Margaret
@inizi-editing.com
Freelance, nonfiction editor. Former fed (SSA) and passionate photographer. Let me help you make the complex clear. #TeamOxford
Website https://inizi-editing.com/
Photography Bluesky @mfjphotography.bsky.social
Prints https://mfjphotography.darkroom.com/
Website https://inizi-editing.com/
Photography Bluesky @mfjphotography.bsky.social
Prints https://mfjphotography.darkroom.com/
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Margaret
@inizi-editing.com
· Aug 28
A short intro...I recently started a new chapter as a freelance editor after a 30+ year career writing, editing, and publishing in the private- and public-sectors. I've been on Bluesky since 2023, but this will be for all things editing. Happy to chat or help you with a nonfiction project.
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This wonderful illustration is done by Neil Davies. Neil is one of WoodPig Press’s many talented freelancers! To see more of his work and discover other artists we work with
you can visit our gallery here:
woodpigpress.com/publishing-s...
#artist #illustration #publishing #freelancer
you can visit our gallery here:
woodpigpress.com/publishing-s...
#artist #illustration #publishing #freelancer
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This wonderful illustration is done by Neil Davies. Neil is one of WoodPig Press’s many talented freelancers! To see more of his work and discover other artists we work with
you can visit our gallery here:
woodpigpress.com/publishing-s...
#artist #illustration #publishing #freelancer
you can visit our gallery here:
woodpigpress.com/publishing-s...
#artist #illustration #publishing #freelancer
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Cloudfare outage means a lot of AI services are down Guess who isn't down? A. Real. Live. Editor.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Cloudfare outage means a lot of AI services are down Guess who isn't down? A. Real. Live. Editor.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
Day 7 #EditorsTeaClubCommunity Editing Philosophy...
I work with complex topics so my goal is to try and make things as clear and concise as possible while preserving the author's tone and voice. I don't rewrite something just because I would have said it differently.
I work with complex topics so my goal is to try and make things as clear and concise as possible while preserving the author's tone and voice. I don't rewrite something just because I would have said it differently.
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Day 7 #EditorsTeaClubCommunity Editing Philosophy...
I work with complex topics so my goal is to try and make things as clear and concise as possible while preserving the author's tone and voice. I don't rewrite something just because I would have said it differently.
I work with complex topics so my goal is to try and make things as clear and concise as possible while preserving the author's tone and voice. I don't rewrite something just because I would have said it differently.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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A little message from our CEO and founder @andyhunter777.bsky.social ahead of Anti-Prime:
What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A little message from our CEO and founder @andyhunter777.bsky.social ahead of Anti-Prime:
Day 3 #EditorsTeaClubCommunity October challenge: What kind of editing do you do?
Nonfiction copy editing and proofreading. I have edited a variety of products types and in numerous complex subject areas, including law, HR, health care, Social Security, and other public policy topics.
Nonfiction copy editing and proofreading. I have edited a variety of products types and in numerous complex subject areas, including law, HR, health care, Social Security, and other public policy topics.
October 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Day 3 #EditorsTeaClubCommunity October challenge: What kind of editing do you do?
Nonfiction copy editing and proofreading. I have edited a variety of products types and in numerous complex subject areas, including law, HR, health care, Social Security, and other public policy topics.
Nonfiction copy editing and proofreading. I have edited a variety of products types and in numerous complex subject areas, including law, HR, health care, Social Security, and other public policy topics.
Days 1 and 2: I'm Margaret, a freelance nonfiction editor specializing in making the complex clear to general audiences.
I'm an Italophile, hence my favorite mug. #editorsteaclubcommunity
I'm an Italophile, hence my favorite mug. #editorsteaclubcommunity
October 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Days 1 and 2: I'm Margaret, a freelance nonfiction editor specializing in making the complex clear to general audiences.
I'm an Italophile, hence my favorite mug. #editorsteaclubcommunity
I'm an Italophile, hence my favorite mug. #editorsteaclubcommunity
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
Today is thank your editor and English teacher day!
September 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Today is thank your editor and English teacher day!
I work in the nonfiction world, but Eileen's advice on reducing copy editing fees is just as applicable there as in fiction. Looking forward to the next installment Eileen!
Why does copyediting cost so much? How can authors save money on copyediting?
Here is my first blog on this topic.
Let me know what you think.
eileensproofreading.com/blog/f/how-y...
Here is my first blog on this topic.
Let me know what you think.
eileensproofreading.com/blog/f/how-y...
How You Can Reduce the Cost of Copyediting: Part One
Writing a novel and getting it published can be costly. If you want your story to catch and hold your readers' attention, you need a developmental editor. If you want your cover to attract the eyes of...
eileensproofreading.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I work in the nonfiction world, but Eileen's advice on reducing copy editing fees is just as applicable there as in fiction. Looking forward to the next installment Eileen!
Tired: Six Degrees of Separation
Wired: Three Degrees of Separation (at least according to my LinkedIn)
Wired: Three Degrees of Separation (at least according to my LinkedIn)
September 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Tired: Six Degrees of Separation
Wired: Three Degrees of Separation (at least according to my LinkedIn)
Wired: Three Degrees of Separation (at least according to my LinkedIn)
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It's a little cruel that there is an 's' in 'lisp.'
September 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's a little cruel that there is an 's' in 'lisp.'
A short intro...I recently started a new chapter as a freelance editor after a 30+ year career writing, editing, and publishing in the private- and public-sectors. I've been on Bluesky since 2023, but this will be for all things editing. Happy to chat or help you with a nonfiction project.
August 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A short intro...I recently started a new chapter as a freelance editor after a 30+ year career writing, editing, and publishing in the private- and public-sectors. I've been on Bluesky since 2023, but this will be for all things editing. Happy to chat or help you with a nonfiction project.
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AI can create convincing text, but it lacks the true writing process. In The Writing Resource, Sean Brenner discusses identifying the differences between human writing and GenAI output. zurl.co/W41U3
#GenAI #Writing #Style #Tone #Business #Editing
#CopyEditing #RightTouchEditing
#GenAI #Writing #Style #Tone #Business #Editing
#CopyEditing #RightTouchEditing
Discerning AI-Generated Text from Human Writing, Part 2 - Right Touch Editing
AI can generate text, but it can’t truly write. By spotting gaps in logic, tone, and thought, you can often tell human writing from GenAI output.
www.righttouchediting.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
AI can create convincing text, but it lacks the true writing process. In The Writing Resource, Sean Brenner discusses identifying the differences between human writing and GenAI output. zurl.co/W41U3
#GenAI #Writing #Style #Tone #Business #Editing
#CopyEditing #RightTouchEditing
#GenAI #Writing #Style #Tone #Business #Editing
#CopyEditing #RightTouchEditing
Your turn photographers and authors who aren't part of this class.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Your turn photographers and authors who aren't part of this class.