In 2025 I edited sixteen novels, three query packets, and one comic book script. Not too shabby.

Just regular everyday blueberries.

Today my local grocery store is selling 6 ounces of blueberries for $9.99.

Part 1 of a letter from a client: Dear Marco, A few years ago, you helped me with two books: Soul Binder and Owen Greenley and the Cape of Leaves. I learned a great deal from your developmental edits. You opened my eyes, especially to character agency. I have since then kept working on the projects, working with critique groups, and by some wild luck, I was mentored by [two top executives at a major film studio]. It’s been quite a journey.

Part 2 of a letter from a client: I also opened my own publishing company, and this May, I published Soul Binder. The second book in the series, Immortal Alchemy, will be released in September. Two other books are in the wings, one of which is Owen Greenley. All this has also led me to write screenplays and create book trailers with my son. It’s been great to work with him. And here I am, grateful to you, Marco, because you helped me improve my craft. Your input was some of the most valuable in this effort. With deep gratitude and best wishes, Kit Danforth

Everything is terrible, but this made my day.

(Reproduced with the author’s permission and edited for confidentiality.)

#freelance #editor #writingcommunity #amediting

Marquee sign outside a Brooklyn church reads, “Don’t oppress an immigrant. —Exodus 23.9”

Fritz Lang would like a word.

If you start by sanctioning lawyers simply because they represent clients with whom you disagree

Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position

It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges

This is fascism-pure and simple

Felt weird. Might delete later.

"Furthermore, I expect the German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them, but that they are here for the nation"

Hitler, 1942

Doesn't sound much different, does it?

Share a movie scene that lives rent-free in your head.

Pretty sure this was settled as heresy by Emperor Constantine during the First Council of Nicaea, in Anno Domino’s 325.

I was just mistaken for mobster Alphonse Persico by an ex-cop. “I saw you from the side and thought, oh man, Allie Boy got out!”

Don’t ever ask me about my business.

It goes without saying that my applause is more sincere than Avon's.

Still from Michael Clayton: George Clooney stares at a wall on which has been scrawled "Make believe it's not just madness."

With so many folks excited for Andor Season 2 kicking off in just a couple of days, this is your periodic reminder that writer-director Tony Gilroy's underrated Michael Clayton (2007; George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton) is a fucking masterpiece, and you should all watch it.

I had one about the labyrinth, but it’s a bit convoluted.

I know it’s not a competition, but he really is the worst Marco.

NICK CAVE DOTH ORDER COFFEE:

Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande

This is so fucked up.

A big (and possibly unsolvable) problem in for audio dramas getting more popular is that the better your show is - the more carefully-honed the script, the more intricate the design - the harder it is for listeners to sporadically zone out, which I suspect is one of the attractions of chat podcasts.

bring me harry potter

one of the most accurate memes out there

lol okay boomer

I hope she sues Walmart into the fucking ground.

That’s right, babe, I got tariffs the size of basketballs.

Why do you think he removes their skins, Agent Starling? Enthrall me with your acumen.

Even among the darkest recesses of the human condition, there is no more paralyzing, bladder-loosening fear than conservative men’s fear of subways.