Using an AI Disclaimer for a Book Copyright Page: What to Include, Whether or Not You Used AI

Can’t find a template for AI use? Here’s how to write your own AI disclaimer for a book. With the rise of AI and its utilization becoming more commonplace, you may find yourself implementing it as a tool for your writing. Maybe you needed help crafting an outline, or perhaps you researched or developed your [...]

CMS Citation for Nonfiction Writers: Use IMDB for Film Citations

When you’re writing nonfiction, it’s important to cite the sources of your information. Back in the day, it used to only be acceptable to include citations for books and journals, but not any more! Today’s Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) citation references include not only books and journals but websites, magazines, social media, and even [...]

How to Get Published: Literary Journal / Literary Magazine Submissions

Where can you publish short stories, essays, and poetry? If you’ve ever wondered about the process of literary journal submissions (aka “literary magazine submissions”), this blog may be able to answer some of your questions about how to get published in these types of periodicals. Recently, Authors Publish magazine offered a free talk from writer [...]

1 Year with EFA: Editor Training on Sensitivity

July 1 is the first anniversary of SRD Editing Services' membership in the Editorial Freelancers Association. In the past year, editor Cortni Merritt has taken some awesome editor training and webinar sessions provided by the EFA, and we wanted to tell you a bit more about what's going on behind-the-scenes and in-front-of-the-screens at SRD Editing [...]