Isla Aitken
@islaaitken.bsky.social
Book coach and copy editor at Green Gables Editing; keeping you on track and guiding your writing. Memoirs, biographies and how-to guides
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Isla Aitken
@islaaitken.bsky.social
· Dec 14
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Buy Making Pearls From Grit, by me. I had breast cancer and this is how it went… blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Amazon is introducing an #AI translation service on Kindle, so authors can have their works translated into poorly constructed, nonsensical tracts that bear no resemblance to the original 🙄 slator.com/kindle-trans...
#EditorSky
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Kindle Translate: How Amazon Wants to Create AI-Translated eBooks in 72 Hours
Amazon launches AI translation for KDP to create foreign language books in days. Initial reactions are mixed.
slator.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Amazon is introducing an #AI translation service on Kindle, so authors can have their works translated into poorly constructed, nonsensical tracts that bear no resemblance to the original 🙄 slator.com/kindle-trans...
#EditorSky
#EditorSky
Just managed to complete this fiendish #NationalBookTokens quiz, only after studying other competitors' hints and tips and then furiously Googling. It's bloody difficult. Have a go if you have a spare two hours and have read ALL the books. hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
#HiddenBooks
#HiddenBooks
Play the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens!
Guess all 20 book titles hidden in the picture.
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just managed to complete this fiendish #NationalBookTokens quiz, only after studying other competitors' hints and tips and then furiously Googling. It's bloody difficult. Have a go if you have a spare two hours and have read ALL the books. hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
#HiddenBooks
#HiddenBooks
Anyone here know #EastLothian? Because I have edited a smashing recipe book featuring a feast of the county’s makers, bakers, chefs and producers and it’s on sale soon! It is also a beautiful work of art. Preorder Land, Sea & Hills via landseahills.co.uk/shop/p/book
Pre-Order Land, Sea & Hills — Land, Sea & Hills East Lothian
Due to be published in November. As a thank-you for pre-ordering, all copies will come with a free gift: 3 postcards featuring line drawings from the book.
www.landseahills.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Anyone here know #EastLothian? Because I have edited a smashing recipe book featuring a feast of the county’s makers, bakers, chefs and producers and it’s on sale soon! It is also a beautiful work of art. Preorder Land, Sea & Hills via landseahills.co.uk/shop/p/book
Hello. Just came here to say I love Jacob Alon. Beautiful melodies.
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hello. Just came here to say I love Jacob Alon. Beautiful melodies.
Oo — just remembered that Sean Lusk’s A Woman of Opinion won fiction book of the year in the #SaltireBookAwards two days ago, which is your reminder to read this brilliant book.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Oo — just remembered that Sean Lusk’s A Woman of Opinion won fiction book of the year in the #SaltireBookAwards two days ago, which is your reminder to read this brilliant book.
Gutted to hear of Mani’s death. I never saw The Stone Roses live and to know I never will now is rather saddening.
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Gutted to hear of Mani’s death. I never saw The Stone Roses live and to know I never will now is rather saddening.
The Woman in Cabin 10 is rather rubbish.
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Woman in Cabin 10 is rather rubbish.
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I see the Americans have decided to declare war on Italy.
Tiramisù doesn’t require baking, feeds a crowd and actually needs to be prepared in advance, making it a great contender for a Thanksgiving dessert. Cranberry, pumpkin and apple give this creamy no-bake classic a fall makeover with festive flavors.
These Tiramisù Are the Best Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Desserts
Cranberry, pumpkin and apple give the creamy no-bake classic a fall makeover with festive flavors.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I see the Americans have decided to declare war on Italy.
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What’s with the judges’ scores for Balvinder? They were nowhere near high enough!! Her dance was graceful and beautiful. Is there some sort of conspiracy?! #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What’s with the judges’ scores for Balvinder? They were nowhere near high enough!! Her dance was graceful and beautiful. Is there some sort of conspiracy?! #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing
Re the BBC edit of Trump’s comments. It was not ethical journalism, but
1) How can Trump sue for defamation when his reputation is so abysmal, whatever is said of him cannot lower it; and
2) It won’t be the BBC he’s suing, it’ll be the licence payers. It will be *our* money, not a corporation’s.
1) How can Trump sue for defamation when his reputation is so abysmal, whatever is said of him cannot lower it; and
2) It won’t be the BBC he’s suing, it’ll be the licence payers. It will be *our* money, not a corporation’s.
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Re the BBC edit of Trump’s comments. It was not ethical journalism, but
1) How can Trump sue for defamation when his reputation is so abysmal, whatever is said of him cannot lower it; and
2) It won’t be the BBC he’s suing, it’ll be the licence payers. It will be *our* money, not a corporation’s.
1) How can Trump sue for defamation when his reputation is so abysmal, whatever is said of him cannot lower it; and
2) It won’t be the BBC he’s suing, it’ll be the licence payers. It will be *our* money, not a corporation’s.
This is the best birthday present — from me to me 😂 — Margaret Atwood’s memoir. Might even edge it to the top of the to-read pile.
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is the best birthday present — from me to me 😂 — Margaret Atwood’s memoir. Might even edge it to the top of the to-read pile.
Oh my god! The #JohnLewis Christmas ad! I am broken. It’s a good one this year, people! #WhereLoveLives
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Oh my god! The #JohnLewis Christmas ad! I am broken. It’s a good one this year, people! #WhereLoveLives
I have decided to be more Hungry Paul.
You may wish to note the above.
You may wish to note the above.
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I have decided to be more Hungry Paul.
You may wish to note the above.
You may wish to note the above.
All this debate about immigration in the aftermath of the train stabbings — totally forgetting the victims in all this. The perp’s nationality is irrelevant. People were stabbed. They will be traumatised. Their lives will never be the same. Have some respect.
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
All this debate about immigration in the aftermath of the train stabbings — totally forgetting the victims in all this. The perp’s nationality is irrelevant. People were stabbed. They will be traumatised. Their lives will never be the same. Have some respect.
I spent about £700 on sweets and we’ve had only three lots of guisers this evening. I’m gonna get diabetes in about five days.
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I spent about £700 on sweets and we’ve had only three lots of guisers this evening. I’m gonna get diabetes in about five days.
Is Celebrity Traitors scripted or directed in some way? Are the competitors told to do certain things? Vote certain ways?
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Is Celebrity Traitors scripted or directed in some way? Are the competitors told to do certain things? Vote certain ways?
I am so so enjoying Leonard & Hungry Paul on iPlayer. Such a gentle, heartwarming story, and Julia Roberts’ narration is understated and modest. I cry with pleasure every episode!
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I am so so enjoying Leonard & Hungry Paul on iPlayer. Such a gentle, heartwarming story, and Julia Roberts’ narration is understated and modest. I cry with pleasure every episode!
When America decided to drop extraneous U’s from words - eg, labor, odor, favor, etc - how come they didn’t drop the U from the ‘ous’ suffix? Eg poisonous, dangerous, ambiguous etc?
Anyone?
Anyone?
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
When America decided to drop extraneous U’s from words - eg, labor, odor, favor, etc - how come they didn’t drop the U from the ‘ous’ suffix? Eg poisonous, dangerous, ambiguous etc?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Susie Woolf is a formidable force. You’d never think it to hear her reasoned, gentle chat but boy is she focused. Great interview by Lee McKenzie for Toppings Edinburgh tonight. Buy her new memoir, Driven
October 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Susie Woolf is a formidable force. You’d never think it to hear her reasoned, gentle chat but boy is she focused. Great interview by Lee McKenzie for Toppings Edinburgh tonight. Buy her new memoir, Driven
Traitors! There’s NEVER BEEN A LEAVE IT TO FATE TIE BEFORE!! This is unprecedented!
October 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Traitors! There’s NEVER BEEN A LEAVE IT TO FATE TIE BEFORE!! This is unprecedented!
Got an email from @bookshop.org about Malala Yousafzai’s new memoir and think I broke a record hitting the buy button.
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Got an email from @bookshop.org about Malala Yousafzai’s new memoir and think I broke a record hitting the buy button.
Great British Bake Off is properly tense. I need a lie down now.
October 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Great British Bake Off is properly tense. I need a lie down now.
Watch Leonard & Hungry Paul!
I adored the book by Rónán Hession & am so delighted it’s been adapted for TV. It’s nothing like anything else you’ve seen or read. Gentle, funny, human, meandering…
I adored the book by Rónán Hession & am so delighted it’s been adapted for TV. It’s nothing like anything else you’ve seen or read. Gentle, funny, human, meandering…
October 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Watch Leonard & Hungry Paul!
I adored the book by Rónán Hession & am so delighted it’s been adapted for TV. It’s nothing like anything else you’ve seen or read. Gentle, funny, human, meandering…
I adored the book by Rónán Hession & am so delighted it’s been adapted for TV. It’s nothing like anything else you’ve seen or read. Gentle, funny, human, meandering…
Why is everyone talking about frogs?
October 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Why is everyone talking about frogs?