Reflection on sensitivity reading, which I recommend to author clients: theconversation.com/friday-essay...

After several years as a book editor, I'm starting a monthly subscription program for first-time authors who are either self-publishing or preparing to submit their books to an agent. #amediting #bookeditor melaniesdemmer.com/book-publish...

Not easy to stay in on such a day, but. . .writing. Then walking out to garden. Then writing. #caturday #indoorcats #amwriting #spring #garden #blooms

So.much.to.smell.this.morning.

#dogwalk #jackrussellterrier #rescuedogs

Just in time for #earthday, blooms for the pollinators and the first hummingbird sighting in my yard yesterday.

Continuing to work on nature-themed manuscripts #amediting

I purchased this book at a local bookstore over a year ago but hadn’t read it. Substantive discussion and reflection from leading conservationists but also easy to read a few pages at a time when you have a few minutes.
#books #booksky #amreading #earthday #conservation #wildlife #animals #nature

Eli Grober shade. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

For those, like me, who only recently received the Microsoft update with Copilot (AI feature) and want to disable it—this was fairly straightforward on a Mac:

1) Go to the Word menu,
2) Click "Preferences,"
3) Click "Copilot,"
4) Uncheck "Enable Copilot."

Done.

I haven't tried this on a PC.

I baked a vegan, gluten-free lemon chia seed cake with Meyer’s lemons from my aunt’s yard. Delicious but a little claggy. I’ll try a different flour mix next batch.

I'm prone to a specific typo recently. It seems to happen when I change my sentence structure as I'm writing, so instead of "editor" I say "editing"—but it appears as "editoring." Although I retype the word I was trying for, I find "editoring" is an apt description of my day-to-day work.

IMHO nothing quite says "Happy Valentine's Day" like realizing that the western screech owl who has lived on my porch for the previous five or so months has disappeared—most likely to find a mate for breeding season (earlier for owls), and a coyote deciding to nap in our yard yesterday afternoon. 🦉🐾

Hello, Bluesky writing & editing community. I suppose I'll cease twiddling my thumbs over starting to post on this platform and just write my first post.✍️

*Considers, then includes obligatory chai latte, oat milk version, photo*👇

I've set up a feed of all those interested in writing and the business of writing. Let's do this together with a vibrant community here to support each other. If you want to be added to the list post in the comments. #writers #editors #agents #publishers #illustrators