Janet Fretter @janetfretter.bsky.social Writer, editor, general enthusiast.
Abigail Keam/Author @abigailkeam.bsky.social I am an award-winning and best-selling author of the Josiah Reynolds Beekeeping Mysteries and the 1930s Mona Moon Mysteries. I live in the Bluegrass where horse farms abound, bourbon is oak-cured, and mysteries unravel. I also love honeybees.
Pip Rowson @piprowson.bsky.social Freelance writer, copyeditor, and proofreader for the arts and creative industries. Poet focused on the natural world. Winchester, UK.
piprowson.co.uk
Pip Marthaller @pipnotes.bsky.social Non-fiction proofreader and ELT specialist
Catherine Coles @catherinecoles.bsky.social Usually found in East Yorkshire writing murder, watching sport, & drinking tea.
Christian ✝️ History Geek 📖📖 Family Tree researcher 📓
West Ham ⚒️ Hull FC ⚫️⚪️ Dallas Cowboys ⭐️ Texas Longhorns🤘
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The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) @the-ciep.bsky.social The UK’s only chartered body for the editorial profession. Championing excellence. Supporting growth. Connecting professionals. Shaping the future. https://www.ciep.uk/directory.html
AJ Enterprises @ajentscotland.bsky.social Public affairs consultant working with business & education and the written word. Produce informedscot.bsky.social Posts by Angela Gardner, Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP
Becca Allen @beccalikesbooks.bsky.social She/her. Freelance editor & proofreader, CIEP Professional Member. Also likes cats, cake and crafting.
beccaalleneditorial.co.uk
Claire Bentley @cbentleywriter.bsky.social Writer. Freelance editor. Bookworm. Parent. Neurodivergent. INFJ. Allergic to exercise. Pronouns: she/her
http://clairebentley.co.uk
https://ko-fi.com/clairebentley
Emm 🦋📚🇬🇧 @emmhenderson.bsky.social Developmental editor. Addicted to politics, crime fiction and black coffee.
MA Creative Writing (Brunel)
Writing workshops and 1:1’s.
Lit event organiser.
CIEP 🦋💙
📍 Harrogate, UK
No DMs.
Philippa Tomlinson @philippajtomlinson.bsky.social Editor and proofreader, educational publishing. Professional member of CIEP. Always learning
Denise Cowle @denisecowle.bsky.social Copyeditor & proofreader. Advanced professional member & vice-chair of the CIEP. Cohost of The Editing Podcast. https://linktr.ee/denisecowle
Catherine Dunn @catherinedunn.bsky.social I right books. No job too odd! Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Hobbies: snakes, drawing, painting, knitting, crochet, Valheim, gardening, geocaching. Occasional spinner. Noise-maker. She/her. Insta: bearlycat / CatherineDunnArtwork. 📝🐍🎨🧶🐻❄️🫀❤️🔥🎲🌱🫧
@iamnat.bsky.social @iamnat.bsky.social Proofreader, mother, wife, dog owner (Tibetan Terrier), northerner, food appreciator, film-goer (very occasional), reader (of books not Kindles!).
Hazel Bird @thebetteredit.bsky.social Freelance editor and project manager for high-stakes non-fiction | Precision with perspective | The Edit Better Letter | CIEP Advanced Professional | EFA member | thebetteredit.com
Dog, sewing, history, genealogy, mountains, pastry 🥧
Laura Walker @lau-lau151.bsky.social Freelance Editor and Proofreader, specialising in atlases and travel guides.
Intermediate Member of the CIEP.
☆books ☆geography ☆geology ☆photography ☆travel
Bev Sykes @beverleysykes.bsky.social Academic copyeditor/line editor & proofreader | Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) | https://superscriptproofreading.co.uk/portfolio/ | walker and optimistic gardener | she/her
@doreenkruger.bsky.social @doreenkruger.bsky.social 
Andrew Chapman @chapmanbookman.bsky.social I help authors/indie presses publish non-fiction books. Also editor of various magazines, including northernearth.co.uk (folklore, archaeology, psychogeography, landscape). Writer, walker, ambulomancer, neoantiquarian.
andrewchapman.info
Sarah Dronfield @sarahdronfield.bsky.social Historical fiction editor at https://www.sarahdronfieldproofreader.com/. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.
Aimee Walker @aimeewalker.bsky.social AWE Services &Press
Romance & Women’s Fiction Editor & Writing Coach
Author of Top Tropes: A Romance Writer’s Guide
Jane Simmonds @janesimmonds.bsky.social Non-fiction editor and proofreader. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. www.janesimmonds-editorial.com
Jane Hammett Editorial @janehammett.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader, tutor. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP).
https://jane-hammett.co.uk/
Loves nature, wildlife, birds, travel, and crosswords.
Lynne Baybut | History Proofreader @lynnebaybut.bsky.social www.lynnebaybut.com
Anna Williams @editoranna.bsky.social Editor (mostly music) living in Edinburgh
Professional Member of the CIEP
Oboist, occasional choral singer, lapsed pianist
Kate Sotejeff-Wilson @katesw.bsky.social Midwife of texts for academics and the arts | KSWTranslations.com from Finnish, German and Polish, editing in English | runs ridgewritingretreats.com | devourer of books | she/ona/sie/hän- H Hilary – Cadman Training @hilaryc01.bsky.social Helping editors everywhere to save time and improve quality
Lisa Davis @lisadavisbooks.com Freelance children’s book editor and consultant. Also plays with clay.
American in Belfast, via London and Munich.
www.lisadavisbooks.com
My cat is cuter than yours. 😺
(she/her)
Emma R @allinthegutter.bsky.social Ex astronomer. Current freelance science copyeditor & proofreader (she/her).
Eleanor Abraham @eleanorabraham.bsky.social I was once heckled by a mime. Fiction editor, scunner, CIEP APM, she/her.
Sara Donaldson @northerneditorial.bsky.social Copyeditor and writer. Theatre bod. Researches dead people. Art history student. Obsessed with old photos.
Northerneditorial.co.uk
@editorspice.bsky.social @editorspice.bsky.social Pending: finding my feet on this new platform and wondering whether this one will take off where others haven't.
Helen White @helen-white.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader and proofreading tutor. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Lancastrian 🌹
Louise Adam @louiseadam.bsky.social Comma supply chain logistics. Semicolonista.
Medical and scientific editor. BELS Diplomate. CIEP Advanced Professional Member. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈
BooknerdZara @booknerdzara.bsky.social Book nerd slowly tackling her TBR pile of 250+ books.
Freelance proofreader and typesetter.
Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing & Proofreading
Partner Member of Alliance for Independent Authors.
linktr.ee/booknerdzara
Anna Davidson @annadavidson.bsky.social Writing, editing, publishing.
Poetry as A. K. Davidson. Links:
https://linktr.ee/akdavidson
Kathe Lieber @kathel23.bsky.social Semi-retired writer, editor, translator. Never-retiring mama to my wonderful daughter. Slave to Juno the cat. Fervent reader and writer, cook and baker. Must have forgotten something.
Wendy Toole @wendytoole.bsky.social Writer and Editor | creatively self-employed
Jennifer Navarre (she/her) @jenavarre.bsky.social Kidlit Editor and Book Coach | Once a teacher, always a teacher | Kidlit writer with too many ideas in her head | Historical CB series coming 2025?
EFA, ACES, SCBWI, 12x12, Courage to Create, CIEP (Professional Member), ALLi Partner Member
jenavarre.com
Lori Paximadis @loripax.bsky.social book editor • artist • connector
perpetual resting boss face
work smarter, not harder
owner: Pax Studio LLC, Systems & Shortcuts
member: ACES, EFA, CIEP (Professional)
Editors of Words feed > https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:thqvmqvxhwkmz7sxwsy2yqfy/feed/a
Taylor Gillie Sawyer @taylorgilliesawyer.bsky.social freelance fiction and academic editor martletediting.com | she/they | AuDHD | posts mainly about books, editing, art, languages, and urbanism | Urban Studies PhD | Wikipedia enthusiast | guardian of a chaotic dog | 📍 Barcelona
Mary McCauley @marymccauley.bsky.social #Reading #Books #CurrentAffairs
#Hiking #Camino
Former advanced professional member CIEP; AFEPI Ireland
Future professional pilgrim
Dhá fhada é an lá, tiocfaidh an tráthnóna
Wexford, Ireland
#SpéirGhorm
Tá Gaeilge agam 💚
Twitter @MMProofreading
Luke Finley @lukeaf.bsky.social Editor. Runner. Views three of someone else's in a trenchcoat with a fake ID. 'Dramatic little weasel' 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Janet MacMillan @janetwordsmith.bsky.social Proud Canadian. Editorial professional. Advanced Professional Member, CIEP. Law, international development, politics, international relations, history, social sciences. Former lawyer. Boxer dog lover. Enthusiastic cook. Engaged citizen. Friend. she/her
Nicola Bigwood | Proofreader & Copyeditor | Former Translator ✍️📚 @nicolabigwood.uk Proofreader & copyeditor of fiction & non-fiction, with background as a translator into English from French & German • CIEP Advanced Professional member • She/her • https://linktr.ee/nicolabigwood • Learning Italian and Gaelic… slowly!📍Scotland 🏴
H Noss @hnoss.bsky.social fiction proofreader, inclusivity & neurodiversity advocate, queer & non-binary. they/them.
https://hnossproofreads.co.uk
Owen Gregory @fullcreammilkman.bsky.social Independent line editor and copy editor; Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP); oboist and cor anglais player. https://fullcreammilk.co.uk
Jacqueline Harvey | Editor @jacquelineharvey.bsky.social Academic copyeditor | CIEP Advanced Professional Member https://www.jacquelineharvey.net
Photographer and occasional knitter and piano player
https://www.instagram.com/a.scribe | https://www.instagram.com/a.scribe2
https://www.instagram.com/my_knit_pix
Laurie Duboucheix-Saunders @lds-editorial.bsky.social Multilingual editor & literary translator (Fr<>Engl)
Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Member of the Translator Association (part of SoA)
Fiction, Humanities, FFL and educational publishing.
Dream gig: translating lit that represents disabled peeps
Nicky Taylor @nickytayloredit.bsky.social Developmental and line/copy editor for indie authors. Fiction and creative non-fiction. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP, Partner Member of ALLi. nickytayloreditorial.com 
Gráinne Treanor @editorgrainnet.bsky.social Editor / proofreader / Advanced Professional Member of CIEP and Full Member of AFEPI / Former teacher / Walker and swimmer / Supporter of Breakthrough Cancer Research / Wife and mother, owned by three cats / Dabbling in writing / She/her
Beth Hamer @bethhamer.bsky.social Proofreader. Whitstable resident. Swimmer. Servant to French bulldog. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Evertonian. Thinks the Oxford comma is a style choice. (she/her)
Brittany | Book Editor @brittanyredderoth.bsky.social · Book editor for fiction authors ✍️
· Helping authors feel confident in the editing process 🤍
· SAMPLE EDIT REQUEST + LINKS ↓
https://brittanyredderoth.com/links
Emily Jane Buehler (she/her) @ephemerily.bsky.social I write cozy romantasy with protagonists who take time to get to know each other. Now querying contemporary romance! I’ve also published Bread Science and a bicycling memoir. I edit science papers and I live in fear of my cat. https://janebuehler.com
Jola (Close Reading) @closereadingie.bsky.social Indexer. Copyeditor. Proofreader. Medieval historian. Jeanne de Divion was framed. TTRPG enthusiast. Indexes things from Aristotle to the X-Men. Past president Indexing Society of Canada. Co-chair KWG Twig, Editors Canada. closereadingie.com. She/They.
Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social Helping you better understand web accessibility for people with disabilities. Created by @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social.
Suzanne Arnold editor @suzannearnold.com Helping authors and businesses polish their text for publication: non-fiction editor and proofreader. Diploma in Egyptology. Random nature photos (not AI-generated). In the UK. She/her
https://www.suzannearnold.com
https://linktr.ee/suzannearnoldeditor
Kelly Urgan | Fiction Editor @editegrity.bsky.social Fiction editor: historical, fantasy, sci-fi & contemporary novels @Editegrity
Avid hiker, museum goer
In a constant tug of war between coffee and tea
Reading, of course
Nick Hembery @proofreadernick.bsky.social Proofreader, editor, video and board game player, occasional blog writer. Contact at nickhembery.com.
Sarah Terry @spellegance.bsky.social 📚 Freelance copy editor & proofreader; comma chameleon. Brit. and US Eng. 350+ titles to date. ❤️ lit/experimental fiction & poetry. German speaker, Spanish & Italian learner, indie fan, slow runner, wild(ish) swimmer, enthusiastic exerciser, horror lover
Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. #AABB
KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Ema@TheClarityEditor @theclarityeditor.bsky.social Editor and plain language advocate. Edits for the social sciences and international development. Based in Bangkok/Tokyo. AmE/Japanese speaker (and some Spanish, German & Thai). Amateur classical singer. https://linktr.ee/theclarityeditor
Gen Writes 🇨🇦 @genl.bsky.social Canadian| Disabled| Mom| Writer| Supporter of writers| Community Lead & Proofreader at Cold Open Stories| Reader and Ass't Editor @wishbonewords.bsky.social| Copyeditor| Published 20+ short stories
https://linktr.ee/gen_writes
https://ko-fi.com/genwrites
Deb Werrlein @debwerrlein.bsky.social Writer/editor/cyclist
Biked 4300 miles f/ VA to OR coast in summer 2023🚴♂️
Recovered academic. Pushcart Nominee
Words at: cnfonline, lithub, brevitymag, washingtonpost, thesunmagazine, LAReview, etc.
More at www.debwerrlein.com
Louise Jensen Duffy @louiseweebe.bsky.social Writing earnestly. It's important to be Ernest.
I follow writers! (No DMs) TwitX same@
Rising Action Publishing Author
Winner 2023 Cheshire Novel Prize (OMG!)
Zoe Swenson-Wright @zoesw.bsky.social Freelance academic editor. Campaigning against the use of unpublished research to train AI systems without author consent.
Nicola Radley @nicolaradleyedits.bsky.social Freelance proofreader and editor / CIEP Intermediate Member
Books / articles / non-fiction / fiction
East Lothian, Scotland
https://www.radleyedits.com/
Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader, & developmental editor of TTRPGs, comics, board games, sci-fi, & fantasy. Newbie indexer. Lover of apple cider doughnuts. Knitter. Generative AI sucks. She/her 📚 www.rachellapidow.com
Brainstormer in Chief: #StetChat @stetchat.com
Elisabeth Nelson @meacora.bsky.social She/her. Editor. Dog person. Lots of things to other people, but unapologetically me, in the end.
Rudy Leon, editor @rudydoesbooks.bsky.social I edit and index cookbooks and provide indexing and developmental, line, and copyediting services for scholarly materials. I also coach, focusing on supporting early career faculty successfully publish.
http://rudyleon.com
Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social Jewish romance writer; sci-fi, fantasy, and romance editor; university writing coach; Jane Austen enthusiast
✍✡️📚
Repped by Christina Miller at Nancy Yost Literary Agency
📍Halifax, Nova Scotia
She/her
Find me professionally at www.rookwoodediting.com
Jennifer Dinsmore @jenniferdinsmore.bsky.social Editor & Professional Proofreader; Vice Tea Mistress of The Editors Tea Club; Member of ACES & the EFA; Lifelong bookworm & lover of "weird" fiction. (she/her)
Let me help turn your manuscript into a masterpiece: https://jenniferdinsmoreeditorial.as.me/
LKH @lkh.bsky.social Oxford comma enthusiast. Dog person. Athletic supporter. Pop culture consumer. Book girl. Always on the lookout for patience. ☘️⚽️📚🐶🏃🏻♀️
Copywriter, copy editor, dev editor
Culer forever 💙❤️
Hannah (hveditorial) @hveditorial.bsky.social Editor of academic nonfiction and fiction novels, helping publishers, authors, and scholars. I like correcting citations a weird amount and reading kissing books a more understandable amount. | www.hveditorial.com | hannah@hveditorial.com
Cathy Tingle @doceditor.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader. Publishing Scotland tutor. Membership director of the CIEP. Literature PhD. Tea lover.
Dave Nelsen @thegrammargeek.bsky.social Copy editor, proofreader, deputy editorial manager at Dragonfly Editorial. Oxford comma agnostic. What you learned in ninth-grade English might be wrong. He/him.
Ellen Jovin is at the Grammar Table @grammartable.bsky.social Roving grammarian hooking up words and phrases and clauses, now in rollicking grammar road trip movie! https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/- R Roger Gilmartin @rogergil.bsky.social Freelance fiction editor for indie authors; huge golf and tennis fan; dog lover; always searching for authors to read.
Averill Buchanan @averillb.bsky.social Freelance editor
Anne R. Allen @annerallen.bsky.social Award-winning blogger & author of funny mysteries and how-to books for writers. I share publishing industry news and writing tips. No DMs please.
Philip Ridgers @philipridgers.bsky.social 
Ayesha Chari @ayeshachari.bsky.social I-sha/Aaye-sha, n. to be, being | she/they. Sensitive academic editor. Conscious language learner. @The_CIEP | @ACESEditors | @IndieAuthorALLi. Serial🚶🏾♀️ | ❤️ nature | ☕️ fiend | 🚸 parent | occasional doodler ✏️ | https://ayeshachari.com/
Erin Brenner (she/her) @ebrenner.bsky.social Author of "The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors." 📘
2024 winner of the Robinson Prize. 🏆
Builder of editing teams for small and growing organizations. 💪
Advocate for conscious language. 💬
Judith Leask | Fiction Editor @judithleask.bsky.social Fiction editor, creative writer, CIEP member, varied reader, improving cyclist, pop choir singer, neurodiversity and queer ally, socialist (Green Party member), night owl, drinker of far too much tea.
W: justrightediting.co.uk
Reedsy.com/judith-leask
Louise Duckling @louiseduckling.bsky.social Editorial Services for Academics | www.louiseduckling.com Intermediate Member of the CIEP | Literary Historian (18c women writers) | Reviews editor for Women's Writing journal
Marieke Krijnen @mariekekrijnen.bsky.social Academic copyeditor, she/her, at www.mariekekrijnen.com. PhD from Ghent University. Specializes in urban studies, urban and human geography, Middle East studies, political economy, Chicago style. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP.
🚂 fan!
Maya Berger (she/her) @mayaberger.bsky.social #ResearchAdmin #GrantEditor #copyeditor & #proofreader.
Creator of #TheEditorsAffairs (TEA).
#CIEP Advanced Professional Member.
#AmEditing, #EroticaEditor, #ConsciousLanguage, #BasicIncome, #UBI, anti-oppression.
https://www.WhatIMeanToSay.com/
Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social Copyediting, proofreading, cats, running, insomnia. Not necessarily in that order.
Amanda Miller @ajmiller.bsky.social Transcript proofreader for court reporters
Brandy Brow, writer & editor @brandybrow.bsky.social Spec fic, ice cream, and a pinch of wit. Plus elephants. There must be elephants.
#writer #editor #flashfiction #shortstories #specfic #scifi #fantasy #sciencefantasy #slipstream #casualartist #neurodivergent
Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social Grammar Girl. Podcaster. Author of seven books about language. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. she/her http://linktr.ee/grammargirl
#AmWriting The 9/8 GG podcast
#AmReading When We Were Real (Gregory)
Lisa Cordaro | Non-fiction editor @lisacordaro.bsky.social Non-fiction editor of award-winning and bestselling books and other media 📚 Freelance. Also photographer 📸 Loves writing ✍️ art 🎨 and the guitar 🎸
CIEP Advanced Professional Member
ACES full member.
Find me: lisacordaro.com
Sue Young @suetas.bsky.social Editor, publisher, dachshund fan, hoping to make my bit of the earth in southern lutruwita Tasmania a bit better.
Kristen Tate @kristentate.bsky.social Editor and writer at the Blue Garret. Southerner by birth, San Franciscan by choice, Italian by some route I have yet to discover. she/her/y'all
https://bio.site/kristentate
Caroline Orr @cmforr.bsky.social Maths & computing editor. Associate Lecturer in Computing & Communication at the Open University. Also doing a classical studies degree. If there's any time left after all that, I like playing computer games, especially RPGs and strategy.
Rachael Mortimer @rachaelmortimer.bsky.social Freelance line editor, copyeditor and proofreader of fiction and board games. CIEP Advanced Professional Member. She/her
https://www.rachaelmortimerproofreading.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/rachaelmortimer
Nicole Wayland 🦋🧚🏼♀️ @nicolewayland.bsky.social Owner of Nicole Wayland Editing 💛
Copyeditor & proofreader of children’s, YA, and adult fiction and nonfiction
ACES board member at-large ✨
Ballerina 🩰 | outgoing fae 🧚 | enneagram 6️⃣
Bernadette Kearns │Fiction editor @booknannyeditor.bsky.social Developmental editing, line & copy-editing for indie authors & publishers of historical and literary fiction. Love cats. Speak German. Wish I spoke better Irish. She/her.
Full member AFEPI Ireland.
Website: www.booknannyfictioneditor.com