Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Felicidades, @smunozar.bsky.social !! 020
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Refreshing the air quality map is so fun, as if I actually expect a change LOL. 120
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I had so much fun line editing this book: I learned a lot, I left with questions, I saw new connections, and you can too! uapress.arizona.edu/book/feeding...uapress.arizona.eduFeeding the World as if People Mattered | UAPress 000
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Is there a designated field for screaming in? We need an actual location where we can scream. 020
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026My work email is now trying to "polish my writing" (ew, no) but also *not* checking it for spelling. I need the spelling check for the typos, friends - undo, cntrl z, I don't want the computer's opinion on polishing, I want the computer to tell me when I typed "polishgin" instead of "polishing". 191
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I've been reminded that 8 years ago I was both *very pregnant* and *defending my dissertation.* I believe we have a clip:media.tenor.comMagic Trick! - Friends GIFALT: Magic Trick! - Friends GIF 020
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Grammerly's legal department rn:media.tenor.coma man wearing a striped shirt and tie is laying down with his eyes closedALT: a man wearing a striped shirt and tie is laying down with his eyes closed 010
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorAmy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 11/03/2026there are so many great existing tools that work well, keep you in control of your work, and don't violate the trust between you and the author. all I've seen in ai uses for editing (all types) so far are worse solutions to already-solved problems 1205
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Congratulations to Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez, whose book "The New Kingdom of Granada" has been named a co-winner of the Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize, given by the Renaissance Society of America @rsaorg.bsky.social. buff.ly/YKVMmGP buff.ly/HaLls9u 0145
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026"By and large, they expressed the view that reliance on artificial intelligence is fundamentally antithetical to the development of human intelligence they are tasked with guiding." LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.theguardian.com‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AIAs AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large 031
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I had the *immense* honour of working on two of the RSA's 2025 Award-winners! My congrats to @rmidura.bsky.social and @smunozar.bsky.social !! www.rsa.org/news/721395/... www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... www.dukeupress.edu/the-new-king...rsa.orgAwards & Prizes Winners - Renaissance Society of America 171
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 09/02/2026If I owe you work you're gonna have to pull me out of this Bad Bunny black hole I've fallen into first OR JUST JOIN ME. 010
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 04/02/2026This book is the 2026 winner of LASA's Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican History! Eeeeeeeeeklasaweb.orgLASA2026 / Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican HistoryLASA2026 / Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican History 020
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I had the (incredible) opportunity to work on a very early draft of this book back in 2022, and am so thrilled to see it out in the world, provoking discussions like this one: open.spotify.com/episode/19yS...open.spotify.comWriting the History of Mexico's "Dirty War" with Gladys McCormick 020
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 27/01/2026For no reason whatsoever *coughs* seems like a good time to re-up a few recent client publications: www.ucpress.edu/books/the-la...ucpress.eduThe Last Door by Gladys McCormick - HardcoverScholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change. 110
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 20/01/2026aaaaaanywho amidst *everything* I sewed myself a pair of comfy shorts made of fabric printed with bunnies and squirrels and lined in a rusty pink because why not 020
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 15/01/2026trying to write emails today like I hope this finds you well amidst the horrors I guess 010
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I had the immense honour of editing this book last year and here she is in her terrifying, captivating glory -- run, don't walk!sup.orgColonial Surveillance | Stanford University PressIn order to compete with Western powers, Japan began to rapidly modernize its governing institutions, in the process creating a national population registration and identification bureaucracy, the Kos... 041
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 03/12/2025My husband bought me the tiny jam advent calendar this year, so its just a Brambly Hedge December over here: spreading my tiny plum and star anise jam on my tiny melba toast with my tiny espresso spoon *swoons* 000
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 17/11/2025By definition, AI algorithmic engines repackage an aggregated, mathematically averaged version of what has already been thought & said. This means they are best seen as ideology machines: mechanisms built to recirculate the common sense of a social formation back to itself as though it is knowledge 14014
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2025No film gets historians right, but that's only because no audience wants to watch someone quietly work their way through a cardboard box of old papers, in total silence, for eight straight hours. 1271600121
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I had the immense honour to work on this book at several different points in its development over the years. An *essential* ethnography of migrant childhood. Buy it. Read it. Gabrielle knows the job. This work has never been more urgent. www.sup.org/books/anthro...sup.orgNow We Are Here | Stanford University PressWho gets to live a life with dignity? Each day, families around the world make the difficult decision to leave their homes in search of safety, stability, and opportunity. For many migrant families, t... 132
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I line edited this fantastic book and you should pre-order it! Sociology! History! Surveillance studies! A sobering must-read! www.sup.org/books/asian-...sup.orgColonial Surveillance | Stanford University PressIn order to compete with Western powers, Japan began to rapidly modernize its governing institutions, in the process creating a national population registration and identification bureaucracy, the Kos... 011
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Who do I know with availability to line edit a dissertation (on committee's recommendation) this summer? 100
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorUniversity of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 23/05/2025For #LASA2025, we are fortunate to share original content from our authors. "The depth of impunity in Mexico allowed for unimaginable forms of terror that implicated vast swaths of the population." THE LAST DOOR author Gladys McCormick on the use of torture in 1970s Mexico:tinyurl.comA History of Torture in Mexico's War against SubversivesIn the same way that impunity reigns today, it reigned supreme in 1970s Mexico. Gladys McCormick writes about how state-sponsored torture became routine practice in the Mexican government's war… 097
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 02/04/2025On Wisconsin! *cracks a Spotted Cow* 000
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I had the immense good fortune to work with Santiago on this book - run don't walk! 131
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I made the rookie mistake of anticipating that other parents at school drop-off care generally about students' safety (spoiler: not if doing so would inconvenience them) this week, and all I got was berated in my driveway by two different men and an object lesson in misogyny for my 6-year-old. 110
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Hi - an excellent thread that gets at why information isn't knowledge, and the search for information is part of what generates knowledge, and not only makes us more critical thinkers (and more resourceful!) but also means we have more interesting things to say at parties and ask better questions. 020
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorBethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Great news, #BlueSkyStorians... The pre-order button is gone for @rmidura.bsky.social's "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe"! Check it out and ship away at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... 23514
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Apropos of nothing, really enjoying making structural and line-level suggestions for how this chapter on Mexico's cold war could more effectively expose the cruelty of the national security state ... 120
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 24/01/2025In *joyful things this week* (never more urgent): Helped a client submit their urgent, beautiful, heart-wrenching MS for publication! [me, every edit: 😭] Made plans w/ other clients! Helped a client clinch their comps! Chapter edits! Snuggles w/ my kids! Acquired a winter coat of duvet proportions! 060
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025So I *don't* want to ask gemini to summarize this e-mail but I also *do* want to know how it would summarize this circular, 30-message back and forth with a university's accounts payable department regarding the secure handling of personal information and appropriate postage for int'l cheques. 010
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025This summer camp registration has a waiting room. My estimated wait time is 50mins. Which circle of hell is this? 000
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorBarry Goldenberg @barrygoldenberg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025My book, STRENGTH THROUGH DIVERSITY with @rutgersupress.bsky.social, is officially out! I hope you'll take a look and consider reading! This book tells the inspiring story of a multicultural school in the late 1960s and early 1970s in NYC. Learn more here: www.strengththroughdiversity.comstrengththroughdiversity.comStrength through Diversity: Harlem Prep and the Rise of Multiculturalism — Barry M. GoldenbergIn Strength through Diversity, Barry M. Goldenberg traces the inspiring history of Harlem Prep, a unique multicultural institution that became a phenomenon in the iconic Harlem neighborhood and nation... 041
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Edibuddies with more Word proficiency than me: I need to format page numbers in individual Word docs to include a prefix. For example: Introduction-1, Introduction-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, etc. For the life of me I can't figure out how to automate this - any tips? 202
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Really loving how summer camp enrolment season follows just immediately on the heels of holiday season. Love that for us. 110
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Have recently learned that 5 books that I was *ridiculously* privileged to edit are dropping in early 2025! Brace yourselves for pre-order links and shameless promotion.media.tenor.coma woman is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face ..ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face .. 450
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024*fires up indexing software* 020
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorJake Blanc @jacobblanc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I'm an historian of Latin America, mostly social movements, memory, and development studies. My newest book (forthcoming this spring) is a biography of Aluízio Palmar, a former political prison in Brazil who became a human rights activist. It's about his life, but also how he has narrated his life. 071
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I had the opportunity to index this amazing book - which means I read it really closely - this is essential reading, people. 041
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 05/11/2024half agony, half hope, etc etc 010
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorPatrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 29/10/2024It took me eight years to write something about the Fascism Debate, so let me say this: what is most exasperating is that no one (save Paxton) seems to be willing to change their mind. Well...dissentmagazine.orgTrump in the Garden - Dissent MagazineEight years into the fascism debate, few skeptics seem to be willing to admit that they were wrong. 912145
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 22/10/2024Saints preserve us, we've received a head lice notice from Grade 1. 000
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 10/10/2024Sent a child with an extremely wiggly front tooth to picture day, which feels like the weirdest roulette: Will we immortalize Grade 1 with or without the quintessential elementary school gap-toothed smile? Will our two front teeth in fact be all we want for Christmas? 010
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorAllison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 06/09/2024Reposting this older thread in case any of you academics out there are looking for developmental editors! 184
Reposted by Bridgette Werner | Developmental EditorHoward Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 14/08/2024Academic authors: there are some upcoming scholarly writing groups facilitated by my colleague Katherine Wiley (not on Bluesky), a consummate academic editor and published scholar. The next groups begin in mid-September. Note that some DISCOUNTED SPOTS are still available! Please share and repost!goldenrodeditorial.comScholarly Writing Groups — Goldenrod Editorial | Academic EditingCreating in Community provides scholarly writing groups to help academics achieve their writing goals. They help provide accountability, carve out time for writing, and expand your writing community... 022
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 12/08/2024My neighbourhood facebook group (don't get me started) is up in arms again about the newspaper delivery people, convinced they are car thieves in hi-vis with head lamps "wanding doors to get fob signals"—for the love of god those are newspapers please get a hobby. 120
Bridgette Werner | Developmental Editor @drbwerner.bsky.social · 10/07/2024Evidently a spider's eggs hatched in my office over the weekend and I am *remarkably* calm about it. Just casually vacuuming up baby spiders and going about my business. Big personal growth—huge. 130