My husband and I just started watching Black Mirror on Netflix. It’s addictive and thought-provoking. The show has seven seasons, and each episode is a standalone story, so you don’t have to watch them in order. The episode we watched this weekend, “Arkangel,” is the second episode in Season...
On LinkedIn this month, a freelance writer and editor posted about approaching a writer who turned in a draft that appeared to be primarily AI-generated. In the comments, people had good advice: Be curious and direct. Compare the piece to the writer’s previous work. Tell the writer their voice...
My husband was digging through his gym bag the other day and unearthed an ancient relic. “Look,” he said, holding up a crumpled piece of paper that I recognized as a children’s coloring page featuring Elsa and Anna from the movie Frozen. Blue and orange crayon scribbles danced across...
As 2024 skittered to a close, the trend on LinkedIn was to share a review of your year: professional accomplishments, highlights, and milestones. I’ve always felt icky promoting myself, yet I can see why reflecting on the past year is helpful. Nicola Knobel sums it up well, writing: “While...
This post may brand me as hopelessly geriatric (I did recently celebrate a birthday, so maybe it’s warranted). However, I have to say it: I hate abbreviations. And they’re everywhere. These insidious little strings of letters that are supposed to represent real words are popping up in e-mails, in...
