Meredith Harris | Client-First Editing @merediththeeditor.bsky.social freelance academic editor | clarifying language & verifying references so academics can share their ideas with less friction | I don't use AI in my work, just my brain | www.clientfirstediting.com
#StetChat @stetchat.com #StetChat is an hourlong live conversation on Bluesky for the #editing community.
💬 Next #StetChat: Sept. 16 | Red Flag Roulette
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jim c @jimcolella.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Former blogger, journo, & short story writer. Words in Flash Fiction Magazine & The London Economic. Now focused on creative nonfiction.
https://substack.com/@jimcolella
https://instagram.com/jimcwriter
📍UK
Heather Martin @heather-martin.com Freelance editor • https://heather-martin.com
Inveterate reader, coder, climber, shutterbug, tinkerer & dork
Pronouns: she/her • elle
Location: Tiohtià:ke • Mooniyang • Montreal
Languages: English • French
A. J. Hodges @secondworldedits.bsky.social Author & developmental editor | Writes: horror, fantasy & queer romance 🌈 Published by Asymptote Journal & Foofaraw. he/they | PhD Social Anthropology | Academic DE: https://www.thenarrativecraft.com | Fiction: https://www.andyjhodges.com
Jessica Hoadley @jhoadleyedits.bsky.social 🌺 Australian professional editor (IPEd)
🤸♂️ Middle grade and young adult specialist
✍️ Also writing a witchy YA series
😍 Here for #kidlit
jessicahoadley.com
Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social ⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
⋆WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT (HH Fall, 2027)
⋆Rep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian
⋆✒️WTMP & 🩵 SmoochPit Mentor
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AnnFB @mededitorann.bsky.social Semi-retired freelance medical editor. Make my family life from love, laughter, duplicate bridge, cooking, and crafts.
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social #RevPit is a contest for #authors by #editors with the aim of presenting agent-ready manuscripts
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Ken Ryan @kryancreative.bsky.social Author, eVTOL Entrepreneur, Cartoonist, National Security concerned citizen. 
Diego D. Lomax @diegodlomax.bsky.social Dyslexic writer, tracing artist, and tone-deaf producer
My debut novel 'God of Fishes' is out NOW!
My graphic novel, [4-EVA], coming soon
Check out ny website for more info www.diegodlomax.com
Lexidh Solstad @lexidh.catpasity.com 100% Original content!
Norwegian childfree crazy cat lady, married to a crazy dog man, trying to juggle chronic pain, adulting, crafting, reading, gardening, writing, and managing buildings/projects/investments. May contain nuts and insanity.
JWT_BookAdventures @jwtba.bsky.social Welcome to JWT_BookAdventures - I do Q&A interviews with Authors - I also do book reviews if I am interested in reading the book
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
The Independent Author Network @ianauthornetwork.bsky.social Welcome to the Independent Author Network at Bluesky. Promoting and Supporting Indie Authors since 2010. Our Book of the Year Awards program features $6,000 in cash prizes. #IAN1
ScotlandYardCSI @scotlandyardcsi.bsky.social A.J. Hewitt author of The Darkroom: Case Files of a Scotland Yard Forensic Photographer, nominated for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025
Literary Agent @jkpapin.bsky.social DG&B NY📚
https://www.ajhewittauthor.com/buy-my-book
IG scotlandyardcsi
Omyleggo @omyleggo.bsky.social Writer - my psychological techno-thriller novel is in the beta read stage. Artist - painting realism with oils. Slowly learning guitar, mostly to play the songs I grew up with. IT nerd. Lifelong learner. Opinions and posts are my own.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social Write your way to a more positive outlook on life! Guided writing activities to foster personal growth, increased mindfulness, and emotional wellbeing. Online anywhere, and in-person in North East England. writingforwellbeing.co.uk
Elle Jauffret @ellejauffret.bsky.social Award-winning mystery author | Speaker | Moderator. I write about identity, perception, and hidden power structures.
THREADS OF DECEPTION (2024)
COSPLAYED TO DEATH (2025)
https://ellejauffret.com
Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social Author, artist, gamer & GIANT GEEK (she/her) 🇨🇦
LOST INFERNAL - Now available on Amazon - Learn more at Lostinfernal.com
Tortured soul behind the writer's resource
@descriptionary.bsky.social | descriptionary.wordpress.com
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Marcy Ongert @moediting.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader, reader, parent, INFJ with ADHD. 
CelticStoic(Dan) 🏴 @celticstoic.bsky.social Chipping away at literature, history, and other interests, whilst navigating stormy seas and a lee shore. #WhitmanWednesday 🌾
Locus: New England & the abyss of MECFS / FQAD
🌤️Sol Omnibus Lucet
– Petronius
Concord City Dems (NH) @concordnhdems.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy Local Democratic Party committee for Concord, New Hampshire. Toots by @egallager (for now) #NHPolitics
[bridged from @concordnhdems@mstdn.social by Bridgy Fed]
Crooked Branch Editing @cbediting.bsky.social Cynthia
Romance Editor | Bookworm | Artist
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen @shaheen.senate.gov Proud Granite Stater serving New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate. Former Governor. Mother & Grandmother. Pats & Red Sox Fan. Outdoor enthusiast.
Sen. Maggie Hassan (mirror) @senatorhassan.govpeeps.us Mirror tweets from New England sports fan, mom, crossword enthusiast, former governor, U.S. Senator for New Hampshire.
[Public service journalism; not affiliated with government officer.]
Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander @goodlander.house.gov Proudly representing New Hampshire's Second District.
https://goodlander.house.gov/
Cory Booker @corybooker.com U.S. Senator from New Jersey. 
Eyedetic_Art @eyedeticart.bsky.social Visual artist, lapsed theatre practitioner, occasional film-maker, used to VJ a bit, and an aspiring author. 2023 Penguin WriteNow shortlisted.My website www.eyedetic.co.uk & Insta @eyedeticart 
Nicholas Orsillo @nickorsillo.bsky.social I'm an academic copy editor, proofreader, and Czech-to-English translator; would-be historian; and keeper of life in glass boxes. www.nicholasorsillo.com
Joanne Starer @joannestarer.bsky.social Writer |
Fire& Ice: Welcome to Smallville * Sirens of the City * The Harley Quinn Fartacular * Total Suplex of the Heart * The Gimmick |
JoanneStarer.com
📬: GlassEyeComics at gmail
Lore the Writer @lorethewriter.bsky.social Nonbinary writer of atmospheric queer, adult fantasy, horror, and romance.
WiPs:
Demon Lore (contemporary fantasy/horror)
Heartless Hollow (romantic fantasy)
Red (futuristic Robin Hood reimagining)
Kathy Steinemann, Writer, Author, Poet @kathyswriter.bsky.social
KathySteinemann.com
Kathy Steinemann is a #writer who loves #words, especially when they're frightening or futuristic or funny.
https://gander.social/profile/kathyswriter.gander.social
https://www.facebook.com/KathySWriter
Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social Freelance Medical Writer and Editor | Bookworm | Communicating science well--for healthy people and a healthy planet 🌳
Tam Farnsworth @t-farnsworth.bsky.social Software engineer with a love for all things books and art
Banner photo from the British Library on Unsplash.
Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social New album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, out 9/18 on Nonesuch Records!
Mary Hrovat @maryhrovat.bsky.social Essayist and poet. Autistic. Books, trees, clouds, sky.
https://slowquiet.substack.com
https://maryhrovat.com
Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
DarlingAxe.com
MFA Program for Writers @warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social 50 Years of the MFA Program for Writers—the first low-residency MFA in the US and the world.
Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction
App deadlines: September 1 | March 1
https://linktr.ee/warrenwilsonmfa
Susan Currie @suecurrie24.bsky.social Cayuga/Acadian adoptee, teacher and writer. Author of Fierce Voice (Common Deer Press), sequel to Iz the Apocalypse. susancurriewriter.com
Also, most importantly, Rachel’s mom and wife to the magnificent John.
R W Owen @iviesofinkribbons.bsky.social Writer. Fiction in Literally Stories, Five on the Fifth, In Another Time, etc.
Typewriters, writing communities, cats, photography, and hiking
Member of AWP, NHWP, Pen Parentis
https://forgottennewengland.com/portfolio/published-short-fiction/
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@mariablanc.bsky.social @mariablanc.bsky.social 
Michelle Noble | Editor @noble-editorial.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Freelance editor & proofreader | Speculative, historical, lit fic & romance | Narrative nonfiction | Web content | 🚫AI | she/her
Connect: www.michellenoble.com
Settler on Dish with One Spoon & Treaty 3 land known as Hamilton, ON 🇨🇦
Penni Askew (she/her) @penni-askew.bsky.social I edit genre fiction and live in North Texas with my family and rescue dog. I knit to relax and am learning to crochet.
Erin Roll @erinrolleditor.bsky.social Freelance copyeditor and proofreader of MG, YA, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, and quite a few other things. Currently working on your future favorite new read. Loves music, tea, dogs, video games, and dark chocolate. She/her. erinroll.com
Brenna Bailey-Davies @brennabaileybooks.bsky.social Queer Canadian romance author as Brenna Bailey ~ Fiction editor of SFF and romance ✨🇨🇦
Nicole Hall @nicole-eh.bsky.social Freelance Editor | Copy editing, line editing, proofreading, some developmental editing | FICTION: MG fiction, romance, thriller, some fantasy & sci-fi | NONFICTION: Tech sector, memoir, business, self-help
Kathleen Chamberlain @krchamberlain.bsky.social Book collector, reader, coffee fiend, film and theater buff, retired English professor
Emily | The Biased Bibliophile @biasedbibliophile.bsky.social Developmental editing, manuscript evaluations, copyediting, and authenticity reading for science fiction and fantasy.💜
Love working with strategically undervalued representation!
📚New and indie authors welcome!
https://www.thebiasedbibliophile.com/
Korra Saqqara (Christa Angelios) @metamythica.bsky.social 💀 Studying the Gothic at MMU
📖 Literary Coach & Freelance Editor, MetaMythica Literary
🐧 Former Random Penguin; Columbia Publishing Course alum
Member: EFA, ACES, PEN
She/Her
#SWANAinPublishing #AmWriting #AmEditing #Folklore #Horror #SFF 👻
Opinions my own
Ellen Sheng @ellensheng.bsky.social Writer/Editor/Content strategist. 2x WSJ alum. Mom to boys and cats. Indoor enthusiast.
ellensheng.com
Helen Gaye @helengaye.bsky.social Havanese dog owner, occasional Havanese breeder, retired elementary teacher, contra dancer, current Faith Formation teacher, Member of Guardians of Social Security, advocate for truth, justice and unity for all Americans
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Merel Elsinga @merelsinga.bsky.social Plain language consultant. Editor, indexer, and writer with a background in law and a post-professional lingering passion for sailing and cooking. Clarity’s chief editor. Center for Plain Language’s executive director.
Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social writer and dogsledder, host of story podcast “what to carry, what to burn”
Lily @elloeditorial.com ✍️ 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 If you're interested in working with a friendly, eagle-eyed editor (or just want to say hi), please reach out!
www.elloeditorial.com
Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social France-based freelance journalist and copywriter. Wife of 1 and mum of 3. Understands the challenges of being neurodiverse. Swoonz over Clive Barker, Jane Austen, history (frocks included). Appreciates those who craft, loves word play and cake. Sweary.
Katherine A. Moore @kamoore.bsky.social Developmental and copy editor. Photographer. Book review column editor for PEN.
Former script supervisor.
Seattle, WA. 🌱📚🎥
Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social Reading, writing, walking in Ontar-i-air-i-air-io (Can-Am). Publishing advocate. Nonprofit consultant. Author of a short story collection (MOTHERISH), essays & more TK. She/her
Danny Daydreams Daily ☀️ @dannysdaydreams.bsky.social Daniel James, author of queer and trans fiction. Represented by Kara Grajkowski at 3 Seas Lit.
FLOWERS FOR A MARTIAN | '27
Nadia Geagea Pupa @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social Podcast Host of The Editor's Half Hour
Co-Founder and CEO of Pique Publishing, Inc.
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
Kim Kankiewicz @kimkankiewicz.bsky.social Author of Bellwether: A Telephone Operator, a Landmark Court Case, and the Women Whose Voices Connected a Nation (Union Square March 2027). History and culture writer. Words in The Atlantic, NPR, Salon, Washington Post. she/her
Paula Breger @paulaebreger.bsky.social Copyeditor and librarian. Lover of books, tea, and theatre. Tolkien and Austen. She/her/hers.
Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com Children's & YA book editor at Julie Scheina Editorial Services | Former senior editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Coffee & book lover
DonutSquared @donutsquared.bsky.social "Artist" and fried pastry connoisseur.
Also regretfully on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donutsquar.ed
Michelle Hyde @woolbrook.bsky.social Writer, reader, editor and academic. Coffee is life. Or at least allows a semblance of it 🤷🏼♀️
Miranda Darrow (she/her) @miranda-darrow.bsky.social Freelance Fiction Editor, Concise Fiction Academy, RevPit volunteer editor and board member. Let me help you bring out the best version of your novel! www.mirandadarrow.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 
bright medusa @brightmedusa.bsky.social This multipod learns, thinks, designs, tries to see how things are similar.
I get involved in too many things: learning design, small business brand design, visual story design, and board game & puzzle design.
Erin Willard @erincopyeditor.bsky.social Intersectional feminist. Fiction copyeditor. Books, pencils, dogs, shopping small, San Diego, and MCFC. she/her
Bea @beasbooknook.bsky.social Reader. Author PA. Copy editor and proofreader. Cat herder. Opinionated. Sometimes breathing. Too complicated.
Jen Tolnay @wordsbyjt.bsky.social Editor (copy/line) and proofreader. Lover of books, movies, travel, and occasionally getting up and going for a walk. 
Jenn Rossiter @jbrediting.bsky.social Freelance editor and grant writer supporting academics and non-profits 🇨🇦 🐈⬛ ☕️ jennrossiter[dot]com
(she/her)
John Zic @johnzic.bsky.social Writer, owner and publisher at LitStack.com (find what you should read), legal assistant, with my man 36 years, love books, theater, film, & people. I'm at johnzic.com. I also build websites using Wordpress, Oxygen, Divi. I'm a Wally.
Meredith Jacobson @meredithj.bsky.social Reading, writing, editing, listening, thinking, wondering. 
Matthew Metcalf @matthewmetcalf.bsky.social ✍️ Writer and social justice advocate
💙 Diversity | Resilience | Empathy
🙏 Husband and father hopeful for change
📖 https://bridgesofhope.substack.com
🍽️ Food, Data Science, Tech - From Arkansas 🫘
Alistair Caradec @alistaircaradec.bsky.social I work with stories. He/him/his.
www.alistairedits.com
@cnyexpat.bsky.social @cnyexpat.bsky.social "I would prefer not to."
An Ithaca expat in DC. A manuscript-editing, clarinetting political junkie. TPM member since 2016.
Elia B @eliabenari.bsky.social Scientist, writer/editor, voter/resister, flower fanatic. She/her. Just be kind.
Heidi Fiedler @heidifiedler.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Coach. Mother.
Learn how to enjoy the creative process, so you can keep going even when life is 🍌🍌🍌!
Find critiques, coaching, and a warm community at helloheidifiedler.com. 
Karen DeVries @ramonaq71.bsky.social Writer and editor in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Tiffany AM | Matron Saint @matronsaint.bsky.social Writer, English prof, editor. I have the soul of a moneyed Victorian who has taken to bed but enjoys the occasional stroll. I wish hell were real.
Emily Rachel Roysdon @emilyrr.bsky.social I'm a teacher-turned-editor, a word nerd, a news junkie, a puzzle solver, and a Jewish mama to two adult kids. I'm also a Maine native living in California since 1997 – you can take the girl out of Maine, but you can't take Maine out of the girl.
Jehanne @jehannem.bsky.social 
@MysteryVictoria @mysteryvictoria.bsky.social Surly childless cat lady, drinker of tea & author of bestselling Vintage Kitchen Mysteries, Merry Muffin Mysteries, & Lady Anne historical mysteries in ebook, paperback & audio! I'm also on IG: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryauthorvictoriahamilton/