Suzanne Arnold editor
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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
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Proofread like a professional!
Free download containing my top tips for proofreading.
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#NonFiction #NonFictionBook #NonFictionBooks #NonFictionWriters #WritingCommunity #proofreading #ProofreadingTips
Free download containing my top tips for proofreading.
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#NonFiction #NonFictionBook #NonFictionBooks #NonFictionWriters #WritingCommunity #proofreading #ProofreadingTips
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.
‘AI code produced 1.7 times more issues than human code, once again highlighting major weaknesses plaguing generative AI tools. …
“AI accelerates output, but it also amplifies certain categories of mistakes.”’
“AI accelerates output, but it also amplifies certain categories of mistakes.”’
"These findings reinforce what many engineering teams have sensed throughout 2025."
AI Code Is a Bug-Filled Mess
A new report by AI software company CodeRabbit found that code generated by an AI was far more error-prone than human-written code.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
‘AI code produced 1.7 times more issues than human code, once again highlighting major weaknesses plaguing generative AI tools. …
“AI accelerates output, but it also amplifies certain categories of mistakes.”’
“AI accelerates output, but it also amplifies certain categories of mistakes.”’
Authors beware – the deluge of scam emails continues.
Authors are being hit with a "deluge" of scam emails, some of which appear to impersonate industry professionals, marketing agencies and famous authors 👇 #BookSky
Authors hit with 'deluge' of scam emails from fake marketers offering paid promotion
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December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Authors beware – the deluge of scam emails continues.
'the majority of respondents (88%) backed licences being required in all cases where data was being used for AI training. Just 3% of respondents supported the government’s preferred option, which would allow data mining by AI companies and require rights holders to opt-out.'
The government has released a progress report on its work on AI and copyright, as required by the Data Act, as well as a summary of responses to the consultation on the new Bill 👇
Government's AI consultation finds just 3% support copyright exception
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December 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'the majority of respondents (88%) backed licences being required in all cases where data was being used for AI training. Just 3% of respondents supported the government’s preferred option, which would allow data mining by AI companies and require rights holders to opt-out.'
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).
The 2025 Journal of Egyptian Archaeology went live online today 🎉
Print copies will follow soon...
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved.
@theees.bsky.social
Print copies will follow soon...
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved.
@theees.bsky.social
New issue of The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Vol. 111, Nos. 1-2 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/egaa/111... @suzannearnold.com @christianknoblauch.bsky.social @richardbott.bsky.social
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology - Volume 111, Number 1-2
Table of contents for The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 111, 1-2
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December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The 2025 Journal of Egyptian Archaeology went live online today 🎉
Print copies will follow soon...
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved.
@theees.bsky.social
Print copies will follow soon...
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved.
@theees.bsky.social
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EU opens investigation into Google’s use of online content for AI models
EU opens investigation into Google’s use of online content for AI models
European Commission to assess whether Gemini owner is putting rival companies at a disadvantage
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The EU has opened an investigation to assess whether Google is breaching European competition rules in its use of online content from publishers and YouTube creators for artificial intelligence.
The European Commission said on Tuesday it will examine whether the US tech company, which runs the Gemini AI model and is owned by Alphabet, is putting rival AI owners at a “disadvantage”. Continue reading...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
EU opens investigation into Google’s use of online content for AI models
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The Anthropic class action notices have started going out. Here’s everything you need to know: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Anthropic class action notices have started going out. Here’s everything you need to know: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
A reminder for UK sole traders that digital tax returns are imminent – April 2026 for those earning over £50,000, 2027 for £30,000.
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Tens of thousands of sole traders aren’t ready for this tax change in…
IPSE’s Josh Toovey outlines why tens of thousands of sole traders risk being unprepared for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax in April 2026.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A reminder for UK sole traders that digital tax returns are imminent – April 2026 for those earning over £50,000, 2027 for £30,000.
www.ipse.co.uk/articles/sol...
www.ipse.co.uk/articles/sol...
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.
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Video: Plain language is a term that many use, but few understand completely. At its core, plain language is about understanding your audience and giving them writing that is clear, concise and well-organized. Watch to continue learning: youtu.be/C_8RzU6JGQ0 #PlainLanguage
Editors Canada presents: What is Plain Language? (with audio narration)
Editors Canada presents: What IS Plain Language?
It's not "dumbing" it down.
It's not just about words.
It's not necessarily short.
It's not necessarily without jargon.
Editors/Réviseurs Canada…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Video: Plain language is a term that many use, but few understand completely. At its core, plain language is about understanding your audience and giving them writing that is clear, concise and well-organized. Watch to continue learning: youtu.be/C_8RzU6JGQ0 #PlainLanguage
Plain language isn't dumbing down – it's about ensuring clarity for the intended audience.
An interesting post on whether the word 'plain' is part of the problem with resistance to writing clearly.
An interesting post on whether the word 'plain' is part of the problem with resistance to writing clearly.
This week in the #EditorsWeekly, Tracey Anderson discusses the resistance to plain language, and asks if “plain” is the problem.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Plain language isn't dumbing down – it's about ensuring clarity for the intended audience.
An interesting post on whether the word 'plain' is part of the problem with resistance to writing clearly.
An interesting post on whether the word 'plain' is part of the problem with resistance to writing clearly.
New survey 'reveals widespread fears over copyright violation, lost income, and the future of the [novel]... Despite this, overall sentiment in UK fiction is not anti-AI, with 80% of respondents agreeing that AI offers benefits to parts of society.'
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Half of UK novelists believe AI is likely to replace their work entirely, report finds
A new report involving hundreds of literary creatives from across the UK fiction publishing industry reveals widespread fears over copyright violation, lost income, and the future of the art form, as ...
www.cam.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New survey 'reveals widespread fears over copyright violation, lost income, and the future of the [novel]... Despite this, overall sentiment in UK fiction is not anti-AI, with 80% of respondents agreeing that AI offers benefits to parts of society.'
@cam.ac.uk
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gene...
@cam.ac.uk
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gene...
That feeling when you spot a friend, then realise you recognise them from TV...
Do you have a parasocial relationship with a famous person?
The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025 is "parasocial": involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an AI.
The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025 is "parasocial": involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an AI.
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
That feeling when you spot a friend, then realise you recognise them from TV...
Ooh, this is exciting (for me). After the UK general election last year, editors anticipated years of changing ‘Kier’ to ‘Keir’ (Starmer, our prime minister). I don’t often work on texts that need to mention current politics, but I’ve just found my first Kier 🎉
#AmProofreading
#AmProofreading
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ooh, this is exciting (for me). After the UK general election last year, editors anticipated years of changing ‘Kier’ to ‘Keir’ (Starmer, our prime minister). I don’t often work on texts that need to mention current politics, but I’ve just found my first Kier 🎉
#AmProofreading
#AmProofreading
I’m proofreading an article that mentions Roman legionaries. I stopped briefly to look at something my brother sent – he works in legionella testing.
Now my poor brain thinks these Romans are misspelled – that was not a helpful juxtaposition, as it turns out 😂
#AmProofreading
Now my poor brain thinks these Romans are misspelled – that was not a helpful juxtaposition, as it turns out 😂
#AmProofreading
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m proofreading an article that mentions Roman legionaries. I stopped briefly to look at something my brother sent – he works in legionella testing.
Now my poor brain thinks these Romans are misspelled – that was not a helpful juxtaposition, as it turns out 😂
#AmProofreading
Now my poor brain thinks these Romans are misspelled – that was not a helpful juxtaposition, as it turns out 😂
#AmProofreading
Another piece on storytelling, my unplanned theme for today.
This is thought provoking. The failure of the left is the failure to tell stories about how integration, migration and diversity have delivered benefits for this country.
Farage's scare stories of fear and hatred can't be countered by facts and figures.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Farage's scare stories of fear and hatred can't be countered by facts and figures.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How should we tackle Reform and the rise of the far right? Our Gen Z panel has some ideas
Our panelists have seen first hand what happens when you give young people platitudes instead of hope, but they feel a change coming
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Another piece on storytelling, my unplanned theme for today.
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This article is largely preaching to the converted, so Monbiot omits the basic problem that makes climate denial propaganda so powerful. For a long time, this was an invisible crisis that required the public to understand scientific theory. Deniers used emotional language first, and used it better.
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This article is largely preaching to the converted, so Monbiot omits the basic problem that makes climate denial propaganda so powerful. For a long time, this was an invisible crisis that required the public to understand scientific theory. Deniers used emotional language first, and used it better.
Interesting idea – I'd love to see this happen.
More than 200 signatories have called for the use of "storytelling" to tackle the "lack of imagination" behind climate inaction in an open letter to the United Nations 👇 #BookSky
Hundreds sign open letter urging UN to give creatives bigger role in climate action
ebx.sh
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Interesting idea – I'd love to see this happen.
I find it frustrating that nothing I do can make anywhere near as much difference as those private jets, for example. So I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to have understood the gravity of climate change in the 1960s and had to watch those with power behave as they have.
Climate scientist Nadir Jeevanjee speaks on The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the pioneers of climate modelling got many of their predictions right.
Early climate models got global warming right – but now US funding cuts threaten the future of climate science data
Climate scientist Nadir Jeevanjee speaks on The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the pioneers of climate modelling got many of their predictions right.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I find it frustrating that nothing I do can make anywhere near as much difference as those private jets, for example. So I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to have understood the gravity of climate change in the 1960s and had to watch those with power behave as they have.
I'm still getting used to the idea that I work on the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, and now there's an editorial with my name on it 😮
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November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm still getting used to the idea that I work on the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, and now there's an editorial with my name on it 😮
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