This should go without saying...from @authorsguild.org: #Editors, #literaryagents, and others in the #publishing industry who have access to #authors’ works should not upload any manuscript to chatbots without the author’s written permission. authorsguild.org/news/use-of-... #writersky #amediting

ACES’ headline contest is now open! If you’ve been working on headlines you’re proud of, this is your chance to have them recognized alongside work from across the industry. Submissions close May 31 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Submit here: aceseditors.org/awards/headl... #amediting #journalism #edibuddies

alright fine, if google doesn't want to do it, maybe we can start our own search engine. does anyone know who won the 1973 world series

This is a really useful article for editors who have to edit AI-generated content. The article's takeaway? Hire human writers. 🌟

Tips for #editing #AI generated copy from Dragonfly Editorial ⬇️ dragonflyeditorial.com/ai-tells/ #amediting #freelanceeditor #editorsky #copyediting #copyeditor #writing

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

👏👏👏👏👏 #writersky #writingcommunity

after a call with one of my blog post editing clients today, all I have to say is: fuck AI 🤬

extremely random but I really appreciate Rob saying "We don't comment on people's bodies" multiple times on #RHAP podcasts this #Survivor season. refreshing!

A Sportico editor accused Sports Illustrated of plagiarism, suggesting that AI may have been used to generate the plagiarized piece. SI deleted the author and his entire archive from its website. Social media profiles associated with the author have also disappeared. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Missed last week’s “Get Clients—Create Your Best Online Presence” presentation with Rosilynn Yoon? The recording is now available for everyone through 7/20 so you can learn how to optimize your online profiles and website to stand out from the crowd. www.edsguild.org/get-clients-...

Sir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)

The Denver Chapter of @authorsguild.org's next virtual event is this Wed., May 20 at 6:30 p.m. They're diving into the question: Which #writing and #publishing conferences are actually worth attending? Register here: authorsguild.org/event/denver... #writingcommunity #writersky #writers

stay safe out there 😭 www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

This article about how AI deepfake tools are being used to create CSAM from photos of kids posted online is worth reading so you can consider your kids' digital footprint and safety. Scary shit! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/family-...

#Author branding and #bookmarketing expert Andréa Guevara shares the most effective non–social media marketing channels for #authors. This @authorsguild.org session will help shift your perspective on what’s possible for you. authorsguild.org/resource/pro... #writersky #writers #writingcommunity

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Thinking all the time about how authors can be proactive about communicating with their copyeditor at *any* stage in their writing but probably don't realize this.

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

Just the usual indignity of doing edits.

NEW: A class action lawsuit is accusing OpenAI of sharing ChatGPT chat queries (!) + other personal data with Meta and Google. Reminder: no matter how friendly your chatbot is, it's probably surveilling you. futurism.com/artificial-i...

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Survivor #Survivor50 #RHAP

"True Luddism was about locating exactly where elites were using technologies to the disadvantage of the human being, and organizing to fight back. This is an important point: Luddism can and certainly did coexist with technology, and even a love of technology. 1/

Aubry's edit is like the definition of millennial cringe on #Survivor50. She comes across so cheugy.

Aubry's getting the Michelle edit and is the clear frontrunner to win at this point. Very curious to see which Aubry prefers in reality: being the runner-up that everyone says should have won, or winning but everyone says she doesn't deserve it. It's giving monkey's paw! 💀 #Survivor #Survivor50

Grammarly, an AI-powered #writing and #editing tool used by millions, is facing a class action lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of #authors whose names were used by #Grammarly without their consent. authorsguild.org/news/authors... #copyediting #ai #genai #copyeditor #amediting #publishing #editors

uhhhhh

If you think the hyperbolic use of "literally" is really very sickening and truly illiterate, I think you should spend some time thinking about how the words really, very, and truly came to be and maybe why they don't bother you so much.

"Literally every modern dictionary includes this definition" 💀💀💀 www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/misu... #language #words #dictionary #amediting #freelanceeditor #writing

So far, #PurePubAI has been a lot more focused on academic and scholarly publishing than I'd hoped for... The first session about book publishing on Monday was very relevant to me as it focused on non-academic publishers, but the sessions since have been very niche to academic publishing.

I’m attending #PurePubAI, a virtual conference about #AI in #publishing workflows. Today’s session is “Community is the moat: audience engagement in the AI era” featuring speakers Laura Harvey, Ben Kaube, Claire Webber, Mike Cannon: purepub.ai/events/21 #amediting #editorsky

"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.

congrats aubry ig 😭 #survivor

Downie Express returns with a new challenge: Can Mike and his friend Seb travel from Bangkok to Bali by train?

Rawbraining it

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

nice phishing attempt, but I haven't sent an email on Mailchimp since 2021! 🤪

You can use Styleworks (a web-based app) to create style guides and build your own #editing checklists. It exports to Windows and Mac versions of #PerfectIt. Join the waitlist to be notified when it goes live: www.styleworks.app #amediting #copyediting #copyeditor #proofreading #editorsky

Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall

Best: "Gulp" and "Replaceable You" both by Mary Roach. I'd never read her before this year and LOVE her writing style and humor. And the content is fascinating. Worst: People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami. It wasn't baaad, just not as good as I hoped. #booksky #amreading

YES The Art Thief is INCREDIBLE!!! I listened to the audiobook and it was RIVETING. So much dramaaaaa and even some twists! #booksky

“Human. Talk to human. Human representative. Talk to human representative. TALK TO HUMAN.” 😭😭😭 youtu.be/cG-5xp5pxGk?...

✨ The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit 🙏 @robhasapodcast.bsky.social @robcesternino.bsky.social @stephenfishbach.bsky.social @taranarmstrong.bsky.social #RHAP #BBSky #Survivor #BB28 #Survivor50

I’m reading Annie Powell Stone’s forthcoming #poetry chapbook Jewel Box in my office. ☺️ It was such a nice little treat to read and think deeply about poetry for a bit. And that’s what the chapbook is about—being present for the small moments, the tiny miracles in your everyday life.

Mincing Mockingbird, get out of my brain!!! omg! www.etsy.com/listing/4500...

BRB, getting myself a whole new wardrobe. eatf.art/ai

A long but very informative thread reporting on the ways the publishing industry is interacting with genAI. Worth a read if you work with books in any capacity.

As someone who's built a career around having Detail Brain, I don't love the "don't worry, editors, you can still have careers, you just need to do *human* things, i.e., Not Copyediting" thing. I make human judgments every day!

See how the industry thinks AI can and should be used. Not endorsement, just information. Tl;dr: most think it can be used for grunt work (finding citations that it makes up lol 😂😂😂) but not "human" work, which evidently includes audiobook narration and translation 🫩🫩🫩 In short, stay angry

I would like a human being to do this so I know they have strong understanding of the text they are reading and not offloading *fundamental details* to a computer