A friend and I were talking about awkward stock photos again and I realized it's never a bad time to reshare this list of sites with free stock images that are both less awkward AND more inclusive in terms of the people in them. (It includes a great one for your fall vaccine coverage!)

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

Hey, #Editors & #WritingCommunity! 👋🏻 I've topped up the scholarships for all my self-paced courses again! There's a limited number of scholarship spots for editors and writers from marginalized groups. They're first-come, first-serve, no questions asked. TanyaGold.com #AmEditing #WriterSky 💙📚

PSA to anyone listening to the audiobook of Ian McEwan's What We Can Know: It omits almost 20 pages in the final third of the novel! If you are confused about the references to the boy on the platform – you didn't miss anything! It's simply not there! 🤯

Local legislator displays the importance of kerning

BREAKING: My cats have created some kind of rainbow wormhole situation. What’s the protocol here?

That felt fucking fantastic! (Pls overlook the spacing – I am merely an editor with a printer and opinions about typefaces, not a graphic designer)

Don’t make Giant Pencil sad!

In honor of Hallowe'en coming up, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. Copyedit this in Adobe.

This only happens to you once

A free critique from one of these top-notch editors? Jump on this, #QueerSFF authors. **Deadline is Sept 12**

"his delicious scent envelopes me" >> "his delicious scent envelops me" PSA for #Romancelandia, in particular – watch out for this sneaky little homonym! Almost every time I see it in a manuscript, it's wrong. #AmEditing

Reminder: The video from @kristentate.bsky.social's presentation, "Sharpen Your Editing Skills by Studying Fiction," is available for all to watch through 8/17, after which it becomes a member-only perk. Our favorite part: the graphs tracking plot intensity! 🤓 www.edsguild.org/sharpen-your...

You want…romance novels, Ian. They already exist.

Need a little shot of learning & community to fuel your writing in these dog days of summer? I’m participating in the Find Your Readers online summit, running from August 2-5. 1/4 summit.findyournextreader.com?sc=VS7c2jMi&...

This course gave me a lot more tools for working with memoirists. I came away with a lot more questions to apply to manuscripts and frameworks for understanding how the genre works – highly recommend!

Fresh #AmEditing educational video alert: The recording from our recent event "Sharpen Your Editing Skills by Studying Fiction" with @kristentate.bsky.social is available now through 8/17 for everyone to view (after which it becomes a member-only video). www.edsguild.org/rotator/w02m...

I got a demo of this tool and was impressed – if you use a story spreadsheet or story map in your dev ed work, this tool has the potential to replace the hours it takes to create that. They designed it with editors in mind. #AmEditing

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

Want to hear about some new editing tools and practices I’ve developed based on my years of studying current fiction? Join me Monday night for a short talk followed by a Q&A session with the Northwest Editors Guild! (1/3) #AmEditing www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve...

Last chance to submit your questions for @kristentate.bsky.social for her "Sharpen Your Editing Skills by Studying Fiction" presentation on 7/14! Submit your questions at forms.gle/dGcmfJnEq6cj... The event is free to attend, open to all editors, registration at www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve....

This is simply wrong. I've been running a book club all year focused on reading commercial fiction & have had to deliberately ignore the many lit fic books that have been on the charts all year. Brooks also misses the real story... (1/8) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...

It’s 1AM and I’m just off the floor of the House where we have still not voted on this disaster of a bill. I’m carrying your voices with me with every breath, every step. I’ll be sure to keep you updated.

Okay, sure, I guess I choose fog dome over heat dome? But I wouldn’t mind if @karlthefog.bsky.social took a quick little visit to NYC (see a show maybe!) so we could break 70 here in San Francisco.

Come join me on July 14 for some real story nerd stuff – there will be charts and spreadsheets and templates! #AmEditing

I'm on the fantastic Words to Write By podcast this week, talking to Renee and Kim about how I do (and, just as important, don't!) use AI tools in my editing work. (1/3) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

🧵 THREAD: Introducing COYOTE Media Collective 11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism. Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4 givebutter.com/coyotemedia

This webinar is excellent – very in depth, just as you would expect from Andy. Jump on this!

I’ve relied informally on Tanya’s excellent advice for years. I think they have a special talent for asking wise questions that help you think deeply about the choices in front of you! Get in there and grab these scholarships! #AmEditing

Great conversation with Matty Dalrymple about the editing process. I even talk about the panic day I build into my schedule for content edits. There's always a day I feel like I've lost the plot & need time to find it again. selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-edit... #AmEditing

Please join us! We prerecorded the discussion and covered a lot of ground about how to work with self-publishing authors and we’ll be there live to answer more questions.

Hey, #Editors & #WritingCommunity! 👋🏻 I've just topped up the scholarships for all my self-paced courses again! There's a limited number of scholarship spots for editors and writers from marginalized groups. They're first-come, first-serve, no questions asked. tanyagold.com #AmEditing #WriterSky

Why was the first Earth Day in 1970? In 1969, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District recorded 65 days out of compliance with the ozone health standard, a record that still stands today. Santa Clara County was regularly blanketed in smog and breathing for many was a daily struggle.

And… we’re rolling! Today is launch day for Made in L.A. Writers’ first Kickstarter! 😍 Support Made in L.A. Vol. 6: Hollywood Adjacent. Nineteen stories that explore the lives of dreamers, hustlers, and outliers who orbit Hollywood. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad... #Kickstarter #crowdfunding

My dad died of cancer when I was 16. I remember exactly what the social security checks addressed to me looked like.

Want to dive deep into craft discussions of a current bestseller with a group of story nerds? Come join us over at the Novel Study Patreon! Our April selection is Nnedi Okorafor's DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, which is a show-stopper. patreon.com/BlueGarret

I couldn’t attend this year and appreciate @carolinavonkampen.com for her thorough and helpful live posting so I could get a sense of some of the presentations and conversations!

Reason 1,482,834 I love San Francisco. I can attest that just *seeing* this giant bunny on TV is calming.

Occupational hazard: When you are editing a zombie novel, you have to be really careful about what you choose for lunch. Lots of blood and brains being flung around all over the page. Cold spaghetti? Absolutely not. Scrambled eggs? Questionable. Peanut butter sandwich? Pretty safe. #AmEditing

Baseball is the coziest sport. Spend the next two weeks listening to baseball on the radio for a chunk of every day and I promise everything will feel better. If you want to start somewhere, listen to Jon Miller announcing for the SF Giants. Doesn’t get any better than that.

It's the last week to get the early-bird discount on this course!

Most of my workdays start with editing, which I love, but I try to keep Fridays for writing. With editing, I’m sure of the end product. With writing I never know – terrifying and exciting. Getting ready to dig into a piece on implied narrators and implied readers in Layne Fargo’s The Favorites.

I go to Target maybe twice a year. We were actually planning to go tonight to pick up bins & other supplies for our spring cleaning weekend but canceled our trip after a family discussion. Maybe voting with our $$ will work. #TargetBoycott

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks 
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available." www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

📊 Inside a bestseller: I analyzed every sentence in Chapter 6 of THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore to see exactly how the scene works. (1/3)

I see they started with the copyeditors.

Thrilled to be back at the San Francisco Writers Conference this weekend! This year I'm part of two panels on the self-publishing track: 📚 "I Finished My First Draft" to Clicking "Publish": What and Who You Need to Know to Produce the Best Books: Friday, 9:15am (1/2)

A8: Interesting question! For me, once I've done the deep learning, I stay up to date via networking, activities like this, podcasts, and conferences. A lot of that you can fit into the cracks or they include hanging out with people, so a win-win. #ACESChat

Hello, #ACESChat! I'm excited to participate here on Bluesky for the first time. I'm a fiction editor based in San Francisco, taking a break today from the thriller novel I'm currently copyediting. Here is one of my kitties trying to understand why I don't have a lap while using my standing desk.