Harrison Demchick 🐀
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The world's most thorough freelance editor. Author of The Listeners (2012). Singer/songwriter of Otherguy (2018). Screenwriter of Ape Canyon (2019).
Hyattsville, MD
Joined January 2009
Spotlight on books I have edited: The Tech Games by Jonathan M Hernandez.
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Spotlight on books I've edited: The Samaritan by Stephen Besecker.
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Spotlight on books I have edited: Contract City by Mark Falkin.
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Spotlight on books I've edited: Black Eyed Susan by Elizabeth Leiknes.
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Spotlight on books I've edited: Andromeda and the Star Blood series, by Sofi Aguilera.
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Spotlight on books I've edited: The Great Restoration by William Ray, from his Tales of the Verin Empire series.
amazon.com
The Wardens have returned. Traitors to humanity, the Wardens were an ancient order of men and women seeking to once more enslave their own people to the Elves. With the rise of rifle and iron rail,...
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Spotlight on books I've edited: Night Goblins by JT Gregory, illustrated by Antoine Bouraly.
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"The centrepiece of the report was a proposal to implement a text and data mining (TDM) exception to the Copyright Act, which would permit tech companies to use copyrighted work to train AI.".
abc.net.au
The Productivity Commission's interim report on AI has triggered a fierce backlash from the literary community.
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Are you a writer who:. A) Writes a sparse first draft and then builds it up over subsequent drafts?. or. B) Puts EVERYTHING on the page in the first draft and then chisels it down in further drafts?. #Writing #AmWriting #IAmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #WritersLife.
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"The class action lawsuit filed against Anthropic charging the AI company with illegally using pirated books to train its large language models continues to unfold at a rapid pace.".
publishersweekly.com
The class action lawsuit charging the AI giant with copyright infringement is rapidly developing despite an appeal from Anthropic, with two new firms joining to represent the interests of publishers...
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When writing, what makes conflict and tension convincing and credible? And what prevents it from being so? Let's dig in!. #Writing #WritingCommunity #WritingAdvice #AmWriting #IAmWriting.
thewritersally.com
In our series on the nature of cause and effect, we discussed the importance of writing compelling conflict and utilizing techniques that increase tension. We know that conflict and tension provide...
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It's easy to get caught up in wanting to write the perfect sentence, paragraph, or scene, but that can't happen if you don't write in the first place. It's okay if your first drafts are rough. Just get your ideas written down! They can be massaged into perfection as you edit.
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Writers of all types are an essential part of culture and society.
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You write some stories for no other reason than you NEED to. This is one of those stories.
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No one knew why the change happened, even now. It just did. The uncertainty turned quickly to fear, and then fear to abject terror when it became evident that all who changed were pregnant women, and...
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If you have to cut a scene out of your novel - and as much as it hurts to do, it's often necessary - don't simply throw away the text. If the scene had true weight and was cut only because it did not serve your novel, you may be able to repurpose it for a short story or vignette.
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"Harrison is the best! Fantastic, invaluable assessments and advice that's always on time. Thanks to Reedsy for introducing him to me.". And thank YOU, John, for taking the time to leave me a review.
reedsy.com
Washington D.C., DC, USA Editor: The world's most thorough content editor. Expert in fiction and memoir. More than 80 books and 60 authors guided toward publication.
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RT @marie_keates: WARNING ‼️ ⚠️ Ah, the fake Netflix scammer is back with a new account. Don’t be fooled by @wills_shaun_ , he’s just a Sha….
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"They said those infected became distorted both inside and out, and very, very dangerous. Then the helicopters came and took the doctors away, and no one said much of anything after that.".
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"Before the plague, and the quarantine, fourteen-year-old Daniel Raymond had only heard of the Listeners. They were a gang, or at least that’s what his best friend Katie’s police officer father had...
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To those of you who take the time to leave reviews for books and stories you like, THANK YOU. It's a gift to the authors you like
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