Leigh Jarrett | MM+ Romance Author @leighjarrett.com MM+ Romance Author 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 📚 💗
Drama, Love, and Happily Ever After
Websites and newsletters ⬇️
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Vive le Canada 🍁 #elbowsup
C @xcrini.bsky.social A (gender)queer, aro/ace Space Witch with ADHD, either shouting about queer adult SFF or the newest hyperfixation that is Stray Kids
The Chicago Manual of Style @chicagomanual.bsky.social The venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar. An indispensable reference, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice at cmos.style/ONLINE. We answer your “Chicago Style” questions at cmos.style/QandA. 
Tom @darthinternous.bsky.social Editorial Director, Fiction & Special Projects, Random House Worlds. Cat-intern supervisor. All opinions my own. Often found near the kitchen. Living the dream in far off places. (he/him)
SciEditor—Adrienne Montgomerie @scieditor.ca Awesomer of hard words, teacher of tech and editors, sea-kayaker, SciEditor.ca, eiw365.com
Smashwords @smashwords.bsky.social The world's largest ebook distribution platform for indie authors. Click "?" at Smashwords site for support.
Ana Hansen 🌈 📚 @sparkseditorial.bsky.social queer fiction editor working with self-published writers and indie press. specializing in LGBTQ+ fantasy, science fiction, horror, and dark romance genres. DMs are always open!
www.sparkseditorial.com
AK Faulkner @ravenswordpress.com Your friendly local agender trauma merchant.
Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired, posts may contain typos.
Any pronouns.
https://ravenswordpress.com/
https://www.patreon.com/AKFaulkner
https://ko-fi.com/akfaulkner
Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social Author of 14+ fantasy books, including A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON, YIELD UNDER GREAT PERSUASION, and RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND. They/them. Represented by Britt Siess.
Other socials: linktr.ee/alexandrarowland
KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. USA Today bestselling author of How To Fake It In Society. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. Death to GenAI. http://kjcharleswriter.com
Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social They pay brisk money for this crap?
MAKE ME BETTER and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH on sale now
Hellraiser, Eat the Rich, Echo Wife, Spread Me @ your local bookstore and comic shop
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival
Philip Ridgers @philipridgers.bsky.social 
Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy. 
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social 📚 Home to great stories and bestselling authors
📚 Award-winning independent division of Bloomsbury Publishing
LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social Queering up your shelves, one rec at a time. Check it out at LGBTQReads.com
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com A hopeless semantic. Copyeditor, line editor, proofreader, book formatter, tentacle counter. (she/her). www.geckoedit.com
linktr.ee/kirkldk
🦎🏳️🌈🧠🌶️🖖🏻💙📚👀✍️🔥 #amediting
Typos inserted deliberately in posts so you can practice your editing skills, totally.
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)
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
Philippa Ball Lewis @philippablewis.bsky.social Writer, reader, climber, skier, runner, swimmer in Snowdonia, UK. Freelance editor for fantastical fiction, short stories and outdoors literature. CIEP member and partner member of ALLi.
www.lexicalpeaks.com
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 
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
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
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
H Noss @hnoss.bsky.social fiction proofreader, inclusivity & neurodiversity advocate, queer & non-binary. they/them.
https://hnossproofreads.co.uk
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 🏴
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/
Mack McKenna @mackmckenna.bsky.social Flash fic, spec fic and Chelsea FCW fan. Queer as. Editor and proofreader at www.otherworldsediting.com. He/They 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Joy is an act of resistance 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Jennie Seitz @gtproedit.bsky.social Editor & proofreader ✍️ | 🇬🇧🇺🇸
CIEP Professional Member
Academic, nonfiction & mystery fiction🕵🏻♀️ | gtproediting.com
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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
KW Thomas - author and editor @kwthomasbooks.bsky.social Very niche combination of steamy contemporary romance author and plain language health editor. North East England till I die. She/her.
mybook.to/TheScoop
Luke Finley @lukeaf.bsky.social Editor. Runner. Views three of someone else's in a trenchcoat with a fake ID. 'Dramatic little weasel' 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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
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
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
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
Alicia Chantal @freshlookediting.ca Copyeditor/proofreader/authenticity reader. Lover of good books, good TV, and good music. And hockey. My fave story reps all 4! Words matter. she/her
Treaty 6 Territory, Edmonton, AB, Canada
https://campsite.bio/freshlookedit
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
Wendy Toole @wendytoole.bsky.social Writer and Editor | creatively self-employed
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.
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
Anna Davidson @annadavidson.bsky.social Writing, editing, publishing.
Poetry as A. K. Davidson. Links:
https://linktr.ee/akdavidson
Sue Young @suetas.bsky.social Editor, publisher, dachshund fan, hoping to make my bit of the earth in southern lutruwita Tasmania a bit better.
Dr Cory Stade | Archaeology Proofreader @palaeocory.bsky.social 🖋️Academic #proofreading and #copyediting
www.cocoproofreading.com
📚Book jewellery www.coryographies.etsy.com
#DysguCymraeg she/her
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
Louise Adam @louiseadam.bsky.social Comma supply chain logistics. Semicolonista.
Medical and scientific editor. BELS Diplomate. CIEP Advanced Professional Member. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Helen White @helen-white.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader and proofreading tutor. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Lancastrian 🌹
@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.
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
Sara Donaldson @northerneditorial.bsky.social Copyeditor and writer. Theatre bod. Researches dead people. Art history student. Obsessed with old photos.
Northerneditorial.co.uk
Eleanor Abraham @eleanorabraham.bsky.social I was once heckled by a mime. Fiction editor, scunner, CIEP APM, she/her.
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social I twist other people's words for money.
http://rewritten.uk
Anything pre-July 2023 is imported from Twitter; I don't have a time machine. Not that I'd tell you about, anyway.
Emma R @allinthegutter.bsky.social Ex astronomer. Current freelance science copyeditor & proofreader (she/her).
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!
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)- H Hilary – Cadman Training @hilaryc01.bsky.social Helping editors everywhere to save time and improve quality
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
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
Anna Williams @editoranna.bsky.social Editor (mostly music) living in Edinburgh
Professional Member of the CIEP
Oboist, occasional choral singer, lapsed pianist
Lynne Baybut | History Proofreader @lynnebaybut.bsky.social www.lynnebaybut.com
Stephanie Roberts, ELS @beehiveediting.bsky.social queen bee at beehiveediting.com • board-certified science + math editor • K-16 publishing • BELS, EFA, ACES, CIEP PM • #AmEditing #NGSS 🧪
German-American Francophile • aspiring latte artist • she/her • opinions expressed are my own
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
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.
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
Aimee Walker @aimeewalker.bsky.social AWE Services &Press
Romance & Women’s Fiction Editor & Writing Coach
Author of Top Tropes: A Romance Writer’s Guide
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. 💬
Sarah Dronfield @sarahdronfield.bsky.social Historical fiction editor at https://www.sarahdronfieldproofreader.com/. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.
Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social Hannoverian permanently resident in historic Oxford (30+ years); dual national. Art lover, translator, editor, social and co-op activist. Sweet tooth! Freelancer and printmaker: see my website https://t.co/M74fehA9M6
🇺🇦
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
@doreenkruger.bsky.social @doreenkruger.bsky.social 
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
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
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 🥧
Nicola Radley @nicolaradleyedits.bsky.social Freelance proofreader and editor / CIEP Intermediate Member
Books / articles / non-fiction / fiction
East Lothian, Scotland
https://www.radleyedits.com/
@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!).
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. 📝🐍🎨🧶🐻❄️🫀❤️🔥🎲🌱🫧
Paula Clarke Bain @baindex.org Book indexer, editor, boss at baindex.org | Society of Indexers Chair and Fellow | CIEP APM | Cryptic crossword novice setter Pixie | Stockport, UK
🧚🏻 www.mycrossword.co.uk/Pixie
See also
@indexers.bsky.social
www.indexers.org.uk
#IndexSky
Denise Cowle @denisecowle.bsky.social Copyeditor & proofreader. Advanced professional member & vice-chair of the CIEP. Cohost of The Editing Podcast. https://linktr.ee/denisecowle
Philippa Tomlinson @philippajtomlinson.bsky.social Editor and proofreader, educational publishing. Professional member of CIEP. Always learning
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.
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
Becca Allen @beccalikesbooks.bsky.social She/her. Freelance editor & proofreader, CIEP Professional Member. Also likes cats, cake and crafting.
beccaalleneditorial.co.uk
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
Heather Belleguelle @behestediting.bsky.social Copyeditor and proofreader of fiction, specialising in cozy mysteries. www.behest-editing.com
Clued Up Editing (Sharon Gray) @cluedupediting.bsky.social GB 📚Copyeditor | proofreader. Crime fiction | mysteries | thrillers | food. Concentrating on your commas. Welsh.
www.CluedUpEditing.co.uk
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
Jessica Spencer @jspencereditor.bsky.social Editor offering proofreading, copyediting and development editing, specialising in adult trade non-fiction, gift titles, children's non-fiction and education. Also dipping my toes into the field of fiction. Professional Member of the CIEP.
Hannah McCall @blackcatedit.com Fiction editor: Black Cat Editorial Services. Advanced Professional Member and proofreading tutor at the CIEP. Partner member of ALLi. ACES member. She/her 🇬🇧
www.blackcatedit.com
Kerrie-Anne Love @kerrieannelove.bsky.social British-Australian editor of fiction and creative non-fiction. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP). she/her
Living on Bundjalung Country
Louise Harnby @louiseharnby.bsky.social Crime fiction and thriller editor (she/her): harnby.co/fictionediting. Co-host of The Editing Podcast
Janeishly (she/her) @janeishly.bsky.social Literary & commercial translator (Swedish, Norwegian & French to UK English). Proofreader/editor. Writer. Manx European in rural southern Sweden. Gamer. Lefty. Autistic. More than slightly obsessed with IDLES.
Buy my book here: https://amzn.to/3ykZYJh
Aime Sund | Narrative Gardener📝📚 @aimeredleafeditor.bsky.social Fiction editor for all publishing paths | Story and word cultivator.
I love working with indie authors! | Bring the 🌶️!
Nonfiction editor specializing in botanical topics. 🌱🌼🌳
I write Fantasy & Over-40 romance in my spare moments.
www.redleafwords.com
Aimée Hill @aimeehill.bsky.social Developmental fantasy editor for fiction. Working through my TBR. Support your local library! Will gush about yarn. 🍄🧶☕
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