Jason Whited
@saltyscribe.bsky.social
I've edited bestsellers for more than a decade, mostly fiction.
I used to translate; then I edited magazines and newspapers.
Honing the truth inside the lie.
Hire me at https://www.jason-whited.com/portfolio
I used to translate; then I edited magazines and newspapers.
Honing the truth inside the lie.
Hire me at https://www.jason-whited.com/portfolio
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DEAR AUTHORS: I just want to reiterate, a female character is NOT strong or independent just because she's angry and/or petulant all the time.
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
DEAR AUTHORS: I just want to reiterate, a female character is NOT strong or independent just because she's angry and/or petulant all the time.
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Sometimes I think I could live off grid then I watch a survivalist on YouTube and realize I’m made for hot showers and memory foam everything.
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Sometimes I think I could live off grid then I watch a survivalist on YouTube and realize I’m made for hot showers and memory foam everything.
Good god. What kind of "stoners" is this guy hanging out with?
the all-time greatest stoner movie is 'titanic,' i'll die on this hill.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Good god. What kind of "stoners" is this guy hanging out with?
Turns out there's a proper verb for the Irish goodbye.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Turns out there's a proper verb for the Irish goodbye.
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Considering I catch a lot of AI use by students accidentally citing they use AI or leaving jarring tell-tale signs in the text, I think it is suicidal that universities are teaching any sort of "proper use".
I hate to use the old example but I do not want a doctor who was too lazy to read and edit.
I hate to use the old example but I do not want a doctor who was too lazy to read and edit.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Considering I catch a lot of AI use by students accidentally citing they use AI or leaving jarring tell-tale signs in the text, I think it is suicidal that universities are teaching any sort of "proper use".
I hate to use the old example but I do not want a doctor who was too lazy to read and edit.
I hate to use the old example but I do not want a doctor who was too lazy to read and edit.
I feel as if we're still ratcheting up that first steep hill of a roller coaster, and we're about to plunge into god knows what. Hold on.
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I feel as if we're still ratcheting up that first steep hill of a roller coaster, and we're about to plunge into god knows what. Hold on.
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To paraphrase and to dare update the inimitable Anne Carson, I offer the following:
Why are we full of rage?
Because we are full of grief.
Why are we full of grief?
Because we are full of love and longing for what might have been.
Why are we full of rage?
Because we are full of grief.
Why are we full of grief?
Because we are full of love and longing for what might have been.
November 15, 2024 at 7:12 AM
To paraphrase and to dare update the inimitable Anne Carson, I offer the following:
Why are we full of rage?
Because we are full of grief.
Why are we full of grief?
Because we are full of love and longing for what might have been.
Why are we full of rage?
Because we are full of grief.
Why are we full of grief?
Because we are full of love and longing for what might have been.
If we're out and I've had more than three drinks and this song comes on?
Take me home right now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnd...
Take me home right now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnd...
Roxy Music - More Than This
YouTube video by RoxyMusicVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If we're out and I've had more than three drinks and this song comes on?
Take me home right now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnd...
Take me home right now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnd...
I miss the way I looked at the world before I knew too much about it.
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I miss the way I looked at the world before I knew too much about it.
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“If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned.”
– Joy Harjo, Crazy Brave
– Joy Harjo, Crazy Brave
October 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned.”
– Joy Harjo, Crazy Brave
– Joy Harjo, Crazy Brave
That's correct, Dr. Cole, which is why a number of us punched out years ago.
I can't tell you how exhausting it was to fight continuously with small-minded bosses, for years, who had little interest in covering the news.
I can't tell you how exhausting it was to fight continuously with small-minded bosses, for years, who had little interest in covering the news.
how most professional journalists feel
I understand a couple hundred American generals are learning firsthand today that they are led by people who share neither their career experience nor their professional values. I wonder what that would be like
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
That's correct, Dr. Cole, which is why a number of us punched out years ago.
I can't tell you how exhausting it was to fight continuously with small-minded bosses, for years, who had little interest in covering the news.
I can't tell you how exhausting it was to fight continuously with small-minded bosses, for years, who had little interest in covering the news.
Such a brutish, violent, and vulgar culture.
We won't make it unless we evolve.
We won't make it unless we evolve.
September 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Such a brutish, violent, and vulgar culture.
We won't make it unless we evolve.
We won't make it unless we evolve.
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This is the Republican Horst Wessel moment and it will be just as bad.
September 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is the Republican Horst Wessel moment and it will be just as bad.
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A commenter on my essay on the age of alt-weeklies left this comment from "This Woman Votes," which states my premise so much more powerfully than I could--in the fight against fascism, the urgency of stories that linger--that I added it to the post. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-longfo...
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A commenter on my essay on the age of alt-weeklies left this comment from "This Woman Votes," which states my premise so much more powerfully than I could--in the fight against fascism, the urgency of stories that linger--that I added it to the post. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-longfo...
JFC.
Everyone needs an editor, especially tattoo shops.
Everyone needs an editor, especially tattoo shops.
August 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
JFC.
Everyone needs an editor, especially tattoo shops.
Everyone needs an editor, especially tattoo shops.
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Have spent an hour on social media, scrolling without reading, looking without seeing, filling my mind without paying attention.
I'm signing off for the weekend. See everyone on Monday.
I'm signing off for the weekend. See everyone on Monday.
July 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Have spent an hour on social media, scrolling without reading, looking without seeing, filling my mind without paying attention.
I'm signing off for the weekend. See everyone on Monday.
I'm signing off for the weekend. See everyone on Monday.
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“There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can steer clear of the organized bullshit if he really wants to. It’s a goddamned luxury, and if I were you, I’d take advantage of it while you can.”
— Hunter S Thompson
— Hunter S Thompson
July 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can steer clear of the organized bullshit if he really wants to. It’s a goddamned luxury, and if I were you, I’d take advantage of it while you can.”
— Hunter S Thompson
— Hunter S Thompson
Authors, don't forget that rest and recuperation are also parts of the writing process.
Obstacles such as plot holes, character deficiencies, or mistakes in voice or tone are all easier to solve if you're not exhausted.
Find time and space to take care of yourselves.
Obstacles such as plot holes, character deficiencies, or mistakes in voice or tone are all easier to solve if you're not exhausted.
Find time and space to take care of yourselves.
July 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Authors, don't forget that rest and recuperation are also parts of the writing process.
Obstacles such as plot holes, character deficiencies, or mistakes in voice or tone are all easier to solve if you're not exhausted.
Find time and space to take care of yourselves.
Obstacles such as plot holes, character deficiencies, or mistakes in voice or tone are all easier to solve if you're not exhausted.
Find time and space to take care of yourselves.
I found the Epstein files!
July 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I found the Epstein files!
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“It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve... I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.”
― Georgia O'Keefe
― Georgia O'Keefe
June 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve... I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.”
― Georgia O'Keefe
― Georgia O'Keefe
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