Christine Rowlands Writing & Editing
Making words count
There's no getting around the fact that LLMs and AI and ChatGPT have revolutionized my profession. It's now possible for anyone, with a few carefully…
Continue reading → Enhance! Tips for editing AI-generated text
I am a human, and this post, this blog, and everything on or referenced by this website came from a real oxygen-to-carbon-dioxide-exchanging, squishy-brained (but helmet-wearing),…
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but there's too much "content" out there. Whether or not it's high quality, the quantity of content…
That doesn't end up in the trash Dear Reader, Have you ever written an email or message to a stranger and never gotten a response?…
4 ways to take the blank out of the page Oh geez, just the introductory sentence and already I'm painting myself into a corner as…
YouTube is great for all kinds of music mixes. I often listen to it for instrumental music that doesn't distract me when I'm trying to…
Ever since I posted it many moons ago, Kerouac's Rules for Spontaneous Prose has been far and away the most visited post on the blog.…
If you've got a great story, poem or piece of creative non-fiction (i.e., essay, memoir or commentary) that needs to be read to be believed…
Continue reading → subTerrain’s Lush Triumphant literary contest: Deadline extended!
This has to be one of the coolest things I've heard of in a while: Amtrak is starting a writer's residency program. The deal is…
“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” - Albert Einstein Two rays of light strike a surface at the same point, at the same time.…
Continue reading → subTerrain looking for “Coincidence” submissions
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"Writing is starting." "Writing is finishing." Yay! Now that I have those two quotes down—I heard them somewhere and will check them later*—I have conquered…
Check out my new article on Occupying Christmas by shopping and celebrating locally on New West blog Tenth to the Fraser! As the Christmas shopping…
Continue reading → Shopping locally this Christmas is a gift to the Royal City
Computers are dumb. You're smart. And in the frenzy of writing, it's easy to make dumb human errors. So before hitting send, publish, or print,…
Continue reading → 3 good reasons to edit your work with human eyes
The Cooks Source story that exploded on the web this past week is one of victory for every writer whose work has ever been plagiarized. …
Like all advice, these rules for writing should be taken with a grain of salt. And then only from the writers you actually like: Ten…
Continue reading → If it sounds like writing, rewrite, says Elmore Leonard
CBC News - British Columbia - Carr statue unveiling marred by bronzed typo. News of an unveiling of a statue dedicated to Emily Carr, a…
Admittedly, I've not been feeling rah-rah-rah about the writing/editing game lately. But this post came along just in time to provide some motivation: Five Opposing…
Here is one my favourite resources/inspirational thingies. I used to keep this list pinned up over my desk (but then I moved and took it…
My two favourite stops to look for freelance writing and editing job leads each morning are Freelance Writing Jobs, a network site out of the…
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