I'm working with @brianterence.co.uk again this month. Always great fun. 😃 For almost two years, Brian's sent me short stories for evaluation. Here I chat to Brian about writing sci-fi, building connections in the industry & developing his craft as an indie author. cherryedits.com/2026/02/02/a...

Hey, Bluesky. How have you been? Just popping in to see if there's any activity from #CIEP2025, which I'm sadly missing. Hope my edibuddies are having a great time. Enjoy!

Would you like to join the 20 others who have signed up for this event? bit.ly/LetsTalkEdit... Sunday 8th June 4 pm UK time Join us

bit.ly/LetsTalkEdit... Join us. Sunday 8th June, 4pm UK time. Free Zoom event to celebrate Indie Author Week UK 2025. ✨

@vickybrewster.bsky.social and I are doing a thing. 🥳 🔃 Tell your friends. The details: ⬇⬇ 🎉 An event to celebrate Indie Author Week UK 2025. 📅 Sunday 8th June 2025 🕓 4–5 p.m. UK time (BST) 📍 Zoom 🎟 Free to attend 💬 Includes a non-recorded Q+A Register here: bit.ly/LetsTalkEditing

"Hang on." That's a phrase that should pop into an editor's head at regular intervals. It's a sign of active reading and paying attention. Share if you agree.

I'm speaking to the Rotary Club tonight about our cottage (bungalow!) industry. And a lovely bungalow it is too -- the place we call home; the place we do our work. Jon and I have a thriving publishing business here. He writes; I edit. We have a good thing going on. Wish me luck with my speech!

Catch of the day. 🎣 😬 nerves taught ➡ nerves taut #AmEditing

I love it!

If more manuscript assessment enquiries land in my inbox, this will be my reaction 😃 Completing manuscript assessments feels like the perfect culmination of a lifetime spent reading, studying and teaching literature, editing, and coaching. 👩‍🏫 I do love to do them! #writingcommunity

"Genres ... allow audiences to predict and plan" Ways of Reading (Montgomery, Martin, et al., 2012) For more, see: cherryedits.com/2025/01/22/g...

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cherryedits.com/2025/01/20/h... Check out my blog for more. #writingcommunity

🎥 Attention indie fiction writers✍️ The word 'just' impacts the tone of your narration. It adds attitude, and it's important that attitude comes from the right place. Still on FB and want to see the full version of this vid? Let me know and I'll get the group link to you. #writingcommunity

#writingcommunity Want in? Look me up. 😃

"Never in a month of Sundays," they say. They mean December, right? 🙃

You know writing coaching is working when the client keeps going with their WIP. When they're using new/sharpened tools in their writing toolbox to solve storytelling problems that would have thrown them off track in the past. 😃

🧵 TL;DR: Editorial tasks between now and New Year -- just a few bits and pieces. All doable between mince pies. 🎄🥧 ⚡ Final quality assurance checks to complete on The Knight and The Rebel (for Jon), my last big edit of the year.

cherryedits.com/2024/12/16/c... "Can I use song lyrics in my novel?" If you're considering this, watch the vid I posted on my blog. I made this video for my FB group. I share stuff like this most weeks as part of my TipThursday feature. Like the sound of the group? Get in touch. #writingcommunity

Oh, Mr Bennet.

John Truby at truby.com is an absolute legend. Attending one of his master classes helped launch my writing career. Fifteen novels and an optioned screenplay later I remain grateful for his wisdom.

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Show me your writing gloves. #writingcommunity ❄️

New testimonial 🍾 😀

My computer is staying off for 48 hours. Today was edit return day for two big projects. Loved them both but knackered now. Time off required! I've booked a massage for tomoz. Need it! My shoulders are like bricks. 🧱💆‍♀️

The BFS Journal is ready for a relaunch! Let's meet the new regular feature contributors... PS LIVINGSTONE writes about WOMEN IN FANTASY 🧵⬇️

Running on flapjacks. How about you? #snacks #writingcommunity #edibuddies

Working on an MS I've nicknamed 'mega edit'. 2/3 through. C'mon! 💪

Hi, I’m Jon – an SFF author living in England. I’m legally blind and have been a full-time indie author since 2017. My books include the Wasteland series, Ravenglass Chronicles, and Guild of Assassins. I write stories on the darker side of SFF, but always with a glimmer of hope and humour.

Want your posts to feature in the fantasy feed: rb.gy/slgkw? Use one word from each set in any order. Set 1: writing, writer, author, write, wip Set 2: fantasy, romantasy, grimdark, sci-fi, 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ Don't forget to like the feed itself. Instructions in comments.

Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 – The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue One movie 🎥 – Moulin Rouge One album 💿 – The Hour of Bewilderbeast One TV show – King of the Hill.

If you're seeing this, post a vampire and pass it on!

Currently bopping around to Wham! because the group is mentioned in my edit, and I'm running out of steam for the day, so I'm playing the track on Youtube as my exit music. #AmEditing #WritingCommunity

Would you like a free copy of Blades of Wolfsbane? It's the prequel to my epic fantasy series, Ravenglass Legends. If you're a fan of flawed heroes following their own moral compass, visit: subscribepage.com/ravenglasslegends #epicfantasy #nobledark #highfantasy

@davidgreenwriter.bsky.social Hey, @joncronshawauthor.bsky.social is here now. Could you add him to the BFS list? Ta muchly 😀

Yo, those new to the sky! 🪂

Oh hello, new followers. Where've you all come from? Why am I suddenly popular?! 😀

Today I'm looking at 'Who Says? Mastering Point of View in Fiction' by Lisa Zeidner. What POV inconveniences have you wrangled with? How did you get your storytelling back on track? #writingcommunity

This weekend!

Straight to the signup sheet today. No time for any spiel! Busy! ⚡Final chance to register for the 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 webinar, going live tomorrow evening (Weds 2nd Oct) at 7.00 p.m. BST. 🖊 Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please share 🔃 #writingcommunity

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 Get Your Novel Editor-Ready. Free webinar. 7.00 p.m. BST. Join us. For more info, head to cherryedits.com/webinars #writingcommunity #indieauthors

Tip Thursday in my writing craft group is about nicknames & terms of endearment and whether they should be capitalised. It features a picture of Jon Cronshaw (author) when I knew him as Placebo Boy. It's got Jim Halpert, aka Big Tuna! Ryan Gosling! What more could you want? Contact me for the link.

Useful advice from Cathy Rentzenbrink in her article 'Reading as a Writer' in The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2023. #writingcommunity

Strong Cronshaw representation at this year's #FantasyCon2024. Who else is going? britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan... #writingcommunity

An achievement I'm proud of: In Nov 2021, GJ Kemp reached out for a copyedit, my first word-of-mouth client. Thanks to Francesca Catlow for the referral. 350,000+ edited words later, we're still working together! The snowball started here. 😁 #writingcommunity #copyeditor #indieauthors #CherryEdits

Samuel Johnson said that the power of a writer is that they 'make the new familiar and the familiar new'. So #writingcommunity I'd love to know what you make new and what you make familiar in your stories.

Books about places you know well: do you recognise the version painted by the travel writer? Just finished this book on Cumbria—loved it! A real, unfiltered take on the Lakes, focusing on the people. A different cover might have suited it better, as lovely as this is. #AmReading