Emoji of the Year Award for 2025: 🫠

Any freelance editors available that can be hired to help me chop 10k-15k out of a horror comedy novel? Got a *very* positive response from an agent but the length of the work is the issue (currently 110k on a horror/comedy, need to get closer to 90k-95k).

💻 If you missed #ACESVCON25 in Sept., now is an opportunity to purchase and watch 4 thoughtfully curated recording bundles with three courses each through 12/19. Includes fact-checking, strengthening skills, life & editing, and freelance. Boost your skills before the deadline! tinyurl.com/mv6zxp7a

Things I google as a fiction editor that get me on a watchlist, part 257 #amediting #ficitoneditor #bookeditor

Curious about #MedicalEditing? Check out UChicago’s FREE live Q&A “Medical Editing: A Guide to Learning the Craft and Building Your Career” with author Barbara Gastel on Nov. 13: professional.uchicago.edu/events/medic... #amediting #freelanceediting #editing #freelanceeditor #copyeditor

It’s easy to be a good pedestrian. What’s hard is for news outlets to address the systemic solutions to traffic violence.

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

Updated guide by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists covers migration, health, crime, sexism, and LGBTQIA+ issues, reflecting its mission to promote ”fair, accurate, and inclusive coverage of the Latino community.” ⬇️ Download 2025 Cultural Competence Handbook: nahj.org/wp-content/u...

Already signed up! and you should too!

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Check out this FREE webinar on Nov 15 about Decolonizing Editing by Amber Riaz from @editorscanada.bsky.social and @thefoldcanada.bsky.social: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web... #edibuddies #freelanceeditor #amediting #decolonizingediting #consciouslanguage

#ACES2026 session proposals are due TODAY! #amediting #freelanceeditor #edibuddies

Just pitched mine! Let’s goooooo! #ACES2026

📣 3 days left. Monday, 11/3, 11:59 p.m. ET is the final day to submit your session proposal for the #ACESAtlanta2026 conference. Don’t miss out on the excitement! We want your session ideas and expertise!  tinyurl.com/4bzdr6rd

Greg, please remember to listen to this today: youtu.be/S4ULsDVrpjE?... #dannygonzalez #halloween

#ACES2026 session proposals are due Monday, Nov. 3! (How is that next week?!?!) I’m planning to attend next April. I loved being on panels for @acesediting.bsky.social's VCon in 2023 and 2025 and would love to help out with a panel if anyone’s looking for panelists.

Here's a look at the next #ACESchat.

📣 Call for Sessions is now open for the #ACES2026 conf in Atlanta! What’s your topic? We’d love to receive your session proposal. Help shape conversations that will inspire and connect editors next April 23-25. Submit by 11/3. tinyurl.com/4bzdr6rd

The Ghost of You Lingers is now out in paperback! Cute ghost romance to curl up with as the nights grow cool and Halloween approaches. (Non-Amazon option coming soon!) www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX2CD1R3

Enjoyed this video about past movements that have used humor to kick out dictators:

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This shit is so insidious youtu.be/zkGk_A4noxI?... #ai #chatgpt #aipsychosis

RizGod is giving Jake Peralta #Survivor #Survivor49 #RHAP

#booksky!

Love this interview from @catwashington.bsky.social about #writing their debut novel, the #lesbianromance The Ghost of You Lingers! "After visiting Mackinac Island, I knew I had the perfect setting for a spooky haunted house story." iheartsapphfic.com/2025/10/10/a... #ffromance #sapphic #booksky

While #editing an infographic about cybersecurity today, I came across design instructions to represent hackers as “bad” with the color black. This is a common trope in tech content, of course, given the language of “blacklist/whitelist” and “white hat/black hat.”

Gentle reminder: I am seeing more "I cannot afford pet food" posts & if you might face this in the near future/now, I recommend checking your local area's subreddit and posting if anyone knows of local programs for pet food. Many areas have small under-the-radar charities that give out pet food.

#booksky! This book needs to find its people!

A #SpookySeason must-read for fans of #OneLastStop by #CaseyMcQuiston & Everything She Does Is Magic by Bridget Morrissey The Ghost of You Lingers is a grumpy/sunshine #sapphic #romance with cozy #witch vibes that casts the perfect spell ✨ Buy: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSD8G7WJ #lesbianromance #booksky

A lesbian ghost #romance book that I copyedited is out in the world!!! I love this book so much; it's so fun. Go read it!!! And follow @catwashington.bsky.social and show them some love as a debut #author! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSD8G7WJ #ff #sapphic #lesbian #ffromance #amreading #amediting

Good morning, kids and people, today in book, we have a cover: (Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)

Style prediction: The semicolon is about to make a big comeback from people who are avoiding using an em dash because it's associated with AI-generated writing. #amediting #copyediting

I need packing cubes but for books

One of the most common AI phrases I see in blog content I edit: “X isn’t just about Y, it’s Z.” As in: “Grocery shopping isn’t just about buying food, it’s a smart investment in your health.” (Yeah, these constructions *often* aren’t parallel constructions LOL) #amediting #copyediting

Here's how to opt out of LinkedIn using your data to train its AI:

I LOVE Hannah Liu’s #JetLagTheGame fan content! I wanna go to Switzerland so bad someday 😭 youtu.be/eo7JB_q5qOE?...

✨ they're on their way to go lag some jets ✈️ #JetLagTheGame

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This is such a fascinating interview. I love how Garret and Michelle talk about the story structure for Challenge Accepted episodes. It pays off—you can tell in the final product. Impressive af! youtu.be/5TlPHtxsBIA?... #challengeaccepted #michellekhare #jetlagthegame

going to start marketing myself as a "fractional copyeditor" and triple my rates 🤑

Scary shit. youtu.be/1MoYHJaKsZE?...

provides standard ways of —> standardizes ✂️ #amediting #copyediting #freelanceeditor

Happy October! 🍂🎃 I’ve got a busy month: finishing up an urban fantasy book #copyedit, #proofreading a self-help book, starting a dev edit of a fantast novel, and #editing lots of blog posts in between.

Petition to cast Savage on #TheTraitors! A lawyer, rugby player, Survivor player, and he’s Scottish? Slam dunk.

FOMO about missing @acesediting.bsky.social #VCON25 last week? I attended the #ACESVCon25 #editing conference virtually and live posted from sessions. Here's a roundup of my live posts on Bluesky: carolinavonkampen.com/aces-vcon25-... #amediting #freelanceeditor #writingcommunity #editor

editing background music rn:

🙃🙃🙃 Artist: caitlynmarieprints www.instagram.com/caitlynmarie... www.etsy.com/shop/caitlyn...

My theory on why Jake is doing the Shoe Bandit thing: Was the cast shown Pearl Islands at Ponderosa pregame? Multiple people mentioned it in their pregame interviews, and the tribal council theme is shipwreck. Shoe Bandit feels very Rupert-coded! youtu.be/-Mm0SCMbkow?... #Survivor #Survivor49 #RHAP

#Writers, check out Wholehearted Writers Week, facilitated by @literarylaura.bsky.social, @eliotedits.bsky.social, and other editors! This 5-day online event is a writer’s retreat, a conference, a community space. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com #writingcommunity @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social