Do we have Book Editors here?
Please make yourself known!

My friend is looking for one and I would like to help them find where all of the editors hang out these days! (I am hoping the answer is Fedi)

Also - NO "editors" who use AI and just shove writing into LLM. Real human workers only!!

#writing #books #editor #editing #bookediting #proofread #storyedit #copyedit #writer #bookstordon #fedihelp

Do we have Book Editors here?
Please make yourself known!

My friend is looking for one and I would like to help them find where all of the editors hang out these days! (I am hoping the answer is Fedi)

Also - NO "editors" who use AI and just shove writing into LLM. Real human workers only!!

#writing #books #editor #editing #bookediting #proofread #storyedit #copyedit #writer #bookstordon #fedihelp

I'm not just documenting my homelab. I'm publishing the "Director's Cut" of how I wrote the whole thing with AI. 🤯

Most technical documents hide revision fatigue, prompt misfires, and context drift. My new meta-series exposes the messy, recursive process of co-authoring with Claude (my structural editor) & ChatGPT (my creative partner).

It’s about thinking alongside AI, not just typing with it.

Read the first part:https://wiobyrne.com/how-i-wrote-this-with-ai/

#AI #Homelab #Writing #Collaboration #ChatGPT

Yesterday, I crafted a RegEx that finds double words (aka “the the”). This is something that’s pretty useless if you write or edit in a relatively recent word processor — and maybe I’d better start doing an edit pass in one of those — but I share it here in case it’s useful to you.

(\b[A-z’‘’]+\b]) \1

Don’t do a replace-all with that. Until you’re confident it’s not picking up false positives … and probably not even then.

Not every RegEx implementation will allow you to reference a capture group inside the search term so be sure to intentionally put a “the the” in the text somewhere to make sure it’s working correctly for you.

If I get a moment, I’ll explain what it’s doing so you can make adjustments if you need to.

#AmWriting #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #Writing #RegEx

Yesterday, I crafted a RegEx that finds double words (aka “the the”). This is something that’s pretty useless if you write or edit in a relatively recent word processor — and maybe I’d better start doing an edit pass in one of those — but I share it here in case it’s useful to you.

(\b[A-z’‘’]+\b]) \1

Don’t do a replace-all with that. Until you’re confident it’s not picking up false positives … and probably not even then.

Not every RegEx implementation will allow you to reference a capture group inside the search term so be sure to intentionally put a “the the” in the text somewhere to make sure it’s working correctly for you.

If I get a moment, I’ll explain what it’s doing so you can make adjustments if you need to.

#AmWriting #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #Writing #RegEx

EDIT: I've posted this - that will clarify even more things: https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/10/when-bigger-stops-being-better/

I’ve received many reactions to my latest blog post. Some constructive, others critical, but all useful to better understand different perspectives.
However, two recurring dynamics emerged in the comments (mostly outside the Fediverse).

First: I didn’t mention any names. I understand the disappointment, but naming them wouldn’t have helped anyone. Before publishing, I did my homework - that draft had been ready for over a year - and I even asked some of the people involved.
They took action privately to warn friends and colleagues, with good results, but they didn’t want public exposure. Many years have passed, and that company no longer has the same relevance anyway.
Some understood my choice (naming them could have meant serious legal trouble for me), but others started quoting US laws and amendments to "prove" that I could have safely done it. What many don’t realize is that the world isn’t the United States - not everyone plays by the same legal rules. And even if I won such a case, it would still mean wasted time, energy, and peace of mind. Cui prodest?

Second: "Stories like that can only happen in Italy because there are so many small, family-run businesses".
That one annoyed me more - especially because it often came from Italians themselves.
First of all, I’ve worked in several countries, and I never said the story was about an Italian company.
Second, small businesses are not a problem - they’re a strength. My experience taught me that large corporations tend to turn employees into replaceable parts of a giant machine. Customers become faceless numbers, almost subjects rather than clients. At some point, a company’s need for endless growth becomes a trap - not a service that enriches people’s lives, but a "necessary evil".
And that, to me, is the real danger: believing that bigger automatically means better - in tech, and in life.
I wrote about this a few months ago, and I still believe it even more strongly today: https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/09/macbook-pro-vs-car-why-small-businesses-still-win/

#ITNotes #BlogPost #TechCulture #SmallBusiness #Writing #Reflections #PersonalThoughts

"We started with participants sharing personal technology stories—EVs as climate-guilt-free mobility, pirate radio stations as creation rather than consumption, bikes as intergenerational freedom. Then we unpacked the narratives underneath: what myths, what power structures, what economic forces shaped these experiences?"

https://m-otherboard.ghost.io/beyond-protagonists-imagining-stories-of-collective-good/

#SolarPunk #writing #storytelling

"We started with participants sharing personal technology stories—EVs as climate-guilt-free mobility, pirate radio stations as creation rather than consumption, bikes as intergenerational freedom. Then we unpacked the narratives underneath: what myths, what power structures, what economic forces shaped these experiences?"

https://m-otherboard.ghost.io/beyond-protagonists-imagining-stories-of-collective-good/

#SolarPunk #writing #storytelling

With this photographic memory I fully understand how someone can become delusional and seem like they have schizophrenia now.

You get so stressed it corrupts your picture and you stop registering logical context because all the information you're working with is corrupted.

Your basic files are wrong and lead you somewhere made of nonsense.

Stress causes this if great enough, and my brain makes whole worlds that never happened if I don't sleep well.

#writing #mentalhealth #neuroscience #rant

With this photographic memory I fully understand how someone can become delusional and seem like they have schizophrenia now.

You get so stressed it corrupts your picture and you stop registering logical context because all the information you're working with is corrupted.

Your basic files are wrong and lead you somewhere made of nonsense.

Stress causes this if great enough, and my brain makes whole worlds that never happened if I don't sleep well.

#writing #mentalhealth #neuroscience #rant

How about an #Introduction again, since I haven’t been very active here and I’m thinking of being more active. And yes, it’s in part because of #Bluesky, the CEO, and their shit content moderation. I’m not leaving there yet. I would like to try another instance, though it looks like that may be pointless if Jay can get mad at you and delete you from all instances.

But I digress… an intro:

I’m an #author #writing a book series called Mercedes Masterson Detective Stories, but also other novels and short stories as well. I have the first three in the series out now. The first two are free currently from my newsletter site (in the library). The series is noir/thriller and with some horror sometimes and deals in themes such as corruption, friendship, and #LGBTQ issues (Mercedes is a closested #bisexual woman).

I’m also a trained method actor (the non-annoying kind) and recently starred in a short film that garnered 4 nominations including Best Film. I used to do a lot of indie filmmaking back in the early 2000s. I love movies and especially #horror.

I’m currently enrolled at SNHU and in my last year of school. It’s looking like I may wrap up my bachelor’s degree in the spring of 2026. I’m an English major and do enjoy #editing and am considering it as a career afterwards. I’m rounding off my degree with courses on #journalism.

I write and edit a #newsletter called Weaver’s Deep Thoughts which has “deep thoughts” on a variety of topics as well as free #ShortStories and #poetry by a diverse group of writers. It’s slowly growing and submissions are currently open. I’m currently rolling out a serialized story called “The Bride of Usher” for #Halloween which is a sci-fi/horror blend of “Frankenstein” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” New installments are dropping every Friday this month. The first is a available now.

Here’s some links:
— Newsletter: https://weaversdeepthoughts.com
— Mercedes books: https://mercedesmasterson.com
— Other links like socials and dms: https://Weaver.wtf

I’d love to connect and I love collaborating. Stay awesome. And leave LGBTQ folks alone!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Be good to each other. ✌️

Edit: Feel free to introduce yourself in the comments, or re-introduce if we know each other from other places.

How about an #Introduction again, since I haven’t been very active here and I’m thinking of being more active. And yes, it’s in part because of #Bluesky, the CEO, and their shit content moderation. I’m not leaving there yet. I would like to try another instance, though it looks like that may be pointless if Jay can get mad at you and delete you from all instances.

But I digress… an intro:

I’m an #author #writing a book series called Mercedes Masterson Detective Stories, but also other novels and short stories as well. I have the first three in the series out now. The first two are free currently from my newsletter site (in the library). The series is noir/thriller and with some horror sometimes and deals in themes such as corruption, friendship, and #LGBTQ issues (Mercedes is a closested #bisexual woman).

I’m also a trained method actor (the non-annoying kind) and recently starred in a short film that garnered 4 nominations including Best Film. I used to do a lot of indie filmmaking back in the early 2000s. I love movies and especially #horror.

I’m currently enrolled at SNHU and in my last year of school. It’s looking like I may wrap up my bachelor’s degree in the spring of 2026. I’m an English major and do enjoy #editing and am considering it as a career afterwards. I’m rounding off my degree with courses on #journalism.

I write and edit a #newsletter called Weaver’s Deep Thoughts which has “deep thoughts” on a variety of topics as well as free #ShortStories and #poetry by a diverse group of writers. It’s slowly growing and submissions are currently open. I’m currently rolling out a serialized story called “The Bride of Usher” for #Halloween which is a sci-fi/horror blend of “Frankenstein” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” New installments are dropping every Friday this month. The first is a available now.

Here’s some links:
— Newsletter: https://weaversdeepthoughts.com
— Mercedes books: https://mercedesmasterson.com
— Other links like socials and dms: https://Weaver.wtf

I’d love to connect and I love collaborating. Stay awesome. And leave LGBTQ folks alone!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Be good to each other. ✌️

Edit: Feel free to introduce yourself in the comments, or re-introduce if we know each other from other places.

Finally!
We've completed our little Haikuart-Series "Hedgehog in the four seasons"!

Haiku: @MarjoleinRotsteeg
Watercolor paintings: @KarenKasparArt

All proceeds from the sale of prints and products of this hedgehog haiku artwork will be donated to the Avolare Wildlife Hospital in the Netherlands (avolare.nl).
More infos in comments 👇

#art #haiku #haikuart #poem #poetry #writing #hedgehog #animals #cute #autumn #gifts #giftideas #christmas #support #watercolor #painting #artwork #seasons

Finally!
We've completed our little Haikuart-Series "Hedgehog in the four seasons"!

Haiku: @MarjoleinRotsteeg
Watercolor paintings: @KarenKasparArt

All proceeds from the sale of prints and products of this hedgehog haiku artwork will be donated to the Avolare Wildlife Hospital in the Netherlands (avolare.nl).
More infos in comments 👇

#art #haiku #haikuart #poem #poetry #writing #hedgehog #animals #cute #autumn #gifts #giftideas #christmas #support #watercolor #painting #artwork #seasons

**Anthropic AI Class Action Lawsuit**

AUTHOR FRIENDS: the searchable claims database is up! Make sure you check for your works (and check misspellings of your names, titles, etc, the database is a mess).

TELL YOUR FRIENDS
https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/

The FAQ will answer your questions but I also wrote an editorial about the lawsuit in Sigma (local PGH SFF newsletter): https://parsec-sff.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Sigma-473-September-2025.pdf

Anyway, check it out!
Sue

#writers #writing #AI

**Anthropic AI Class Action Lawsuit**

AUTHOR FRIENDS: the searchable claims database is up! Make sure you check for your works (and check misspellings of your names, titles, etc, the database is a mess).

TELL YOUR FRIENDS
https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/

The FAQ will answer your questions but I also wrote an editorial about the lawsuit in Sigma (local PGH SFF newsletter): https://parsec-sff.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Sigma-473-September-2025.pdf

Anyway, check it out!
Sue

#writers #writing #AI

I have never written a novelette before, let alone a story told entirely in notes and lists. Let's see how this turns out!

https://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/inktober-day-1-mustache/

#writing #inktober #Inktober2025 #india #SFF #dystopia #apocalypse #journal

Ami·es auteurices professionnel·les ou amateurices, j'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer qu'après la correction éditoriale, la bêta lecture à prix libre est également disponible dans ma boutique Ko-fi 🥳

https://ko-fi.com/s/7df9936a07

#ecriture #lecture #BetaLecture #writing #book #livre #mastoLivre #mastoBook #betaReading #prixLibre

When you think about it, writing is just lossy compression for thoughts. Reading is decoding and reconstructing thoughts from lossy compressed ones.

When you write for an audience, you need to have a good idea of what their decoding and reconstructing module can do.

When writing with empathy for your audience, it’s very close to telepathy. It’s sharing information between air gapped brain.

We’re capable of doing such cool things when we take a moment to appreciate it!

#writing #reading