Evergreen advice for the new year from @laurapoole.bsky.social. My WOTY supports this, as I will "FOCUS" on my own needs first in 2026.

Be where your audience is. I'm still not sure I've nailed this one. #ACESchat

Hello! Coming right up, I'll be talking about ways you can market yourself as an editor — stuff you can think about whether you freelance or are established with a company. Chat soon! #ACESChat

The next #ACESChat is Marketing for Editors with Alysha Love on Wed, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m. ET. Join us on Bluesky and bring your questions and experience. @alyshalove.bsky.social #editor #AmEditing

Cheers to Sandi Rusch on "Charms & Chapters," the sequel she never planned to write. Working on this meant a lot to me because she was gently given to me after her previous editor, our beloved mutual friend @NikkiBusch, passed away. I loved helping Sandi make it “a better book,” as she said.

#ACESVCON25 and it's day 2! Today we delight in none other than the esteemed and charming @petersokolowski.bsky.social during his biannual musings on the English language. At least during VCon rather than IRL con (come to ATL!), he won't see me going all 😍 at his session. @acesediting.bsky.social

I'm excited for #ACESVCON25! If you'll be there, say hi! What are you hoping to learn? There is so much I'm looking forward to, but the Pun Slam is my favorite part of things, TBH. If you are an editor and you haven't heard about @acesediting.bsky.social, please let me tell you about it.

This is so cool! Any #QueerSFF writers want to take advantage of this opportunity. These are fantastic editors. #WriterSky #SFF

I've been tagged in the best chain mail ever: Recommend a "fun, low-stress book" and tag another copyeditor for theirs. I devoured the first novella in a trilogy recently: "Full Speed to a Crash Landing" by @bethrevis.bsky.social (on audio). Your turn @ink-and-insight.bsky.social!

First of all, 🔥 logo. Second, I wish I was a writer so I could join this amazing venture. I have some insider knowledge that it is going to become one of your favorite weeks of the year.

I don't really think of myself as a writer, certainly not a creative writer, but I'm feeling some writer's block just trying to come up with the perfect lines to suggest to an author during a #LineEdit! I'm glad it's only an idea to get them to think of alternatives, because this is hard.

Ooh! A book I copyedited is featured on the cover of @sunypress.bsky.social Fall 2025 catalog! It was an immense honor to work with the previously unpublished stories of the esteemed Gloria Anzaldúa, respectfully edited by three impressive volume editors.

This just in: Submission deadline has been extended to June 30. Join us!

Let's go, edibuddies! The Thursday #EditorSprint starts now! My buddy The Rock is cheering you on too.

Our dearest @nicolewayland.bsky.social has some other commitments today, so I'll be hosting this week's #EditorSprint. Drop a reply about what you will be working on starting at 2:00 ET, and we'll make this a great sprint, knowing we're all in this together!

Don't forget to vote for the next slate of @acesediting.bsky.social Board members! Voting is open through the end of today. A lot of amazing people are running right now, so the decision might be difficult, but make your voice heard. What do YOU want from #ACES? aceseditors.org/about/board-...

Please get involved in your communities! Use your voice to advocate for the change/progress/direction you want to see. I voted!

Thanks to @apstylebook.com for the amazing #ACES2025 session. I’m going to thread some quotes and notes.

Hey Bluesky #editors! There's a wonderful in-person training opportunity coming up in April in Salt Lake City. If you can get there or come to ACES2025 a day early, join us for small group discussion with some of the leading experts in the industry. See tinyurl.com/2s3d5pu6

It's not to late to sign up for @acesediting.bsky.social VCON24! Tons of great speakers, opportunities to virtually mingle and learn from other editors. If you're not booked up next week, give it a go. If you are (go you!), sign up and watch over the next few months. aceseditors.org/conference/v...

@acesediting.bsky.social is looking for a few good ideas. Do you have a topic you could present as a webcast in our ACES Academy? Bonus: They are now paid! Share your expertise with your fellow editors and beef up your own experience. Propose here: aceseditors.org/training/wan...

I know next to nothing about horses, but somehow I knew that "cantor" wasn't quite the right word for their gait. As always, 80% of an editor's life is looking it up. (A "canter" is a speed less than a gallop; a "cantor" is a leader of religious songs or chants.) #amediting #spellcheckcannotsaveyou

I just wanted to thank everyone who came out for the Freelancers Happy Hour in San Diego ahead of the #ACES2024 conference. We had a great time! If anyone has any questions about prizes, please feel free to reach out to me!

Hey #ACES2024 attendees! You still have time to give feedback on how the conference and individual sessions went. Please respond as much as you are able. It really guides how future events are handled. Check your email. Thank you! @acesediting.bsky.social

“Editors want more en dashes but readers don’t [long pause] like them.” —Russell Harper #ACES2024 #ThatWordChat

“Let’s tackle sustainability one squiggly line at a time.” —Laura Standley in The Granmar of Greenwashing at #ACES2024

Editors are all 😍 at the talk by @petersokolowski.bsky.social at #ACES2024: “Dictionaries happen when languages meet.”

Can you be a “nice-hole”? As an editor, “your writers will say ‘thank you’ instead of *blank* you!” —Bill Graf in “The Beloved Editor” #ACES2024

“Will the victims of our tracked changes give us an editor’s burial?” (See m.imdb.com/title/tt8847...) —Bill Graf in “The Beloved Editor, and Other Mythical Creatures” #ACES2024

“We’re not in this to be loved.” —Bill Graf in “The Beloved Editor, and Other Mythical Creatures” #ACES2024

“Never underestimate your reader’s intelligence and never overestimate your reader’s knowledge.” —Bill Graf in “The Beloved Editor, and Other Mythical Creatures” #ACES2024

Don't forget to register for the Freelancers Happy Hour if you'll be at #ACES2024. Open to all: freelancers and those who love them! Valuable and fun door prizes, so bring your biz cards. Huge thanks to our sponsors: That Word Chat and @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social's Editor's Half Hour podcast.

Just sent in my donation for #GivingTuesday to support the ACES Education Fund. You still have until 11 a.m. Eastern to "Match with Merrill"! Or donate from 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern to "Match with Lisa." #ACESGivesBack

"I never get tired of hearing that [that kids learned to read on his books]. It's gratifying ... What a wonderful thing. I'm very lucky." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"[AI] won't replace people but that's not the point. A robot just wrote a poem!" —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"Sometimes I get a good idea for a book but I can't find the title, so I throw out the idea." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"I start with the title. I have to have the title first ... The most annoying question an author can get is 'Where do you get your ideas?' ... I just start with the title ... I think I'm backward from most authors." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"I don't have time for writer's block. You only get writer's block when you have a lot of time on your hands ... I have to keep going." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"You try to avoid that [slang] in the books because it changes so fast." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

Awkward out-of-context quotes: "I do a lot of spying on kids." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"I actually did research [for my newest book]. I never do research." Ancient Egyptians gave kids beer and like board games. Who knew? —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"The thing about my wife as my editor is that she is always right ... I would just listen to them." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

Do trade authors with a lot of success get consistent editorial support? "I have a lot of editors all the time. I need all the help I can get, really ... A lot of authors decide they don't want to be edited ... The quality shows that ... You need that kind of help." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"My all-time favorite letter of all these years ... a kid said 'I've read 40 of your books and they're all boring.'" —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"The ones I like the most are the ones where kids can't trust their own mind. That's the scariest thing." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"Get rid of the cell phones. You can't have a mystery with a cell phone ... They ruin everything." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"I see these 40-year-olds and I know what I am to them. I'm nostalgia. How would you like to be nostalgia?" —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

"I'm not talented enough to change my style ... My audience has changed ... Now I get 7-year-olds and 10-year-olds and 15-year-olds ... I get to scare a lot of generations now." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23

R.L. Stine is an outliner. No pantsing here, folks! "Everyone hates to outline, right? ... But I can't work without it." #ACESVCon23

"I'm married to my editor. It's a nightmare ... She's a very tough editor ... [Plots] are maybe the only thing we ever fought about ... Once she handed a manuscript back to me and it had two words: Psychotic rambling." —R.L. Stine #ACESVCon23