AI Policy

When I work with clients one-on-one, I read every page submitted. I analyze the story, write the feedback, and create the infographic. I don’t run client manuscripts through AI and hand them the output. The analysis and specific suggestions for the story come from me. 

Some editors have gone zero-AI. There are legitimate reasons to hold that position. The environmental impact. Ethical concerns around how the top models were developed. Bias in the data the models were trained on.

I share those concerns. I don’t think wholesale rejection of AI is the right response to them. And I can respect anyone who decides otherwise.

I’ve chosen to use AI in an assistive way, because of three intertwining reasons. 

First, I started using AI because clients asked me how they could use it to improve their stories. I wanted to give them guidance that was based on first-hand experience.

Second, as I used it, I saw a way to reach authors I couldn’t serve 1:1. Authors on quick-release schedules or without the budget to invest in developmental editing. I use AI to develop DIY products that give in-depth feedback at a lower price and with a faster turnaround.

Third, I’m a solo entrepreneur with a disability. I have a brain injury from a tumor and the surgery to remove it. AI lets me outsource tasks that are taxing on my brain and not creating value. It lets me work more hours and deliver more complex projects than I could otherwise sustain.

Building AI-powered DIY products helps me sharpen my editorial framework. It forces me to give names to concepts I use in giving feedback to my 1:1 clients, but haven’t articulated in a way that applies across many stories. 

For 1:1 clients, my use of AI is still narrow. I use it to streamline feedback so it isn’t repetitive, and to research specifics, like what tuberculosis treatment looked like in 1890s Nevada, so I can give clients examples that fit their story specifics. I don’t ask AI to invent someone’s story world, create their characters, or design their plot. I use it as a thinking partner to craft feedback that illustrate the different directions an author could go given their story specifics. My goal is suggestions that help authors see their options clearly and get excited to keep writing.

In my business as a whole,  AI is a brainstorming and drafting partner, a project tracking assistant, and a tool I use to build things like a database of my notes on books I’ve read, collaborative tools to partner with peers, and internal trackers.

I am not using AI to replace my judgement or do my work for me. I’m using it to expand my capacity, reach authors I couldn’t otherwise, and deliver work that’s higher quality.

This page describes how and why I use AI, and is not an exhaustive list of every tool. 

For my 1:1 work, AI use is part of our conversation about working together. Before you sign up, you'll get a Client Agreement that spells out exactly what I will and won't use AI for on your project. From there, you can move forward, ask for changes, or decide I'm not the right fit. 

Last Updated: 9 September 2026.