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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
James Harbeck @sesquiotic.bsky.social Louche left-wing nerd. Words, food, music, beverage alcohol. MA linguistics, PhD theatre. jamesharbeck.com, sesquiotic.com
Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social 📚 Book Editor, Fr→En Lit Translator, Educator
🍽📖 Working on/devouring speculative fiction, horror, memoir, IF, comics
⭐ Teaching and coaching editors and writers
📘 Faculty @ Emerson's MFA in Popular Fiction
🌈📚 RSM team
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♿🪫🇨🇭🎨
🚫gen AI
www.TanyaGold.com
Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social Writer of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
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
Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com Certified Professional Editor • cookbook indexer • plain language trainer • mental health researcher • adjunct prof • #AngryJellyDonut • #LyricsPrompt prompter • #ParticipateInResearch booster • author, #AfterTheFeast • she/her • www.ivacheung.com
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social Helping scholars write & publish outstanding books since 2015 📚
Tips at newsletter.manuscriptworks.com & in THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK and MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK (Princeton UP)
Courses + free resources at manuscriptworks.com
Knitter, 2X Jeopardy! champ 🤓
Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social #FindThatLizard Creator|Future Natural History Show Host|AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador|Forbes #30u30| #BlackBirdersWeek|#HU16|ΔΣΘ|She/Her| http://linktr.ee/EarynMcGee
Shecky @shecky.bsky.social Geek. SF/F copyeditor (500+ works edited, rehomes feral commas, hot-glues dangling participles, etc.). Quantum comma mechanic. He/him. NO "AI." (Avatar by Howard Tayler.) sffcopyediting.com
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)
Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social "Swear to god you're like a Fox Fire book set in hell." - Ursula Vernon
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself. 
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
Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds
Cyclops is so great
I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
Kristine Hunt @henitsirk.bsky.social I teach history (US & world) to undergrads. A scholarly copy editor for 20+ years. Northwest Editors Guild board secretary, Friends of the Lebanon (OR) Public Library vice-president. Gardener, cat wrangler. Opinions mine. She/her
On Santiam Kalapuya land
Jaime Sperling @diedofennui.bsky.social Copyediting, proofreading, cats, running, insomnia. Not necessarily in that order.
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS @kokedit.bsky.social Medical editor helping researchers in 20+ nations get published in 60+ medical journals. No GenAI/LLMs. Member of ACES, AMWA, BELS, CSE, EFA. Board-certified editor in the life sciences. She/her. https://www.kokedit.com
heath @marigolds.bsky.social words mechanic. mute me when skating’s on
Madam Grammar @madamgrammar.bsky.social Professor, editor, grammar evangelist in the Sunflower State. Finding the joy in language and walking the fine red line between prescriptivism and descriptivism. She/her.
Heather E. Saunders @h-e-saunders.bsky.social 🧡 That space-loving, orange-haired editor 🌟Here for edibuddies, space stuff, doggos, sustainability, inclusion & kindness🔸she/they/Mx
Karen Wise @wisekaren.bsky.social Book editor (mostly cookbooks). Bostonian. Liberal Democrat. Lover of cats and word puzzles/games of all kinds. she/her
Iroise Tracy @wavesofwords.bsky.social 
EditorMark @editormark.bsky.social Focus: the free exchange of ideas. Editor, writer, ally. Advocate for plain language, journalism, diversity, tolerance. Believes universities, corporations and other institutions should not be arms of the state (i.e., antifascist). Host, That Word Chat.
James M. Fraleigh @jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social Deadlines are my lifeline! Solo copyeditor (academic, scholarly, textbooks, trade/narrative nonfiction) and proofreader (any genre!). 🍩 appreciator. Enthusiastic New Jerseyan 🤌🏻 user. Trivial Democratic apparatchik. He/him.
Crystal | Fiction Editor @redpenrabbit.bsky.social Fiction editor and proofreader for hire. Advocate of intentional language and respectful representation. Visit rabbitwitharedpen.com/links for writing and editing resources. She/her.
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/
Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social The Northwest Editors Guild is a professional association for U.S. editors of the written word. Based in the PNW, with events for editors everywhere. Sharing editing news, events, #StetPet assistants, and a well-dressed pencil mascot. www.edsguild.org
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
Kate Nascimento - Editor and Proofreader @katenascim.bsky.social Editor (kneditorial.com) and lover of all things dark, magical, and weird 🖤 I edit fantasy, horror, comics, games 🖤(she/her)🖤
James Gallagher @castlewallsedit.bsky.social Castle Walls Editing (Copyeditor, Proofreader) / Editor at Evident Ink / Pens & Pilcrows / ACES and EFA / Editor of Horror and Romance / Presenter at ACES VCON24 & ACES Salt Lake City 2025 / 400+ Books Edited
Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social Editor, baker, modern quilter, pluviophile, pasta enthusiast, rhubarb lover. Retroflex r. Short and mighty.
She/her
Taylor McConnell @taylormcconnell.eurosky.social I get paid to complain about big airports. 🏳️🌈
Literary Laura @literarylaura.bsky.social Writing coach, fiction editor, author. #ACES and #EFA member. Weird fiction writer. #Neurodiversity speaker & ADHDer. Human editing only - no AI involved. I bake spooky treats, powerlift & hike in search of forest groves. www.literarylaura.com
ACES: The Society for Editing @acesediting.bsky.social We are the nation’s leading organization of editing professionals, educators, and students. Follow us for #editing news, events, & training. https://linktr.ee/aceseditors
Elizabeth d'Anjou @elizdanjou.bsky.social Freelance editor and workshop presenter. Editing instructor at TMU. Vegetable gardener. Shares space with husband, dog, cats, and bunny. Doting aunt. Ask me about bringing Eight-Step Editing to your team or organization. https://eightstepediting.ca
Amy J. Schneider @amyjschneider.bsky.social Copyeditor. Crazy dog lady. Singer. Wife. Runner. Wino. Not necessarily in that order. (she/her)
Christine Ma @mschristinema.bsky.social Copyeditor and proofreader | she/her | Conscious Style Guide Advisory Council member
SciEditor—Adrienne Montgomerie @scieditor.ca Awesomer of hard words, teacher of tech and editors, sea-kayaker, SciEditor.ca, eiw365.com
SarahEditsRomance @sacalfee.bsky.social Fiction editor and romance specialist, Jane Austen fangirl, unapologetic reading addict, writer, asmathic runner, yoga enthusiast, overly sweary parent, Professional Member of CIEP, threelittlewordsediting.com
Laura Bontje | Preorder Marian's Big Dig! @laurabontje.bsky.social Fiction Editor | Author: WAS IT A CAT I SAW? (Amicus), WHEN THE AIR SANG (Annick), MARIAN'S BIG DIG (Groundwood), and more | she/her | Seeking rep | No AI
https://bio.site/laurabontje
pyramnesiac @pyramnesiac.bsky.social She/her. Fiction editor on the spectrum, specializing in sci-fi and fantasy. Poet. Writer. c̷a̷s̷u̷a̷l̷l̷y̷ ̷d̷i̷s̷a̷p̷p̷e̷a̷r̷i̷n̷g̷
https://www.threefatesediting.com
Jaime Dill | editor @jaimedilleditor.bsky.social queer poet | editor for hire | owner of a dope lit mag | smearing paint to the sound of vinyl when my plants and cat don't need me | deets- http://linktr.ee/jaime_dill 🌈
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/
Crystal Watanabe @pikko.bsky.social Fiction editor, owner of Pikko's House, SimpleMarkup webcomic writer, author of Yum-Yum Bento Box, yarn dragon, cohost of the Silo podcast Wires From the Deep and Rom-Com Detectives. Born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii. Mom to 3 in Honolulu. 🤙
Dotty Eyes (aka Patty Boyd), she/her @dottyeyes.bsky.social Founder and owner of Steel Pencil Editorial. Helping writers share their very best!
She/her
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.
Pam Eidson @ebeforei.bsky.social E before I editorial services.
Upending the patriarchy through copyediting.
Editing for nonprofits and for authors who respect diversity.
she/her
bio.site/ebeforei
Abby Marshall (Well Read Editorial) 📚 @wellreadedits.bsky.social Copyeditor
Proofreader
Writer
Lawyer
Dog lover
Beachgoer
Bird-watcher
Wine drinker
www.wellreadeditorial.com
William | Edivations @edivations.bsky.social Fiction copy editor with a love for dark fiction, especially of the gothic kind. EFA and ACES member.
Dayna R (they/them) @yourpublishingbff.bsky.social Inclusion-focused line/copy editor and coach specializing in romance, cozy mystery, and children's books. AuDHD. Fat Liberation. 🏳️🌈🇵🇸
www.YourPublishingBFF.com
Jeanette Fast Redmond @fastediting.biz Freelance editor/writer for Catholic and scholarly publishers, nonprofits, and authors. Conscious language and autism advocate. Mom, geek, Austenite, knitter/crocheter, pet herder, cancer survivor. She/her.
#editing #writing #publishing #Catholic
Cathy Tingle @doceditor.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader. Publishing Scotland tutor. Membership director of the CIEP. Literature PhD. Tea lover.
Elyse Lyon @elyselyon.bsky.social Fiction editor (mostly); professional member of CIEP; EFA member; likes cooking and walking. Based in Inverness but speaks American. www.elyselyon.com
Lorenzo Fusini @loref.bsky.social Data Scientist | Editor | Swimming Instructor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzo-fusini
Janita @jtlawrence.bsky.social Mother to a menagerie of chaos, traveller, yogi, gin fan.
Kindle Unlimited All-Star and USAT bestselling author.
#cursebreaker #bloodmagic #stickyfingers #whentomorrowcalls
www.jt-lawrence.com
Jason @unsettlement.bsky.social Recovering Academic.
Looking for virtuous signal in a world of vicious noise.
Ayshea Wild @writewild.bsky.social Book Editor at Write Wild
Arlene Prunkl @arleneprunkl.bsky.social book editor | enthusiastic reader | Mexicophile | beach gal | cat servant | animal lover and advocate | dog rescue volunteer | sewist | classical music aficionado
Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social My Book: Giving Up Is Unforgivable |UALawSchool |MSNOW Legal Analyst |Podcasts #SistersInLaw & Cafe Insider|Obama US Atty |25 year fed'l prosecutor|Wife & Mom of 4|Knits a lot|Civil Discourse newsletter: joycevance.substack.com
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
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
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
Liz Zachary | Non-fiction editor @brightoneditorial.bsky.social I provide editorial services to individuals and organisations around the world: www.brightoneditorial.com
Joined the RNLI as a volunteer lifeboat press officer in October 2024.
Likely to post pictures of flowers and seascapes.
Rebecca du Plessis @rebeccadp.bsky.social Copy-editor, proofreader | Advanced Professional Member CIEP | academic humanities | fiction translations from French
https://rebeccafduplessis.wixsite.com/editor
@carolyned1.bsky.social @carolyned1.bsky.social Freelance editor, Advanced Professional member of the CIEP, chief of staff to kitties Tallulah and Spike