Got inspired by #Pixar's #Hopper and 3D modelled my own Beaver.

#Blender #AmLearning

White and dark purple text on a teal background covered in proofreading marks. Text reads "I am open minded and receptive to new ideas and perspectives."

I love my affirmation cards for editors! Today's card is especially well timed since it's the last day of the #WomenInPublishingSummit.

Thanks to @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social at Pique Publishing for coming up with the cards!

#AmLearning #WIPS2026 #Mindset

Jennifer S. Wilkov's "The State of Publishing 2026: Trends, Shifts & Opportunities That Will Shape Your Next Big Move" has been the highlight of my day so far!

#WIPS2026 #AmLearning

Privacy and Risks with Generative AI This course covers the basics about privacy and risks with Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. Learn about local and cloud-based AI, popular tools' privacy policies, risks, and techniques for…

I highly recommend this free intro to privacy and risks of genAI. It takes just 30 minutes to complete. I now feel more confident about what to be careful of. #AmLearning #FreeTraining #genAI
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I am watching this today. #AmLearning #Writing #AmWritingKidLit #WorkForHire #WritingLife

Today I learned about "zoomer hagmaxxing," and can I tell you how much I love my job? The boring days are few and far between, that is for sure, haha! #amcopyediting #amediting #amlearning

Edit Faster! Triage for the Eight-minute Editor – Right Angels and Polo Bears Right Angels and Polo Bears

An unexpected rush job gave me the chance to practice editing triage. "I shall do the best job possible in the time that I have" was my mantra. Grateful to Hester Higton, Ashley Lowe and Adrienne Montegomerie for their teaching! #AmEditing #AmLearning #Edibuddies
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Grand rising, peeps! That's how you know life's still rolling... Check out some cool stuff I'm up to: http://enthusiastict #socialmedia #amporting #amreading #amlearning

Grand rising, peeps! That's how you know life's still rolling... Check out some cool stuff I'm up to: http://enthusiastict #socialmedia #amporting #amreading #amlearning

Basics of Sensitivity Reading - Editor Edition, with Brittany Yost — Northwest Editors Guild | Editing Globally This week some Editing Globally team members have been attending webinars on working with conscious language, decolonizing editing, and how to become aware of our own biases and limitations in while w...

What is sensitivity reading? Here’s an excellent session presented by Brittany Yost:

www.linkedin.com/posts/editin...

#AuthenticityReading #SensitivityReading #ConsciousLanguage #AmEditing #AmLearning #CPD

Perhaps best to follow Merriam-Webster's advice: "realize that the disputed sense is established and standard, but nevertheless liable to criticism. If such criticism concerns you, you can probably avoid comprise by using compose, constitute, or make up...." (2/2)
#WritingTips #AmLearning

Can you use 'comprised of'? It's been in use for centuries. So, maybe.

Is writing "comprised of" wrong? Like, "the book was comprised of three chapters" vs. "three chapters comprise the book." But "comprised of" has been in use for centuries and, while awkward, isn't entirely wrong. #AmLearning (1/2)
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#2025TEF Translating Europe Forum 2025

Translating Europe Forum 2025 recordings are already up! Clear Language at #2025TEF includes sessions on building consensus around clear language and editing, AI services for EU, prepping effective media products, and the socioeconomic cost of not being clear. #PlainLanguage #AmLearning

Which session are you looking forward to today at #EFACon25? I'm excited about Pack Your Parachute: Contingency Planning for Freelance Editors.

#AmLearning #EditorsOfBluesky

I'm attending the #EFAVcon2025 today! Are you going? How do you like the Gather networking space?

#ProfessionalDevelopment #AmLearning

Reframe how you see editorial feedback:

🧠 It’s professional development.
💬 It’s insight into your strengths.
🛠️ It’s a growth tool.

Editing isn’t just about what’s “wrong”—it’s about growing stronger.

#MindsetShift #WritingGrowth #IndieAuthor #AmLearning

Excited for this line editing workshop I “won” in an instagram giveaway. The original person never responded and I was next in line!!!

Boutta learn me some mo’ knowledge!!!
#amlearning
#indieauthor
#letsedit

The Social Justice Impact of Plain Language: A Critical Approach to Plain-Language Analysis Introduction: This study investigates how plain language, examined from a social justice perspective, is implemented in mortgage documents and what the implications are for African-American…

Plain language is a start, but it's not enough to bring about social justice. We can still perpetuate existing power imbalances by the way we use language.

I'm reading about plain language and social justice and there's always so much more to learn😵‍💫#PlainLanguage #AmLearning #FoodForThought

Accessibility Report 2025 | Email Markup Consortium Email Markup Consortium Accessibility Report - 2025

Our email clients are not accessible: Of 400K+ emails analyzed, 99.89% contain "serious" or "critical" accessibility issues. Only 1 out of 44 major email clients "supports all HTML/CSS accessibility features". (Report is for developers but interesting for users too. Yikes) #AmLearning #Accessibility

I'm going to ACES VCON25 September 17-19, 2025. Are you?

I'm going to #ACESVCON25! The 11-hr time difference is slightly daunting but I look forward to joining live in the first session of each day.

Hope to meet #edibuddies, especially if you're in Asia-Pacific time zones. #AmEditing #AmLearning

I have lived my life in APA format. Even my text messages are in APA if I’m not careful.

Writing for a journal that requires AMA? How do I even stay organized here??

#writersky #booksky #medsky #APA #AMA #amwriting #amlearning

IWSG: Just Keep Learning A long time ago, I was talking to some friends about space.  I don’t remember what space thing I was talking about, specifically; I just remember it was something I didn’t understand at the time, a…

One of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me was: "You make me want to go learn stuff." When I write, I hope I can inspire other people to want to learn stuff, too.

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#amwriting #amlearning #lifelonglearner #IWSG

On my final class...one more and I'll have my Master's!! Let's go!!!

#amwriting #creative #creativity #writing #writerslife #writercommunity #writingcommunity #lgbtq🌈 #amwritingfiction #masters #dedication #gaywriter #gaywriterslife #amlearning #amgrowing

A graphic of a phoenix-like owl is shown in shades of orange, yellow and white on an orange background. The text reads "I'm on a 100 day learning streak!" The Duolingo text logo is shown at the bottom.

I did it!

#amlearning
#learningFrench
#100days

Closing My Merch Shop (For Now) Subscribe for incidental musings on life from a systemically oppressed storyteller, book coach, and Secular Buddhist.

Running a merch shop was a fun time, but I'm closing it. Not because of tariffs, but because of one simple lesson that every entrepreneur should learn.

Read about what that lesson is next Tuesday on my Substack! #amwriting #aminbusiness #amlearning

No, YOU'RE learning too many languages #amlearning #polyglot

You don't need an accredited degree to learn how to do a #DevelopmentalEdit on your own manuscript. Self-study is a powerful alternative:

📚 Writing courses
📚 Craft books
📚 Professional organizations

Be willing to revise, fail, revise again, and fail better.

#AmWriting #AmLearning #AuthorSky

A black woman's face with red lips and neutral makeup looking out at the camera. Except it's a vector.

Eyes appear to be my weak spot. Hairline's a bit rubbish too.

#AffinityDesigner #Illustration #AmLearning

I did a crochet. #crochet #fiberarts #spookyghost #amlearning

a cartoon of a person running on a track with a finish sign in the background Alt: a cartoon of a person running on a track with a finish sign in the background

Yay! Almost finished writing chapter summaries of my #cozymystery as required for a new query. It has been a valuable exercise and one I’ll do for all of my future stories. #amlearning #writersky