi... #bookeditor #authors

Plain language doesn’t dumb down content — it makes it more readable. And that’s a good thing! youtu.be/bAvW1A7UiYM?... #plainlanguage #editing #amediting #copyediting

multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.

Don’t forget the kids who weren’t lucky enough to have a cute photo go viral to get people outraged on their behalf. They ALL must be released.