Diana Gill
@dianagilleditorial.com
Freelance Editor (http://dianagilleditorial.com), formerly at HarperCollins, PRH, and Tor/Macmillan. One of first trained KonMari consultants. Needs: caffeine. Wants: plane tix. Opinions mine. She/her. Stop hate.
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(Semi-relatedly, this is why in my outlining classes I often say "As your writing career progresses you WILL have to give people outlines on a regular basis, so get used to it")
Your editor does not care if you are a pantser! Neither does the acquisitions committee! Just give them the thing!
Your editor does not care if you are a pantser! Neither does the acquisitions committee! Just give them the thing!
-- and let the book stand absolutely on its own, as its own thing, with a different clarity and focus and colour palette and style and voice, EVEN IF the themes are the same from book to book. Hence
*cracks knuckles*
some refoobling to do today on two very rough outlines
*cracks knuckles*
some refoobling to do today on two very rough outlines
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
(Semi-relatedly, this is why in my outlining classes I often say "As your writing career progresses you WILL have to give people outlines on a regular basis, so get used to it")
Your editor does not care if you are a pantser! Neither does the acquisitions committee! Just give them the thing!
Your editor does not care if you are a pantser! Neither does the acquisitions committee! Just give them the thing!
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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If you are worried this is too big an executive function barrier you can go to a pharmacy and they will probably just jab you. That is what I did.
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you are worried this is too big an executive function barrier you can go to a pharmacy and they will probably just jab you. That is what I did.
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
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hi, this is super fucked up
New Kindle feature offers instant spoiler-free answers to questions about your books
“Ask this Book” is now available on the Kindle iOS app in the U.S. for thousands of English-language books.
www.aboutamazon.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
hi, this is super fucked up
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Guys! GUYS! If you are an iPhone user you are NOT crazy. You're not just getting old. You're not suddenly all thumbs. Our iPhones are broken - that's why you keep misspelling shit so often in texts. I shared this with Jess and we both went 🤯
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksV...
Thank the maker- I was feeling clumsy for about three releases. Well done Apple.
Thank the maker- I was feeling clumsy for about three releases. Well done Apple.
It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken
YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Guys! GUYS! If you are an iPhone user you are NOT crazy. You're not just getting old. You're not suddenly all thumbs. Our iPhones are broken - that's why you keep misspelling shit so often in texts. I shared this with Jess and we both went 🤯
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This is such a great resource, please consider it for the writers and writer-adjacent people in your life
Absolutely thrilled to see “The Conscious Style Guide” in Right Touch Editing’s holiday 🎁 guide. Thank you, @imaginedworlds.bsky.social, for shining a light on my work.
#Edibuddies #AmReading #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #GiftGuide @consciousstyleguide.com 🎄
#Edibuddies #AmReading #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #GiftGuide @consciousstyleguide.com 🎄
What to Get Your Favorite Writer for Christmas - Right Touch Editing
Holiday shopping for the writer in your life? These essential books on style, structure, and craft make perfect holiday gifts for creators of every kind.
www.righttouchediting.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is such a great resource, please consider it for the writers and writer-adjacent people in your life
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Open industry secret: most political non-fiction books get purchased by foundations or non-profits to be given out with giftbags at events. 100,000 people aren't buying a book by Lauren Boebert on the future of America. GOP operatives are and giving them away for free as "gifts." BEST SELLER!
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Open industry secret: most political non-fiction books get purchased by foundations or non-profits to be given out with giftbags at events. 100,000 people aren't buying a book by Lauren Boebert on the future of America. GOP operatives are and giving them away for free as "gifts." BEST SELLER!
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She looked out. The profile of a demon lord decorated the city's skyline.
She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.
She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.
She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.
She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
She looked out. The profile of a demon lord decorated the city's skyline.
She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.
She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.
She sighed; did the pose. The goddess lifted her, transformed her into a magical girl.
She beat the demon into a pulp, then faced the harder battle: to return to her seventy-year old body, with aching knees and knuckles.
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Oh my god who is gonna tell him
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Oh my god who is gonna tell him
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while you are making your best-SFF-books of the year lists you COULD, I'm just saying, think about which of those books are relevant to the aims of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, and which ones you might wanna nominate for the prize when nominations open in March
just saying
just saying
Ursula K. Le Guin — The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
while you are making your best-SFF-books of the year lists you COULD, I'm just saying, think about which of those books are relevant to the aims of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, and which ones you might wanna nominate for the prize when nominations open in March
just saying
just saying
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I love this skeleton that is clutching their flowers so, so much.
Hugo Simberg, The Garden of Death, 1896, Watercolor and gouache on paper, 17.5 x 16 cm (Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki)
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I love this skeleton that is clutching their flowers so, so much.
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No.
Octopus could be the next commercially farmed seafood. Should it be? — Fast Company
They’re clever, they’re otherworldly, and if a growing band of companies and scientists have their way, they’re going to be raised for human consumption. Inside the birth of a new and controversial in...
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No.
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Garden & outdoorsy folk, please spread this news: The great people at Monarch Watch have a program where schools, nonprofits & large restoration projects can apply for FREE MILKWEED (only thing Monarch caterpillars eat, can't have too much of it IMO). Check it out! monarchwatch.org/bring-back-t...
Free Milkweeds - Bring Back The Monarchs
Free milkweeds for large restoration projects Free milkweeds for schools and educational non-profits
monarchwatch.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Garden & outdoorsy folk, please spread this news: The great people at Monarch Watch have a program where schools, nonprofits & large restoration projects can apply for FREE MILKWEED (only thing Monarch caterpillars eat, can't have too much of it IMO). Check it out! monarchwatch.org/bring-back-t...
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Reviews and also tell someone in your life who isn’t in online spaces about our books. So many people who read are not online reading reviews. Spread the word anyway you can, for free.
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reviews and also tell someone in your life who isn’t in online spaces about our books. So many people who read are not online reading reviews. Spread the word anyway you can, for free.
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Hey, I'm launching a Patreon! You may have heard that it's just a little bit hard to make a living as a writer these days, so if you like my culture writing, please consider subscribing 🖤
My first essay, live now and free to all, is on Elem Klimov's Come and See www.patreon.com/posts/143805...
My first essay, live now and free to all, is on Elem Klimov's Come and See www.patreon.com/posts/143805...
Beauty is a Wound: Come and See (1985) | Read Jump Scares
Get more from Read Jump Scares on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hey, I'm launching a Patreon! You may have heard that it's just a little bit hard to make a living as a writer these days, so if you like my culture writing, please consider subscribing 🖤
My first essay, live now and free to all, is on Elem Klimov's Come and See www.patreon.com/posts/143805...
My first essay, live now and free to all, is on Elem Klimov's Come and See www.patreon.com/posts/143805...
Grave of the Fireflies
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Grave of the Fireflies
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The NIH has been gutted.
December 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The NIH has been gutted.
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My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
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*random thing with a one percent chance of helping somebody*
Just in case anyone needs a Hopi sensitivity reader, I know a guy who’s amenable.
Just in case anyone needs a Hopi sensitivity reader, I know a guy who’s amenable.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
*random thing with a one percent chance of helping somebody*
Just in case anyone needs a Hopi sensitivity reader, I know a guy who’s amenable.
Just in case anyone needs a Hopi sensitivity reader, I know a guy who’s amenable.
Thank you! Will be fun, just amusing
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Thank you! Will be fun, just amusing
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This is evil. And optional.
We can have universal & high-quality healthcare. We can have clean air, n95s in healthcare settings, free & updated vaccines, paid & ample sick days, ample disability services, &c.
A better world is possible. But we must demand it & protect each other as we build it.
We can have universal & high-quality healthcare. We can have clean air, n95s in healthcare settings, free & updated vaccines, paid & ample sick days, ample disability services, &c.
A better world is possible. But we must demand it & protect each other as we build it.
The stakes are significant: Premiums for the 22 million affected Americans would increase by 114 percent on average, according to KFF, a nonprofit health-policy-research organization.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’
Health-care costs are about to spike in a way that Americans can’t afford.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is evil. And optional.
We can have universal & high-quality healthcare. We can have clean air, n95s in healthcare settings, free & updated vaccines, paid & ample sick days, ample disability services, &c.
A better world is possible. But we must demand it & protect each other as we build it.
We can have universal & high-quality healthcare. We can have clean air, n95s in healthcare settings, free & updated vaccines, paid & ample sick days, ample disability services, &c.
A better world is possible. But we must demand it & protect each other as we build it.