I did quite a lot of writing and editing during my public health career. My recent editorial work with nonprofits has focused on health disparities, with policy approaches and advice by and for Black women. . . . I am attaching an excerpt from a piece developed in 2021 to discuss COVID-19 vaccines.
Read MoreI’m celebrating Ada Lovelace by posting a sample of my work. For this sample edit, I had ChatGPT generate some mistake-laden content. I supplemented ChatGPT with some types of edits I do frequently. Then I turned on track changes to edit it as if I am speaking to an author who has requested a sample edit.
Read MoreWriters can challenge the patriarchal norms. Call out toxic masculinity. Show healthy relationships. Point out double standards. Speak up about the balance of power.
Read MoreIn my new Habitat tab, I kept Paste because I long ago reassigned the Ctrl-V command to be Paste Special with no formatting. I use the Paste that includes formatting far less frequently but still enough to keep it handy. I don’t need Cut and Copy on the Ribbon because I always use keystrokes for those.
Read MoreThoughts on the Twitter implosion and what I use social media for.
Read MoreA common way editors find clients is through former jobs, whether in publishing or not. Chatters talked of leaving in-house jobs and later being asked either by the company or by a former colleague to do freelance work.
Read MoreI tested out ChatGPT. I asked it to write an article about penguins.
Read MoreIn both the above cases, old-school styling is considered a form of microaggression. Consider carefully. I’ve gotten to the point where I wince at lower-case (b)lack and he or she.
Read Morecandidate who misspelled her own name in the résumé header: The name and the email address (which contained her name) didn’t match.
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