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Letters And Numbers:
Are you selling editing services or is this just a general interest question?

Letters And Numbers:
Are you selling editing services or is this just a general interest question?

Chubbypup:
I do own an editing and proofing business. Not so much a sell, just curious about the niche.

Letters And Numbers:
Are you selling editing services or is this just a general interest question?

Chubbypup:
I do own an editing and proofing business. Not so much a sell, just curious about the niche.

Letters And Numbers:
Ok. For stuff on here (which I haven’t written for in forever, sorry everyone), I have a couple super beta readers who I trust. They always give great insight, down to the line level.

For non-smut writing I’ve used it all: editors who make suggestions, editors who will just go in and change my stuff to fit, fully self-edited, you name it.

I’ve tried AI editing. It undeniably has some utility, but it’s limited and it makes mistakes. I can see it putting a lot of people out of work, though. That’s a lousy trade-off for the convenience of something that’s always on (although it’s not, really) and is cheap.

The sucky part right now, imo, is that we’re in a middle place where you can very easily hire an editor on Reedsy or Upwork, pay standard dev or line edit rates (not cheap at all on Reedsy), and get a deliverable that was produced with AI. So instead of paying $20 for a month of pro Claude, or whatever it costs, you shelled out $2000 for essentially the same thing. Or you’re always worried that you did. Weird times.

Letters And Numbers:
Are you selling editing services or is this just a general interest question?

Chubbypup:
I do own an editing and proofing business. Not so much a sell, just curious about the niche.

Letters And Numbers:
Ok. For stuff on here (which I haven’t written for in forever, sorry everyone), I have a couple super beta readers who I trust. They always give great insight, down to the line level.

For non-smut writing I’ve used it all: editors who make suggestions, editors who will just go in and change my stuff to fit, fully self-edited, you name it.

I’ve tried AI editing. It undeniably has some utility, but it’s limited and it makes mistakes. I can see it putting a lot of people out of work, though. That’s a lousy trade-off for the convenience of something that’s always on (although it’s not, really) and is cheap.

The sucky part right now, imo, is that we’re in a middle place where you can very easily hire an editor on Reedsy or Upwork, pay standard dev or line edit rates (not cheap at all on Reedsy), and get a deliverable that was produced with AI. So instead of paying $20 for a month of pro Claude, or whatever it costs, you shelled out $2000 for essentially the same thing. Or you’re always worried that you did. Weird times.

Chubbypup:
AI does have its used, and its limitations for sure. There is a lot of buzz around it in the editing community, as well as talk of the ethics around disclosing whether you use it and/or offer services without it.