Fleeing the Scourge: A. R. Bender’s The Black Bow

One of the greatest forces for change in the modern world was the Reformation, the splitting of western Christian Europe into Catholics and Protestants. One of the greatest conflagrations of this change was the Thirty Years War, a disaster that lead to the deaths of...

The Editor in the Age of AI

Before the release of ChatGPT, the first thing a writer would ask when I said I’m an editor was, “Who’s your favorite writer?” As a freelance editor, my response revealed whether I’d be a good fit for the writer. After the release of ChatGPT in 2022, however, everyone...

Developmental Editing at the University of Washington

Editor and co-founder Matthew Bennett designed a new specialization in developmental editing for the University of Washington. This is an intense course of study and unique among American university editing programs. Enrollment is currently open for the fall session....