Finished out the edits on this book tonight, even with going to a bee swarm call. I'll need to put it in final formatting tomorrow.
Speaking of which, it's the last day for The Lesbians in Space campaign and a great time to secure your copy!
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Writer me: yeah, this scene works, no notes 🙂
Five minutes later in beta reader mode:
Wait… who’s speaking? Why are they here? What’s their goal?? 😭
The whiplash between writing and editing is real.
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Ways to Show a Character's Personality
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April is #NationalPoetryMonth!
As a freelance #poetry editor, I work with poets to refine, design, and #selfpublish their poetry #chapbooks and manuscripts:
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Good writing gets noticed. Great writing gets remembered. The difference? Editing.
Good writing gets noticed.
Great writing gets remembered.
The difference? Editing.
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Update on submissions for the new anthology Witches Save the World: Hags, Harridans, and Hexes Gone Right. If you submitted a poem, short story, or essay, you'll hear back from me no later than 1 May 2026. :) #witchsky #booksky #amwriting #amediting
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AI can generate words.
But it can’t feel pacing, tension, or emotional payoff the way a human editor does.
Stories aren’t just written.
They’re experienced.
That’s the difference we stand by.
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What are the best writing resources you’ve ever read/listened to? Mine are James Scott Bell’s “How to Write Best-Selling Fiction” (The Great Courses), JSB’s “Plot and Structure,” and Jessica Brody’s “Save the Cat Writes a Novel.” #writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #amrevising #amediting
My Latest Newsletter Is Out!
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Another round of #SHUSprints with @mchinesly.bsky.social, now joined by @desidwriter.bsky.social too! More editing, research, and other progress. #amediting
Editor’s Best Friend
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Authore Beware: A Marketing Scam is Coming to Your Inbox!
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Starting out a new morning of #SHUSprints with @mchinesly.bsky.social! No jokes for us this morning, we're hard at work with some editing and other progress! #amediting
One of the hardest parts of writing:
You can feel something is off…
but you can’t clearly explain what it is.
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D1. Knock knock.
"Who's there?"
"Doctor."
"Doctor who?"
"Just Doctor will do. I'm a Time Lord, and I have a word of warning for you..."
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#WIPSnips #fool #wip Sunsetter - #amediting #amquerying #writing #amwriting #horror #western #genre-bending #fiction
*Percival's advice to Francis regarding matters of the heart.
Sassia tries to keep her cool when meeting her hero for the first time in VR. From Artificial Life #amediting #WIPSnips #WriteSky #writingcommunity
This early chapter about the nekomata just gets snipped over and over 😂 #WIPSnips #amwriting #amrevising #amediting #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #NA #fantasy
Me at 11:59 p.m. on March 31 after grinding hours to bill on March invoices
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A manicured circle of flowers on a grassy slope. A Roman column against a pale blue sky and a flowering magnolia tree in bloom to one side of framing.
Good morning from the lakeside at Nyon, 🇨🇭. The waters of your love can flow uphill when they most need to❣️
So have faith in the process.
(Happy hump day - and I’m literally reading Moby-Dick!)
#5amwriterscub #booksky #amreading #amediting
Evening/daily word count: 1,258. #amWriting #amEditing #AllThatMattered #Blogging
A little over a third done on these final edits. I think folks will like this book!
42 hours left for the The Lesbians in Space campaign and we're down to the wire. Let's see if we can hit another stretch goal!
#amediting #amwriting
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And finally even more free virtual #AmEditing events for your learning fun:
📖 Developmental Editing Happy Hour, 4/21, 4 pm Pacific
📙 Book Coaching Group, 4/22, 3 pm Pacific
🎨 Book Design Group (Member Only), 4/29, 5 pm Pacific
Details and registration at edsguild.org/meetings-events.
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Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses with tiny coffee cup resting on a dictionary. Text: @EdsGuild In-Person Event Western Oregon Editors Meeting
One more in-person, along with free virtual #AmEditing events:
🦆 Western OR In-Person Meeting w/Ellen Todras, 4/15, 1:30 pm Pacific, Eugene, OR
📌 Reedsy Colleagues Connection (Member Only), 4/16, 4 pm Pacific
📒 Editing with Disability/Chronic Illness/Neurodivergence, 4/20, 2 pm Pacific
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More free virtual #AmEditing events for you:
✏ Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Happy Hour (Member Only), 4/8, 5 pm Pacific
🤝 Editors Helping Editors: Networking, 4/9, 4 pm Pacific
☕ Editors of Color Coffee Hour, 4/13, 1 pm Pacific
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Silver keyboard keys. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Meeting
Enjoy more free virtual #AmEditing events to add to your calendar:
🕰 Memoir Editing Group, 4/1, 4 pm Pacific
📚 Near North Editors Meeting, 4/7, 11 am Pacific
🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 4/8, 11:15 am Pacific
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Want someone on the EFA board who knows the industry we work in inside out, really cares about making the org better for its members, is brilliant at problem-solving, and is full of great practical ideas?
Vote for @rachelfudge.bsky.social.
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A human eye over a electronic transistor grid - cyborg eye.
A blue gemstone surrounded by sparkling magical effects
Our lycan/werewolf character riding on the back of his black-dragon best friend, flying through fire in the forest.
Our dragon shifter who is a redhead, casting a flame in his hand with his love interest, a young blonde man in the background. The cover contains a scene from New Orleans lit in colors of Mardi Gras - purple, gold, and green.
The Tear of the Dragon (Fantasy/Adventure/Romance) is going to be my April Rough Draft Challenge. But look at all the books I have in-process! Which ones do you want to enjoy based on the covers and mock covers?
#amwriting #amediting #readers
