Bouquet of orange and pink tulips.

🤩

The back of a little one-year-old walking toward a tree surrounded by tulips.

Hello, springtime 😊

Books and other swag on a table set for high tea, including Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis and I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming.

Steamy in Seattle event by Clarion West, with author guests Kimberly Lemming and Stephanie Burgis.

Such a great event put on by Clarion West! Can’t wait to dive into some fun new romantasy reads. 😍

So excited for this event today, and to be a representative for @edsguild.bsky.social! An afternoon of tea, fantasy, and romance—couldn’t ask for a much better start to spring!

This is so awesome! 🤩

🤩 Oh my gosh, that is so exciting!

HEY! I'm doing my first ever PNW event for the release of THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES!

Better yet, the amazing @meganeokeefe.bsky.social is joining me!

Seattle, WA
Third Place Books - Lake Forest Park
Aug 18

Join us! You can get a copy of TLSAW a day early!

www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/meliss...

Oh this is exciting! I hope to see you both there 😄

Thank you! 🥰

Laptop open with The Chicago Manual of Style on the screen and two little baby feet dangling in front of the keyboard.

New editorial assistant’s first day on the job. ❤️

A small shelf of board books and picture books between two fluffy stuffed animal dragons.

Working on building up a new little library. Would love any recommendations for much-loved picture books. 🥰

💯 Agreed.

Some standout books on this list! Including:

🐈 THE LAST GIFTS OF THE UNIVERSE by @rileyaugust.bsky.social
🌟 ON VICIOUS WORLDS by @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social
🚀 ESCAPE VELOCITY by @victormanibo.com

Yay! Brandon Sanderson's Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy lecture series is live again. He's recording them and uploading them to youtube. They are absolutely worth watching. I'll link to them in this thread as well. #AmEditing #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Writersky 📚💙

Thought it might be fun to share my end-of-year overview of projects I worked on in 2024:

26 copyedits
5 proofreads
2 editorial letters
2 post-CE cleanups

18 adult SFF
6 YA fantasy
2 MG fantasy
3 MG contemporary
1 adult contemporary
2 graphic novels
1 light novel

3,490,778 total words edited

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If you've ever looked into #ConsciousLanguage, you've likely benefitted from @karenyin.bsky.social's work. Sadly, Karen and her partner lost their home in the LA fires. Would you please donate to their GoFundMe? gofund.me/e4700980
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Artwork of me sitting on the couch with my laptop and my sleeping kitty, with an origami dragon, mounted knight, and pop-up castle shooting mini fireworks amid piles of books.

Happy New Year, everyone! Please enjoy this art card created by my lovely friend Tinnel Lovitt.

I have an artist friend I commission the artwork from. I love seeing the new work she creates every year 😊

I usually include an overview of total hours, total projects, and total income, then I do a breakdown of each by client. After that, I review how many hours I averaged per week, and how many overall days I worked. Sometimes I also include how many projects I had / hours I worked each month.

It depends a bit on the client. But for me personally, if it’s been two years, I think that’s worthy of consideration.

A10: I always tell myself I’ll take a week off between Christmas and New Year’s, and I almost always inevitably end up working a bit anyway. 😅 #ACESChat

A8: I include a rate review in my end-of-year report. Since most of my clients are publishers, they set the rate, but if it has been a while since the last increase, I make a note to reach out about a rate inquiry. I’ve had success with that in the past, and it doesn’t hurt to ask. #ACESChat

A9: I send out an end-of-year e-card with custom artwork to let each client know how much I enjoyed working with them throughout the year. #ACESChat

A4: My main focus is to plan how to balance income with time off. I want to reach certain goals, while making sure I don’t burn myself out. Freelancing makes it way too easy to work through the weekends, so part of my yearly review is making sure to have a plan for achieving that balance. #ACESChat

A2: I like to create a “year in review” report for myself, calculating my overall hours, and average hours worked per week, per project, and per client. This breakdown helps me figure out if I want to make any adjustments in my approach to the projects I accept in the coming year. #ACESChat

Hi #ACESChat! I’m a freelance fiction copyeditor, just popping in for a brief break from a big project wrap-up.

Ooh, excited to check this out!

Frosted sugar cookies: a tree, an ornament, a Christmas shield, two dragons, a book of runes, a book of pictures, and a wreath.

Cookie time! Little bit of Christmas meets D&D. 😄🎄

Frosty leaves in frosty grass.

Mornings are starting to get a little frosty. #StetWalk

The Roots of Magic: H.G. Parry’s The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door - Reactor A review of H.G. Parry's new fantasy novel

"Like so many good fantasies, it is in part a story about the stories people tell about themselves."

@mollytempleton.bsky.social reviews H.G. Parry's new fantasy The Scholar and the Last Faerie door 🖋️📚🌳

reactormag.com/book-review-...