40 years A professional editor, now helping teams with AI

AI writing and editing, human-verified.

I help organizations use AI to write, edit and manage business documents more effectively, with professional editorial judgment built into the process.

Who am I?

Request an Editorial AI Assessment See the four ways to work with me

What I do

Assess

I look at how your team writes today and where AI can help safely.

Set up and train

I set up a clear AI writing workflow and train your people to use it well.

Guide and support

I stay with your team while the new way of working settles in.

AI writes fast. I make sure it’s right . . . fast.

AI can help generate an outline, develop a draft or suggest revisions. The value depends on the quality of the brief, the source material, the instructions and the review.

I connect those elements into a repeatable process, with human checks and clear responsibility for approval. Your team gets clearer, more consistent communications and less avoidable drafting and review work.

Who am I?

40 yearsof editing
Since 2002GVLS online
10,000+projects managed
Canada and Japanlived and worked in both

Four ways to work with me

Start with an assessment, a training need or ongoing support. Every engagement is scoped and quoted for your organization.

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Editorial AI Assessment

Identifies useful applications, weaknesses in the current process and priorities for improvement.

Workflow Setup and Training

Provides practical methods, prompts, templates and instruction built around your team’s work.

Guided Implementation

Tests and refines those methods through real assignments and supported review.

Fractional Editorial Support

Provides continuing access to an experienced editor and adviser on an agreed part-time basis.

Why work with me

Speed from AI. Care from an editor.

An editor’s judgment

Understanding a reader, testing the meaning of a sentence, recognizing what a draft leaves out and knowing when a question needs a human answer.

Independent advice

I am independent of any AI vendor. Work begins with the tools your organization already uses and has approved.

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Methods you keep

Workflows, prompts and checklists are documented, so your team can understand and maintain them.

What clients say about my editing

From letters of reference.

I have contacted more than 50 specialists and Mr. Kidd is one of the top specialists among them.
Prof. Takayuki ShibamotoDepartment of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis

We all could trust Robert with any task.
Atsushi KojimaGeneral Manager, TPS Division, TPS, Incorporated (Japan)

He always checks anything unclear in technical terminology, so I can entrust work to him with confidence.
Masayasu IrieOsaka University (translated from Japanese)

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Where to go next

Documents

I apply my services to the documents your organization actually needs to produce. The document types, volume and level of support are agreed for each engagement.

Human-Verified

“AI writing and editing, human-verified” describes a process with defined human checks. I help establish what reviewers must examine, what evidence they need . . .

How It Works

I offer focused projects, supported implementation and continuing fractional engagements. You can commission a single service or combine services into a . . .

Tell me what your team writes

Tell me where the process becomes difficult and what you would like to improve. Together, we can define an engagement that fits your organization’s needs.

Request an Editorial AI Assessment

Or call me: 1-800-483-4151

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