Editing & Writing Services in Old Town Monterey

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Literary Magazines Flooded with “Junk” AI Submissions

Literary magazines are starting to receive AI-generated writing, prompting some editors to put a pause on submissions, which have also increased in number. I’m happy to see that (for now) editors are able to discern the real thing from that which is produced by AI. It’s creating a frustrating slowdown in the publishing process. However,…

“Michael Fink worked with me for 3 years on a local magazine. He possesses excellent mechanical editing knowledge which, combined with editorial sensitivity, results in a greatly improved end product.” — Dida Kutz, photographer, activist, & editor

Dida Kutz

“As publisher of three books for which she provided editing services, I highly recommend Jean Vengua. She thoughtfully clarified Beatriz Tabios’ prose to create the memoir, DAWAC and Other Memoir-Narratives. As editor (with Mark Young), she crafted two poetry anthologies of hay(na)ku poetry into intelligent, interesting collections. The books were elevated by Jean’s contributions, and I was pleased to publish them through Meritage Press (San Francisco & Saint Helena).” —Eileen R. Tabios, award-winning author, poet, critic, and publisher.