Verify My Writing Welcomes Joe Lazer as Strategic Advisor
Best-selling author on storytelling in the AI age joins certifier of human-written writing.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 19, 2026 – Verify My Writing (VMW), where writers can have their work scanned and certified as authentic and human – and not AI – welcomes Joe Lazer as a new Strategic Advisor.
Joe Lazer is the best-selling author of The Storytelling Edge and Super Skill: Why Storytelling Is the Superpower of the AI Age, and a renowned keynote speaker on storytelling and AI. His research and writing on the science of storytelling have been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, Adweek, and Digiday. His newsletter on storytelling and AI reaches nearly 200,000 subscribers. And his interactive talks and workshops have inspired thousands of business leaders to become better storytellers and build stronger relationships with their customers.
“Joe has been thinking about, writing about, speaking about the power of authentic and human voices in our new slop-filled landscape, and his expertise will be deeply valuable in helping us deliver value to writers, editors, publishers, and the public though our unique certification processes for human-written work,” said Derek Newton, a writer and founder of VMW.
VMW certifies human-created written work for authors, giving them the ability to stand out from mass-produced, low-quality, AI-created content. A VMW Certification allows editors, publishers, agents, producers, and others to verify the quality and provenance of work they may buy, publish, or amplify. The Human-Written Hallmark from VMW also informs readers what writing was, in fact, written by a human.
“Great, human storytelling is going to be increasingly important and powerful,” Lazer said. “And I’m excited to help Verify My Writing build the market designation that will help human storytellers stand out, while also helping readers find and appreciate genuine human experiences,” he said.
Advising VMW, Lazer joins Steve Smith, a veteran of academic research publishing, Will Wolfslau, Editorial Director of Amplify Publishing, Nick Hutchison, a book marketing expert and entrepreneur, and Barbara Chin, Vice-President of Emerald Publishing, which publishes books and academic journals.
About Verify My Writing
Verify My Writing helps writers verify and certify that their work is authentic and human, not created by AI. A VMW scan and certification assures editors, agents, publishers, producers, and the public that written work has been checked, and verified to be human-written. Learn more at: https://verifymywriting.com/
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