Ayesha Chari
I-sha/Aaye-sha, n. to be, being | she/they. Sensitive academic editor. Conscious language learner. @The_CIEP | @ACESEditors | @IndieAuthorALLi. Serial🚶🏾♀️ | ❤️ nature | ☕️ fiend | 🚸 parent | occasional doodler ✏️ | ayeshachari.com
- Calling writers. Last spot available on an 8-week online writers' group focusing on accountability, reflection & connection. Run by @eliotedits.bsky.social & Beth Wright -- experienced educators, coaches, editors, & excellent human beings. Book by 22 Jan. www.eliotwesteditorial.com/writing-grou...
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- My 7yo is ill. I'm not the preferred cook in our household. But I made a light khichuri yesterday with yellow moong dal (easy to digest), cauliflower and peas, and my child wanted seconds. My child likes to cook. Maybe he will make it for me one day. #FoodStories
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- On love and loss and belonging among other things. Whether or not you read the Proof Pro contributions this month, make time today to watch/listen to Tuyền Đỗ's keynote and Wendy Shakespeare's inaugural. youtube.com/@storyfeastc... www.linkedin.com/posts/ayesha...
- Gratitude post to thank @rashmiwriting.bsky.social and Jason Lyons for a magical book and excellent learning resource. We borrowed *Amazing Asia* from the library, but my child likes it so much, he wants his own copy. He even made his own Great Wall of China! #books #libraries #homework
- An exceptionally thoughtful presentation on conscious language use & ethical editing, identifying colonial perspectives, and assessing how & when to intervene in the written word as editors. Pause, reflect, share, initiate & continue those difficult conversations. www.linkedin.com/posts/ayesha...
- Marking Trans Day of Remembrance by sharing a thoughtful post on why language and representation matter and what we can do as editors to care. #AmEditing www.linkedin.com/posts/amedit...
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- Good resource on the basics of sensitivity reading shared by the folks at @editingglobally.bsky.social. #AmEditing #AuthenticityReading www.linkedin.com/posts/editin...
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- The joy of reading in one language and listening to music with lyrics in another simultaneously is unparalleled. #multilingual
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- Continuing professional development season is very much a year-long activity for @editingglobally.bsky.social members. Check out what team members are up to this week! www.linkedin.com/posts/editin... Will you be there? Do say hi if you are going to attend. #CPD #ConsciousLanguage #AmEditing
- This. We need to educate ourselves enough to take a stand. Not sit on the fence or spread/start from a point of fear that stops ourselves and other people from learning objectively and making this decision. #editing #publishing
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- Session 4 of #EdsGuild2025 Keeping Grounded: Work-Life Balance for Freelancers, presented by @laurapoole.bsky.social. Every example feels like Laura's in my head. 😂 If you're wondering what happened to my live report for Session 3 or this, I foresaw Laura's advice and said yes to resting my hand. 🤷🏾
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- Session 2 of #EdsGuild2025 Helping Indie Authors Thrive Without a Traditional Publisher, presented by @eilisflynn.bsky.social Takeaways: different author types (newbie, trad, indie, hybrid, veteran) have unique challenges & expectations. Editors need to understand perspectives & customize support.
- Session 1 of #EdsGuild2025 Building Bridges: Networking for Freelance Editors, presented by Linda Ruggeri. My takeaways: share positivity and grace in building trust, bring yourself wholly to collaborations, create bridges for and within the community. It takes one conversation step to start.
- Keynote on 'Editing in the Age of AI' at the Red Pencil Conference by @janefriedman.com who reminds us of 'Amara's Law (or the Law of Humility): we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run'. #EdsGuild2025
- Editors, who else is nervously excited about the @edsguild.bsky.social's Red Pencil Conference today? #AmEditing #conference #EdsGuild www.linkedin.com/posts/ayesha...
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- 'The power of language lies not just in what it describes, but in what it disguises. When words obscure who holds dominance, that dominance goes unchallenged.' -- Sharon Kyle in '"Diverse" Does Not Mean "Not White"' #racism #ConsciousLanguage www.linkedin.com/posts/ayesha...
- Are we a flock of editing professionals? A group of edibuddies? An animated library maybe? A bunch of pencils? A query of editors? @janetwordsmith.bsky.social writes about who/what @editingglobally.bsky.social is, why we've chosen to be a collective and what that means for clients. #publishing
- Hot off the press! Editing and #writing people, I did a thing! Excited to be part of the @editingglobally.bsky.social collective and expand the reach of my editing services with an exceptional bunch of colleagues. Check out our website and spread the word. We're happy to chat about how we can help.
- 'What differentiates us from machines is not what we do or how we do it. It's why.' A spectacular first session of @the-ciep.bsky.social's annual conference. #ciep2025 lnkd.in/p/eKr98U3C
- Day 1 of @the-ciep.bsky.social's annual conference. I will not be live reporting for the first time, but I look forward to the online buzz shared. I'll be there in the virtual spaces, so do say hi if you're at conference -- in-person or online. Has anyone used the hashtag yet?! #ciep2025
- I did it again. All in the search for elusive perfection. Don't make the same mistake, and go make in-case-of-emergency plans. For your editing business but also for life. #ProofPros #EmergencyPlans
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- Civic courage and moral clarity. Apparently, humanity needs reminding. #DifficultConversations #education #genocide
- On tackling and avoiding tight editorial schedules and other life things. Check out the last contribution of the Proof Pros in the Edit Better blog by @wordstitchedits.bsky.social before the latest issue hits your socials. #AmEditing www.linkedin.com/posts/ayesha...
- Take a break to listen, if you've not already heard this year's Booker winner's acceptance speech. #books #prizes www.youtube.com/live/GSS_BSz...
- Lovely piece on lists and anti-planning plans by @plantnerd.bsky.social. Do read. #AmEditing #AmReading www.theopennotebook.com/2025/04/15/a...
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- I've just re-watched an excellent webinar on ableist language and the origin of slurs by @yourpublishingbff.bsky.social. Whoever is reading this and cares about conscious language use, please hire Dayna to present. They do a brilliant job of helping you self-reflect and unlearn harmful conditioning.
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- Editing conference season in the second half of the year is kicking off with bookings now open for @the-ciep.bsky.social's annual conference on 20–22 September 2025. Find details here: www.ciep.uk/events/ciep-... #AmEditing #conferences #cpd #editors
- Things editors do when overworked: type Merriam in the search bar of said online dictionary. @merriam-webster.com, you need to have a valid entry, not add to the worry of why nothing valid appears. #AmEditing
- I've finally caught up with all episodes of the recently launched The Free Lance Podcast by @thenarrativecraft.bsky.social. An excellent intro to making one think about issues in #publishing we tend to avoid sitting with. Because discomfort. Do listen. www.thenarrativecraft.com/the-free-lan...
- In the last week, I've had 4 referrals for fab editing projects. I don't know yet if the clients will think me a good fit and I will get any of the jobs, but I wanted to say a big thank you publicly to fellow editors and my clients making these referrals. It makes tough days easier. #PayItForward
- It's out! The first edition of a co-contributed series of reflections on different questions about editing and freelancing by the Proof Pros – a global team of editorial experts, collectively with over 100 years of experience in fiction and non-fiction. #AmEditing www.linkedin.com/posts/ayesha...
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- Reposted by Ayesha Chari“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943
