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#StetChat! We're speaking @ #ACESVCON26 at 3:15 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 18.

Join @carolinavonkampen.com, @editrix-rachel.bsky.social, @raqueledits.bsky.social for our #VCON26 panel “Red Flag Roulette Live! Navigating Difficult Conversations With Authors and Clients.”

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I’m attending the ACES #VCON26 virtual editing conference this week, and I’m live posting from sessions I attended on Bluesky. I've made a blog post roundup of my threads here:

carolinavonkampen.com/live-from-ac... #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #editing #acesvcon26

“Editors specialize in the thing that makes us human.”
—Kory Stamper, keynote speaker at ACES VCON 2026

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Today’s 🚩 Red Flag Roulette 🚩#StetChat in a few minutes!

#acesvcon26 attendees, join us! :)

In Red Flag Roulette, we’ll pose questions about hypothetical red flag clients and #editing situations, and we’ll talk about how you’d deal with them.

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Check out Hidden Traps of the Internet: Building and Protecting Your Online Platform by @judylmohr.com! #ACESVCON26 #VCON26 bookshop.org/a/6998/97817...

Resources from @judylmohr.com's session Creating an AI Policy to Address Client Concerns:

✅ Author’s Guild AI Best Practices: authorsguild.org/resource/ai-...

✅ Alliance of Independent Authors Sample Policies (members only): www.allianceindependentauthors.org/sample-polic...

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Resources from @judylmohr.com's session Creating an AI Policy to Address Client Concerns:

✅ Jane Friedman’s AI Resources for Writers: janefriedman.notion.site/ai-resources...

✅ Gotham Ghostwriters AI Guidelines: gothamghostwriters.com/ai-guidelines/

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We may or may not have a Red Flag Roulette question about AI book covers in our #StetChat today... 👀

#StetChat starts in 15 minutes! Join! :)

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Q: Why should I use a human cover designer instead of AI?

Here's why:

Depending on the distribution system used, an AI cover may mean that the entire book needs to be tagged as AI-generated, even if the content was human-generated.

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Q: Editing is expensive. Why shouldn’t I use AI to edit my novels?

Here's why:
❌ Danger of using AI in editing is that AI can remove your voice

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Q: Editing is expensive. Why shouldn’t I use AI to edit my novels?

Here's why:
❓ Depends on what you want edited
❓ Depends on type of feedback you’re seeking
❌ AI does not understand the subjective nature of writing
❌ AI does not understand emotional engagement

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If you use AI-assisted writing:

Mohr says AI-assisted writing can be copyrighted in the USA if proof can be provided of human components.

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If you use AI-assisted writing:

✔️ Keep full transcripts of ALL AI sessions
✔️ Keep full records of what portions of the manuscript were initially generated using AI
✔️ Keep dated copies of human rewrites

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Consider keeping dated copies of EVERY major draft you write:
✔️ Conceptual draft (and notes on ideas)
✔️ First full draft
✔️ First major rewrite
✔️ Draft sent to beta readers
✔️ Draft sent to copyeditors
✔️ Draft sent to typesetters
✔️ Final version (copyright certificate)

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What if we get accused of using AI when we aren’t?

✅ Solution: Keep detailed records of #writing and #editing process.

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Closed-loop systems are paid systems, but settings need to be correctly set to ensure that data remains in the closed loop.

It is also highly advisable that all content be fact-checked by a human.

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Question: Using AI to generate nonfiction business and technical reports, how do you protect proprietary information?

If AI is being used to create content based on proprietary information, the only way to protect that information is to use a closed-loop system.

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Question: How do we protect our work from being included in the AI training pool?

Consider adding a disclaimer to your editing contract since we often can no longer ensure that services like Microsoft Word, Google Drive, and Adobe don't let us opt out of AI training/uploading.

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PerfectIt doesn't use AI, FYI!

www.perfectit.com/blog/why-wer... #ACESVCON26 #VCON26