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Rachel "Red Pen" LapidowI'm editing a book about video games and the author discusses game soundtracks. He mentions that some of these soundtracks come in a "standard jewel case." Now, as a Millennial, I know exactly what this means. But my job is to consider the reader.So I've edited this to "standard CD jewel case." But reader, let me tell you, I felt practically ancient when I added a note explaining that younger readers may not be familiar with CD cases. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Mignon Fogartyat the same time in our life span → at the same age<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amediting</a>

Iva CheungJULY CARTOON: <a href="https://ivacheung.com/2025/07/out-of-scope/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ivacheung.com/2025/07/out-of-scope/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmProofreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmProofreading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Dr. Rachel ReddickSo... my big news is that I've signed a contract with a publisher for "The Cloak and Its Wizard," the urban fantasy from the cloak's PoV.A wrote a bit about that (and what else I'm up to) on the ol' blog thing: <a href="https://rznicolet.com/2025/07/05/traditional-publishing-checkpoint-2-publisher/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rznicolet.com/2025/07/05/traditional-publishing-checkpoint-2-publisher/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amediting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a>

Paul Kater8 chapters of "Otherworld" pre-edited.It's going well.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

Jess MahlerSinging… it was a private thing. A family's songs were shared only with their most trusted friends and, sometimes, extended family. They were family. In time they would make new songs, but for now, it was right that they share the songs of their childhoods. When it was eir turn, Kolchais shared one of eir good memories from eir childhood – a song of wind and running eir Baba had taught em while they worked the family garden together. ----About 3,000 words edited on Planting Life in a Dying City, almost done with Kolchais' section of the story.They are learning how to build a family together!<a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/Snippet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Snippet</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/PlantingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlantingLife</a>

Jess Mahler3000 words edited and finally got to introduce Kyawtchais, my PoV autistic character.---- Three or four or five sound fibres at a time. Ey separated them from the mass so ey could put meaning to them. Then twisted them into the whole thread of memory. When one sound-fibre ran out, another picked up to take its place. It was as hard as spinning the linen thread in eir hands was reflexive. But like the spindle, once ey started, ey couldn't just 'stop.' The momentum of the spin needed to run out. If you tried to grab the spindle mid-spin, the friction of it would sting your hand. The sound-fibres held em tightly, as tightly as the linen fibres wrapped the spindle. So the first sign ey had that anything was wrong was the hand closing on eir shoulder and knocking em to the ground. <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/OwnVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OwnVoices</a>

Dr. Rachel ReddickI'm also switching over to a different manuscript for these prompts for now (specifically, The Cloak and Its Wizard), because I'm in edit mode.Because there's a publisher now! This book is gonna be a real book, with an option on dead trees... some time after these revisions are done.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amediting</a>

Elektra<a href="https://wandering.shop/@Priyajsridhar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Priyajsridhar</a> I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.comSee me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on Facebook and Youtube.Permutations, a mosaic novel based on Jack Chalker's Well World is finally out! Order it from book sellers near you.<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writephant</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amediting</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/alternatehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alternatehistory</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ConTinual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConTinual</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#supernatural</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/permutations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#permutations</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wellworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wellworld</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comics</a>

Jess Mahler3,600 words edited. Finished Lefeng's section of Planting Life, and tomorrow I can start editing Tsouchm's section.----"Maybe you should rest for a day," Paiokp said, "You haven't stopped pushing yourself since… " ey swallowed, "…Since the wave killed everyone." Once, Lefeng had witnessed a flash flood in the mountains. One minute the narrow canyon had been dry, the next it was running knee-deep with water, and rising. That was what it felt like now, as grief surged through em and washed eir control away. Ey broke down; crying, sobbing, blubbering. By the time Tsouchm arrived, the worst of the storm had passed. Paiokp had helped Lefeng retrieve the Baba's old necklace from the bottom of eir pack and Lefeng had wrapped it around eir hand, fingering the beads. Lefeng managed to help get Tsouchm's things but had no life to spare for curiosity about the city or the new grandparent. As soon as they returned to the compound, Lefeng retreated again. Ey had done eir duty to the living, but Kolchais was right. Lefeng couldn't push eir dead away any longer. Ey had much grieving to do. <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/snippet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snippet</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/PlantingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlantingLife</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a>

Liana BrooksWriting books takes longer than some people think. The reason your favorite author is talking about a book they're finishing that doesn't come out until next year is that they are going through edits and setting up promotions. <a href="http://www.lianabrooks.com/editing-services?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Editing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.lianabrooks.com/editing-services?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Editing</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LianaEdits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LianaEdits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SkyWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SkyWriters</a>

NefariousPlotter<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grammar</a> question for fedi editors: what's correct?find out if any of them IS aware find out if any of them ARE awareI thought the tense would depend on"any" but someone else thinks it depends on "them." <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Copyediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Copyediting</a>

Peter J Fullagar 🌈I'm so pleased to announce that as of today, I'm now a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CIEP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CIEP</a>).It's taken a while to get here, but I'm so pleased to get recognition for the work that I love to do.And to celebrate, I've made a new tagline to go with my website.<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ProfessionalDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProfessionalDevelopment</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/IAmNotATaboo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IAmNotATaboo</a> <a href="https://peterjfullagar.co.uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://peterjfullagar.co.uk</a>

Liana BrooksI'm booking editing clients for the next three months and my schedule is filling up fast! Want to work with me? Email me!All my information is on my website: <a href="https://www.lianabrooks.com/editing-services/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Editing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lianabrooks.com/editing-services/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Editing</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LianaEdits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LianaEdits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a>

So many dynamosFor the month of May I wrote a total of 20302 words of 95058 total words on the year so far plus spent 8 hours 32 minutes revising/editing <a href="https://noc.social/tags/specpo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#specpo</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amediting</a>

Liana BrooksOne of my June clients has rescheduled for July so I am offering a 10% discount to anyone who takes their spot. I need you to contact me before June 1st and hand the manuscript in by the 10th.<a href="https://www.lianabrooks.com/editing-services/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lianabrooks.com/editing-services/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LianaEdits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LianaEdits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SkyWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SkyWriters</a>

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈I both love and hate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#editing</a>. I love it because I usually enjoy reading my own stories and improving them bit by bit. And I hate it because I'm happy with the text except for ONE WORD that takes 3 fucking hours to replace.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writerslife</a>

RobinBetter day of editing and rewrites today.<a href="https://ohai.social/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amediting</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a>

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈"And making her tits more prominent was a useful way to get male attention. Just one more weapon in her rack."This pun is so stupid. I'm keeping it 😂 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amEditing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amWritingErotica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amWritingErotica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WIPWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WIPWednesday</a>

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