Meet Bunty, brand new #StetPet editorial assistant of ON editor Robin Marwick, ELS (mostly not here).

'This is Bunty, and although she’s not very good at stetting yet (she’s only 3 months old), she’s delighted [to be a #StetPet ]!'

Update: there are now 305 publications/organizations/news channels listed. I added a column for people to describe the nature of the assignment and there's still a column for any higher up at the outlet to comment on their practices. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Love this. There’s a glancing reference to data quality in my #BadGraphs talk but not enough time to go into detail — this perfectly illustrates why it’s important!

This is a graph so bad I’m not even sure I can fit it into my #BadGraphs talk, I’d need to change the y-axis. (Thread. 🧵)

rest in peace, sinead

Sinéad O'Connor was brilliant, smart and courageous as fuck. I hope she’s remembered for her sense of humour, too.

Here she is attending an anti-Sinéad O'Connor demonstration in disguise. Truly one of a kind 🖤

This statement by Sinéad O'Connor about the consequences of tearing the picture of the Pope:

Important Guardian correction.

Twitter friends, an important announcement

Same problem as comedy, theatre, film, any form of writing: there's enough people who want to do it that the industry can just chuck 'em in the furnace for fuel, because there's always a queue.

I mean, I don't disagree with this piece but what it basically comes down to is that people at the top of publishing are creaming off large profits by grossly overworking staffers and not giving a damn for the well-being of authors.

theguardian.com/books/2023/jul…

have we tried turning publishing off and then back on again

It's all completely horrible but the mass email thing is especially sticking with me because what the fuck. Mass emails aren't for things like TELLING PEOPLE THEIR IMPRINT IS DEAD NOW

This is not an email I ever expected to receive or send.

Editors: we don’t have to publish everything

Definitely! I’m always hoping to see someone I know, plus I’d love to be there myself someday.

(I have been in a couple of journal article acknowledgements, which is always super exciting.)

I am really worried that companies are going to use AI audiobook narration as a wedge issue to try to break novelists off from other creatives.

I am currently sitting on a pretty sizeable backlist of novels I can't afford to put into audio, so I understand the temptation. But NO

🚨ARTISTS BEWARE🚨

Last night I was contacted by the CEO of a company called Scopio, under the guise of a job opportunity. Immediately I sensed something fishy, but I sent my usual new client response that I 'd be capable of doing the job and would like more information.

'We’re just at the onset of understanding how much images are being manipulated and are being used to manipulate people,' says Brown University Brown University School of Public Health prof Stefanie Friedhoff.

journalistsresource.org/home/visual-he…

If you’re a scholarly author who wants to write a trade book, I strongly recommend this presentation by Jane Friedman.

You’ll learn what big publishers are looking for and how to frame your project (in a much different way than you may be used to)

writersonlineworkshops.com/courses/will-y…