Today’s newsletter is about my decision to hire a freelance editor for my next novel and how much it helped. Special shout out to Chantelle Aimée Osman, whose editing help feels like finding the right pair of glasses and suddenly you can see everything clearly.
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Boring dunce Nick Bilton hounded out of first meeting with '60 Minutes' staffers: defector.com/boring-dunce...
I am so mad at @hexican.bsky.social that I’m only finding out NOW about Invisible Man v Invisible Stan (h/t @laurentheisen.bsky.social )
A writer wrote me and asked for some clarification about the AI rules for the DC Bouchercon anthology, specifically if it was permissible to use AI for grammar and story development.
Just so it’s clear where the DC Bouchercon anthology stands, here’s the answer:
I need to read more Welsh poetry. I was watching Welcome to Wrexham last night and a woman said, complaining about being single:
“I have no luck. I could fall into a well of cocks and come out sucking my own thumb.”
Nick Bilton, the dumb, dull, and severely underqualified former tech journalist who is now running 60 Minutes at the behest of Bari Weiss had his first meeting with his new colleagues today. It ended…