PerfectIt @perfectit.bsky.social Proofreading software for professionals
Draftsmith @draftsmith.bsky.social A writing refiner to help deliver your next draft faster and better
Ink & Insight @ink-and-insight.bsky.social Ink & Insight Wordsmithery provides writing and editing services. Based in Colorado and always planning my next trip.
www.inkandinsightwordsmithery.com
Emma Kinsley @kinsleywrites.bsky.social Writer, editor, proofreader, and book nerd.
Specializing in romance, fantasy, speculative fiction, and more.
She/her. DMs currently closed. Watch this space!
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Dana Sorensen 🇨🇦 @danaedits.bsky.social Editor, Writer, Equity trader. Rescue pets are ❤️. Marathon and ultramarathon runner. Book lover 📚. Serial volunteer. Field hockey mom, soccer mom.
Tatiana Barrie @tandts.bsky.social - Founder of Wandering Worlds (www.wanderingworlds.com)
- Professional Editor
- Building apps and communities for authors & creatives
Tara de Queiroz, ELS @alpinewriting.bsky.social She/her | Board-certified Editor in the Life Sciences | member, EFA | Steering committee, Freedom to Read Nevada | anti-AI | Hampshire College F90
Crooked Branch Editing @cbediting.bsky.social Cynthia
Romance Editor | Bookworm | Artist
Xalisto🔬🧪🧬 ✍️📚 @calistusmbeti.bsky.social Supporting researchers and scientists with📝scientific editing💰grant writing👩💻proofreading 📖formatting✍️medical writing 💻technical writing👩🏻🔬scientific review📊data visualization📚author services .🔬🧪🧬 ✍️📚
Victoria Wroblewski @inkhornedits.bsky.social Freelance Copy Editor and Proofreader | Omnivorous Reader, Fannibal, and Opinionated Person.
https://inkhorneditor.com/
Carol Darnell @galwhowords.bsky.social Democrat, editor, and stepmom to three wonderful (adult) kids. I've worked mostly on RPGs and speculative fiction. My website is www.galwhowords.com. DMs not for editing inquiries are NOT accepted, those=BLOCK. I primarily interact through posts.
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 🥧
Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social Freelance Medical Writer and Editor | Bookworm | Communicating science well--for healthy people and a healthy planet 🌳
Marcy Ongert @moediting.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader, reader, parent, INFJ with ADHD. 
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
Bethany Beaulaurier @bethany-beau.bsky.social Freelance Editor at Beau Editing | Former Social Worker | Sims4 Enthusiast | Social Justice Activist
Learn more about my editing services at www.beauediting.com.
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
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/
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
Sara | Fiction Book Editor | Coffee Lover @writewayedits.com 📖 Fiction editor. Story-focused, detail-driven.
☕ Here for book talk and strong coffee.
🔗 https://writewayedits.com/links/
V. G. Anderson, MFA @vandersonauthor.bsky.social Best-Smelling (sic) Author, Editor @nightowlfreelance.bsky.social, Artist, Activist, Zany Wife, Dog Mom 🐾 Pinball, Pool & Pastries. 💜 Stand with #Ukraine #ResistTyrany
Website: vganderson.com
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson & British Fantasy Award nominated author, illustrator from Bristol, UK.
ROOTS OF MY FEARS, Titan 2025
ITCH! Hodder & Stoughton 2025
FIRST DATE, Datura Books 2026
HAPPY HOUR, Shortwave 2026
NoSleep Podcast.
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
@glitter-lung.bsky.social @glitter-lung.bsky.social (she/her) liberation-oriented therapist, copy editor, obsessed with bright colors and art
Jennifer Gilbreath @adelevarens.bsky.social She/her. South NJ girl in NoVA. Proud mom of an autistic adult. Mental health book editor. Bloggess Pal & SPN family member.
Anne Louise Mahoney @annelouise11.bsky.social Editor. Booklover. Glass-half-full type. Believer in humanity's goodness in spite of everything. Let's build a better world one action at a time.
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
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
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Joanie Eppinga @eagleeyeeditor.bsky.social Editor, writer, reader; aikidoist for 24 years. Advanced Professional Member, CIEP. Co-author: Powerless to Powerful: Leadership for School Change. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475822366/Powerless-to
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 🤓
Robin Marwick @electricland.bsky.social Freelance medical editor, alto, digital packrat, occasional traveller, trying to make things better. If you tell me a tomato is a fruit not a vegetable, you’ll get a lecture. 🇨🇦 She/her. https://linktr.ee/rmarwick
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
John McIntyre @johnemcintyre.bsky.social Retired Baltimore Sun editor, flaneur. Author of “The Old Editor Says” and “Bad Advice.” Kentuckian transplanted to Baltimore. 
Colleen Barry @copycurmudgeon.bsky.social Copy editor (ProPublica, FiveThirtyEight, ESPN), baker, cross stitcher, cat furniture. she/her
Jonathon Owen @arrantpedantry.com Editor • Writer • Linguist • Ironic meta-pedant • Villain • Cat person
Blog: https://www.arrantpedantry.com
Merch: https://arrantpedantry.myspreadshop.com
Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social Assistant Director of the Institute of Advanced Columbo Studies; Certified Meth(eny) Head
(the handle is a clue)
Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com freelance editor and proofreader of books, comics, news, and other stuff • author of The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style • co-head and senior editor of @twincitiesgeek.com • she/her
🔗 madeleinevasaly.com/links
📖 comicbookstyle.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
Linda Dunn @dunn4authors.bsky.social Streamlining the author platform and strengthening the author brand.
www.virtualauthorsassistant.com
Erin K. Maher @erinkmaher.bsky.social Academic copyeditor, line editor, and indexer in the arts and humanities. She/her/Dr. It's pronounced "mar."
Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social (she/her) Poet, songwriter, finder of lost things. Lover of the amphibious. Endearingly uncool. Occasional open mic performer. Visit https://prairievixenpress.ca/about/ for a list of places to find my poems.
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.
heath @marigolds.bsky.social words mechanic. mute me when skating’s on
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
Karen Wise @wisekaren.bsky.social Book editor (mostly cookbooks). Bostonian. Liberal Democrat. Lover of cats and word puzzles/games of all kinds. she/her
JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social Careful book editing for indie romance authors. My resting bitchface brings all the boys to the yard. JuliaEdits.com - julia@juliaedits.com (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
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.
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. 💬
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
Jennifer W. Hanson @jenniferwhanson.bsky.social Copyeditor & indexer specializing in books on birds/birding. Writing a NJ moth guide. NWS weather spotter. Free-range birding librarian/archivist. She/her.
Raquel ⟡ Fiction Editor @raqueledits.bsky.social ⟡ Editing SFF, Horror, Romance, and LitRPGs
⟡ Story Coach and #RevPit Editor
⟡ Creative Director @StetChat.com #StetChat
⟡ SD/PEN Board, ACES, EFA, etc.
⟡ Wizard Script Scholar: Stet, ⁐, TK, ₰, Ͽ, ⸎
✨️🧿 www.raquelbrown.com
Rachel Fudge @rachelfudge.bsky.social Editor for hire: scholarly nonfiction, public policy, and nonprofit advocacy 📚 Editorial director @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social (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 🏴
Jen Anderson @jen.clearingblocks.com Teeth shouldn't be luxury bones. Public health comms, Tetris mastermind, catmancer, F1 fan, and freelance copy editor. Lots about brain injuries here. Views my own. She/her. 🏳️🌈
Need an editor? www.clearingblocksediting.com
Jenny Warren | Fiction Editor @jennyeditor.bsky.social Freelance line/copyeditor/proofreader of fiction. Massive romance fan 💕 Professional Member of the CIEP. She/her. https://www.warrenproofreading.co.uk/
Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com Editor: Books, poetry, query letters, content marketing
Host: #StetChat @stetchat.com
Member: @acesediting.bsky.social, @authorsguild.org
Former history major. Writer? Reader
Fan: #Survivor #JetLagTheGame #DragRace
🚫 AI
📍 STL
she/her
carolinavonkampen.com
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/
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
jenny o @jennyo.bsky.social Editor and publications specialist for nonprofit and social impact. 🇳🇿 pākehā / 🇨🇦 white settler posting from Treaty 3 3/4. She/her.
Lindsay (she/her) @topazlit.bsky.social www.topazliterary.com
Editor and writer, conscious language advocate, library assistant, cat valet, bookworm. 🌈📚
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
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
Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social he/him 🏳️🌈 IBS 💊 New York City 🗽
linguist, editor, educator 🤓
Jewish/Quaker 🕎☮️
Adult ESL Adjunct Instructor
EdM — Teachers College, Columbia University 🚕
MA — The University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰
sings karaoke and in piano bars 🎤
video games with friends online 🎮
Melissa D. Hellman @hellmanmd.bsky.social Omnivore. Editor. Cat person. Ice hockey. Gymnastics. Knitting. Cookbooks. Dessert and baking. Science. She/her. I post only for myself.
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
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
(Kyra is offline until late August) @kyrafreestar.bsky.social Editing social science and social science fiction since 2005.
Following dragons, dictionaries, and disability justice.
Hope is a decision.
Find me at Bridge Creek Editing | Academic Editing Circle | Mightier (she/they)
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
Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social Ghostwriter. (Developmental) Editor. Author coach. Helping authors bring their books (~200 so far) to life. Co-founder trails nonprofit (EndlessTrails.us) w/ wife Kerri. INTJ. Man City fan, cyclist, runner. Idaho.
Laura Poole @laurapoole.bsky.social Editor, baker, modern quilter, pluviophile, pasta enthusiast, rhubarb lover. Retroflex r. Short and mighty.
She/her
Jill 😷 @jillysull.bsky.social Copy editor, conscious language advocate, cat person. Probably not here very much.
Christine Ma @mschristinema.bsky.social Copyeditor and proofreader | she/her | Conscious Style Guide Advisory Council member
Sara Donaldson @northerneditorial.bsky.social Copyeditor and writer. Theatre bod. Researches dead people. Art history student. Obsessed with old photos.
Northerneditorial.co.uk
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
Reina (she/her) @reinamwilliams.bsky.social mom, luddite, library worker
third-generation soap watcher
reading, baking, thrifting, crafting
writing kidlit and romance
Linktree: https://t.co/tIOvhhKZat
On stolen Ohlone land. Supporting https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/
Barbie Halaby @monocleediting.bsky.social My keen eye for your best words. Editor/proofreader/bibliophile/mom who loves black tea, brookies, and sarcasm. EFA & ACES. She/her.
Kelley Frodel @kelleyfrodel.bsky.social Copyeditor of science fiction, fantasy, and YA/MG books. Pacific Northwest. She/her. 
Lourdes Venard @lourdesvenard.bsky.social Education Editor, The News Literacy Project
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)🖤
Amy J. Schneider @amyjschneider.bsky.social Copyeditor. Crazy dog lady. Singer. Wife. Runner. Wino. Not necessarily in that order. (she/her)
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/
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!
Alyssa Wejebe @alyssawejebe.bsky.social Writer + Editor. Current/Previous clients: Unwinnable Monthly, Yen Press, Tapas, J-Novel Club, Ideas on Fire, Strange Horizons, ArtStation Magazine, SOLRAD Magazine + more. Tessera Editorial alum. Website: https://alyssawejebe.carrd.co/
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 Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social Book history, disability studies, and digital humanities. Specialty in tactile reading. Certified braille transcriber. she/they. ocd & chronic pain & cane user.
SciEditor—Adrienne Montgomerie @scieditor.ca Awesomer of hard words, teacher of tech and editors, sea-kayaker, SciEditor.ca, eiw365.com
Wes Cowley @wes.wordsbywes.ink Academic, technical, and nonfiction editor, specializing in computer science, ML, AI (policy, legal, and technical), economics, finance, math, statistics, and related fields.
Member EFA, ACES
Home: www.wordsbywes.ink
Email: wes@wordsbywes.ink
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
Christian @cwwilkie.org ACES-certified editor, dissident, void-screamer, liability multiplier, localthink. #slogan #slogan #bumpersticker
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
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
Rachel Herbert @herbertstyles.bsky.social Happy editor, ACES member. Team Singular They. Foul-mouthed church lady. she/her.