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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· Jan 30
Proofread like a professional!
Free download containing my top tips for proofreading.
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Free download containing my top tips for proofreading.
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#NonFiction #NonFictionBook #NonFictionBooks #NonFictionWriters #WritingCommunity #proofreading #ProofreadingTips
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 🎉
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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 😂
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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.
Reposted by Suzanne Arnold editor
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
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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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How do you work out which generative AI is best for your needs?
As AIs get smarter & more useful, our benchmarks become less useful. Measuring general knowledge or coding ability gives us only a glimpse into what an AI model can do.
Anyone who wants to use AI seriously for real work will need to assess it themselves. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/giving-you...
Anyone who wants to use AI seriously for real work will need to assess it themselves. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/giving-you...
Giving your AI a Job Interview
As AI advice becomes more important, we are going to need to get better at assessing it
www.oneusefulthing.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
How do you work out which generative AI is best for your needs?
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!
'Copyright is not a barrier [to AI development] any more than the need to pay for other essential supplies such as data farms and energy.'
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Authors Guild Urges Respect for Copyright in Comments to White House on AI - The Authors Guild
On October 27, 2025, the Authors Guild submitted written comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in response to a request for public input on AI policy. As part of t...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
'Copyright is not a barrier [to AI development] any more than the need to pay for other essential supplies such as data farms and energy.'
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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!
From Saturday’s opening ceremony
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
From Saturday’s opening ceremony
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!
‘She can’t remember signing any bottoms, she says later, “but it sounds like the sort of thing I might do”.’ – another of the reasons we love Margaret Atwood
‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
‘She can’t remember signing any bottoms, she says later, “but it sounds like the sort of thing I might do”.’ – another of the reasons we love Margaret Atwood
Fascinating story, though like other commenters I wish Cathy O’Neill got more recognition in the article.
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England.
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Fascinating story, though like other commenters I wish Cathy O’Neill got more recognition in the article.
Interesting explanations, even though as others have pointed out the current issue has been going on for some time.
Ducking annoying: why has iPhone’s autocorrect function gone haywire?
Ducking annoying: why has iPhone’s autocorrect function gone haywire?
The internet has been rumbling about autocorrect for years – and now AI is changing how the technology works
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Interesting explanations, even though as others have pointed out the current issue has been going on for some time.
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.