You aren’t doing enough.

You could be faster, more efficient, more organized, more visible, more profitable. You should be optimizing your workflows, batching your tasks, building your brand, raising your rates, and leveraging AI to triple your output. All before lunch.

Oh, and your body could be ...

There’s no shortage of opinions about AI and editing right now. Scroll through any editorial forum or LinkedIn thread, and you’ll find strong feelings on both sides—ranging from “it’s going to replace us all” to “it’s just another tool.”

But what I’ve been craving isn’t more opinions. It’s data. Wh...

It’s 11 p.m., and you’re staring at your computer screen, cursor blinking in a Claude window. You’ve got a manuscript due tomorrow, and there’s a section that’s just...confusing. The author’s argument is tangled, and you’re not sure if the problem is unclear language, a logical flaw, or both. You co...

I’ve been thinking a lot about the “Will AI replace copyeditors?” question. Not the hand-wringing version or the defensive version, but the practical, technical version: Could AI actually do what copyediting requires?

Because here’s the thing—many people asking this question don’t understand what c...

Note: New to AI? Don't start here—this post gets technical! Instead, check out my first post on editors and AI or scroll down to see the full series.

I’ve been having a lot of conversations lately with editors who are trying to make sense of AI. The reactions are all over the map. Some folks are genu...

If you’re like most freelance editors I know, you’ve probably had at least one panic spiral about AI. You know the one: Scrolling through LinkedIn, seeing yet another post about ChatGPT’s latest update, wondering if your red pen is about to become as obsolete as a floppy disk.

I get it—the anxiety ...

Most freelance editors think Big 5 publishers are impossible to crack without insider connections or fancy degrees. Nonsense, I say! (And I speak from experience.)

After working with multiple Big 5 imprints for more than 15 years of my career, I can tell you the truth: These publishers are always o...

Ernest Hemingway rewrote the ending of A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times. Jack Kerouac spent six years revising On the Road—despite the myth that he wrote it in three weeks.

And it’s not just novelists. Malcolm Gladwell typically goes through dozens of drafts for his pieces. Mary Karr threw away...

Years ago, when a colleague mentioned that Microsoft Word 365’s Editor feature uses AI, I had one of those “wait, what?” moments. That little blue quill icon I'd been clicking? AI all along. By then, I’d already shifted away from copyediting to focus on developmental editing and business coaching, s...

"Will AI replace editors?"

I see this question pop up regularly in professional forums, client conversations, and late-night worry sessions. It's whispered in conference hallways and debated in heated online discussions. I get it—there's something deeply unsettling about the possibility that work w...

Looking to navigate the rapidly evolving world of AI as an editorial professional? You're not alone. With the overwhelming amount of information available, it can be challenging to separate the truly valuable resources from the noise. That's why I've created this carefully curated list of my favorit...

In my ongoing "Editors and AI" blog series, I've explored various aspects of artificial intelligence and its impact on editing. One stumbling block for many editors is simply understanding the terminology that gets thrown around in these discussions. Between industry newsletters mentioning AI, softw...

In my previous posts, I explored what artificial intelligence actually means, which editorial tools use AI features, and how generative AI really works. Today, I want to tackle something I'm seeing more and more in the editorial community: The "just say no" stance toward AI. Let's take a closer look...