Just edited a short story where the main character was clearly an author insert but I was experiencing a whole new culture and intersectional story so felt as if everything was fresh, so now I think readers don't know the difference between an author insert and a Mary Sue. Besides, this author insert died at the end after having absolutely nothing go right for him, at all, in the story so, well, I wanted to give the writer a hug because if he thinks this is his future he needs one! #Editing #Editor

I may not be able to walk properly, but I can still write. This afternoon shall be editing galore, I need to get moving on this manuscript so its time to light a fire under my own butt!

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Dangling modifier in the Irish Times Weekend Quiz. As a usage dictionary notes, "It's the funny ones that cause trouble." https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/a-hovering-dangling-modifier/

It's all go at Taigh a' Bhàird!

Songwriting commission with my partner-in-chime r.Dubs (she's the j.Lo of Spean Bridge) and the contributions for Tuath on their way Northwords!

Next to fire up some sparks in the firmament.

Can't tell you anything about any of it really, but the lunatic's smile says it all, I'm sure.

Not Rachel's, mine...

The April 17 #podcast from @aceseditors is coming up very soon! It’s “The Art of #Editing #Poetry,” led by Hannah Bartlett. Go here to get more details and to register: https://aces.mclms.net/en/package/16997/view

Just did an edit of an episode of @retroadventurers.bsky.social yesterday, and I have to say there's a very rough sort of experiential bias this causes. I spent so long zooming in on regions where participants momentarily tripped over their own tongues, lost their trains of thought, or otherwise flubbed up. I played these bits over and over to find just the right section to mute or cut out. It left me with a false memory that everyone had just made a hash of it.

I just played the full episode in the background while doing other things, and I was left thinking "Gosh, this is a great episode!" I'd love to take credit for a stellar edit or whatever, but really it was just obvious: these were all the bits I wasn't focusing on the previous day, run end-to-end! #InteractiveFiction #podcast #Audacity #editing

More on the third chapter of Intent Magic today, adding 1950 words! Getting down some magic and worldbuilding!
#editing #amwriting

My #current list:

#editing
* Manuscript by Layla Hagen
* Assessing submissions to Tangled Tree Publishing & Hot Tree Publishing

#reading
* "When the Moon Hits Your Eye" by John Scalzi
* " 'Salem's Lot" by Stephen King

#listening
* "Finders Keepers" by Stephen King

Approaches to Annotation: Insights & Challenges Editing Hogg & Woolf
15 May, University of Glasgow – free

Dr Megan Coyer & Dr Annie Strausa will reflect on two major textual editing projects. What are the different challenges faced by editors annotating modernist short fiction versus short fiction (& poetry) from a late Romantic-era periodical?

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Most of the way through the second chapter of Intent Magic today, and added another 1930 words. I usually write a "slim" draft first, then go back with another pass and layer in more emotion and character reaction. Right now I'm just getting the story down!
#editing #amwriting

Prime editing:
#editing #geneticcode #dna #research #molecularbiology

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-scientist-rewriting-dna-future-medicine.html

Finished up the outline for the sequel to Physical Magic, tentatively titled Intent Magic! Another 1940 words on the outline, and got a little start on chapter 1 with another 380 words.
#editing #amwriting

Oh, I love this! It’s true that #editing increases the likelihood of #conference and/or #journal #acceptance for #authors. See what #science editor Valerie Monckton says about this: https://www.valeriemonckton.com/research-impact-writing-quality/

Spent most of the day doing quarterly finance for Space Wizard, but also got to start on the outline for the sequel to Physical Magic! hoping to dig in a lot more tomorrow.
Also got called out for another bee swarm!
#editing #amwriting

Some last bits of formatting on the first Lesbians in Space anthology, and also did a final edit on one of the books coming out in Space Wizard Year 4!
#editing #amwriting

Nothing makes a day at my #editing #desk better than getting happy #thanks from an #author, not just for my editing but also for the #encouragement I give them when we're keeping in touch during a project.

My #current list:

#editing
* "Queen of Blades" by Victoria Jayne
* Assessing submissions to Tangled Tree Publishing & Hot Tree Publishing

#reading
* "Men Who Hate Women" by Laura Bates

#listening
* "The Quiet Tenant" by Clémence Michallon

Most dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster's, say April 1 is "April Fools' Day," but Oxford's dictionaries—and apparently most people—prefer "April Fool's Day." The earliest reference in Oxford's corpus is to "April-Fool Day."

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