Hannah (hveditorial)

A pencil and pen and paper cut-out butterflies framing the text: March 24 - April 14, 2026; Goal, Motivation, Conflict, & Stakes For Fiction Writers; Online With Eliot West.

Fiction writers, join me for a fun & practical 4-week online class on goal, motivation, conflict and stakes! Starts in 2 weeks, Tuesdays 7–9 p.m. Central, come get energized :) loft.org/classes/goal... #AmWriting #WritingCraft #FictionWriting #Writers #QueerWriters

I OBVIOUSLY MEANT POST–THE LONG GAME. Wow. Fake fan!!

Rereading this thread now. Why am I incapable of typing out "Game Changer" correctly? I swear I know the title of this book.

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

Rachel Reid talking about facing a "rare" amount of pressure in writing Unrivaled: "My mom now has strong opinions on these characters. My DENTIST has strong opinions on these characters."

Authors who've been in similar situations have kindly reached out to support her.

(Just a caveat that my quotations are not verbatim. People speak quickly!)

Rachel Reid got to be on set for the scene where Scott Hunter / Shane fight on the ice.

"I was dying. Every time Hudson Williams delivered his lines... It was so much fun."

#HeatedRivalry

"I like the show version of Scott Hunter. He's so weird and intense." –Rachel Reid

"I don't think Scott Hunter clocks Shane/Ilya in the books. But I think he does on the show." –Rachel Reid

#HeatedRivalry

Reid on 3 romances she recommends:
1. Captive Prince
2. We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
3. Diamond Ring / the baseball series by K.D. Casey

Reid on writing post–TV adaptation: "It's made it more difficult to stick to the book versions of the characters. But I don't mind that [because I love the show]."

Rachel Reid starts by writing dialogue between her characters.

First scene she wrote for HEATED RIVALRY was the tuna melt scene.

Then she had to figure out "how they get there."

One of Rachel Reid's biggest regrets: "Where's Shane's extended family [in the books]?!"

Good to take note! Think about your characters' families: parents, siblings, but also have a sense of who their aunts/uncles/cousins are, etc. Doesn't need to be on the page but adds richness if you know.

Quick fun trivia from this event:

Rachel Reid said that post–Game Changes, Ilya/Shane's most common cause of bickering is each other's driving speed (too slow/fast).

Rachel Reid: "Trust your editors. They know what they're doing." : )

Talia Hibbert: It's important to have a strong understanding of your own writing voice so that you know which editorial notes to ignore.

Talia Hibbert on when she first reads her editorial letters: "Wow, we're enemies. We hate each other. ... But the next day, after taking a step back, you [know which notes to take in]."

Rachel Reid just now during her live event: "I got a revise and resubmit [from Carina for Game Change]. An R&R is not a 'no.' You're gonna get a lot of really good [editorial] notes. Say no to the ones you feel strongly about, but be open to the criticism, too. Be willing to take notes and adapt."

On a note of serendipity, I copyedited an academic theologian's essay about the book of Esther yesterday.

#AmCopyediting

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.

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On the bookshelves October 13th. Hope y’all like it:

U.S. Schools Are Betting Big on A.I. Will New York City Be Next?

NYC still has the chance to do the right thing here. The only argument for AI in schools is that it’s inevitable-a pretty awful reason to sacrifice our kids as guinea pigs to big tech.

my hand holding a copy of INEQUALITIES OF PLATFORM PUBLISHING: THE PROMISE AND PERIL OF SELF-PUBLISHING IN THE DIGITAL BOOK ERA, by Claire Parnell

VERY interested in finding out what's in store in this book—new from @umasspress.bsky.social

Editor on laptop with a cat and a foster doggy beside her.

How your email finds me.

#StetPets #AmCopyediting

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Wrote a book? Cool, now write the next one. Out on sub? Write the next one. Won an award? Write the next one. Didn’t even get nominated? Write the next one. Querying agents? Write the next one. Waiting for pub day? Write the next one. Always be writing the next one.

Was able to witness a friend's first Indian cinema / Desi watch experience with Raja Saab in theaters and I can tell they're hooked now. Just 3 hours of pure storytelling bliss. Neither of us could fight the urge to dance during the end credits.

I feel we need special training to do this more than we need easy "tells" for figuring out whether writing was AI generated.

One of my concerns with college Admissions readers judging students' essays in the era of AI is that I don't trust adults to be better readers than teenagers, i.e., to see the ways AI writing can be syntactically pleasing but devoid of signs of deeper thinking.

First year of freelancing, 2023: Had my laptop at the holiday table b/c I had so much work to do.

Freelancing, 2024: Understood that late-December work = higher fees, so was still very busy but at least getting fairly compensated.

Freelancing, 2025: Scheduled 2 solid weeks off this month. <3