Aime Sund | Fiction Editor 📝📚
@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
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
🗣️You text your protagonist: “Hey, we need to talk.”
Do they:
A) 📖 Send back an essay-length response?
B) 👍 Reply with one word?
C) 🤨 Use an emoji and assume you understand?
D) 👻 Leave you on read for 1--3 business days?
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Do they:
A) 📖 Send back an essay-length response?
B) 👍 Reply with one word?
C) 🤨 Use an emoji and assume you understand?
D) 👻 Leave you on read for 1--3 business days?
1/2
📚#WritingCommunity
February 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🗣️You text your protagonist: “Hey, we need to talk.”
Do they:
A) 📖 Send back an essay-length response?
B) 👍 Reply with one word?
C) 🤨 Use an emoji and assume you understand?
D) 👻 Leave you on read for 1--3 business days?
1/2
📚#WritingCommunity
Do they:
A) 📖 Send back an essay-length response?
B) 👍 Reply with one word?
C) 🤨 Use an emoji and assume you understand?
D) 👻 Leave you on read for 1--3 business days?
1/2
📚#WritingCommunity
📚 Stories need room to grow, but sometimes they need a sharp 👁️ and a steady 🤚 to help them flourish. That’s where I come in.
Whether your manuscript needs a light touch or a structural overhaul, I’ve got you with edits that respect your voice and cultivate your work.
🔗 in bio #WritingCommunity
Whether your manuscript needs a light touch or a structural overhaul, I’ve got you with edits that respect your voice and cultivate your work.
🔗 in bio #WritingCommunity
February 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
📚 Stories need room to grow, but sometimes they need a sharp 👁️ and a steady 🤚 to help them flourish. That’s where I come in.
Whether your manuscript needs a light touch or a structural overhaul, I’ve got you with edits that respect your voice and cultivate your work.
🔗 in bio #WritingCommunity
Whether your manuscript needs a light touch or a structural overhaul, I’ve got you with edits that respect your voice and cultivate your work.
🔗 in bio #WritingCommunity
📚You ever stare at your manuscript and think, "Wow, this is a jungle." 🌿
First drafts are chaotic.
Editing is where you prune. Trim✂️ the dead weight, shape the structure, and let the strongest parts breathe.
First drafts are chaotic.
Editing is where you prune. Trim✂️ the dead weight, shape the structure, and let the strongest parts breathe.
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📚You ever stare at your manuscript and think, "Wow, this is a jungle." 🌿
First drafts are chaotic.
Editing is where you prune. Trim✂️ the dead weight, shape the structure, and let the strongest parts breathe.
First drafts are chaotic.
Editing is where you prune. Trim✂️ the dead weight, shape the structure, and let the strongest parts breathe.
Tension is the secret sauce of storytelling. Without it, readers check out.
❌ No stakes = no investment.
❌ No conflict = no momentum.
❌ No surprises = no fun.
Scenes need something at risk so readers have a reason to care. And if the tension’s missing? Let's crank it up. 😉📚
#WritingCommunity
❌ No stakes = no investment.
❌ No conflict = no momentum.
❌ No surprises = no fun.
Scenes need something at risk so readers have a reason to care. And if the tension’s missing? Let's crank it up. 😉📚
#WritingCommunity
February 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Tension is the secret sauce of storytelling. Without it, readers check out.
❌ No stakes = no investment.
❌ No conflict = no momentum.
❌ No surprises = no fun.
Scenes need something at risk so readers have a reason to care. And if the tension’s missing? Let's crank it up. 😉📚
#WritingCommunity
❌ No stakes = no investment.
❌ No conflict = no momentum.
❌ No surprises = no fun.
Scenes need something at risk so readers have a reason to care. And if the tension’s missing? Let's crank it up. 😉📚
#WritingCommunity
🚀🚲Pacing is the heartbeat of your novel. Get it right, and readers can’t put it down. Get it wrong, and… well, good luck getting them past chapter three. 😬
🔸 Info dumps stall momentum.
🔸 Dragging scenes kill tension.
🔸 Rushed action steals impact.
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🔸 Info dumps stall momentum.
🔸 Dragging scenes kill tension.
🔸 Rushed action steals impact.
(1/2)
February 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚀🚲Pacing is the heartbeat of your novel. Get it right, and readers can’t put it down. Get it wrong, and… well, good luck getting them past chapter three. 😬
🔸 Info dumps stall momentum.
🔸 Dragging scenes kill tension.
🔸 Rushed action steals impact.
(1/2)
🔸 Info dumps stall momentum.
🔸 Dragging scenes kill tension.
🔸 Rushed action steals impact.
(1/2)
📚 Editor's Tip: Want to hook readers instantly? Start your story where your MC's normal world first cracks.
The ancient Romans called it "in medias res" (into the middle of things).
It worked for The Odyssey. It's worked for countless bestsellers. It'll work for your ms too.
#WritingCommunity
The ancient Romans called it "in medias res" (into the middle of things).
It worked for The Odyssey. It's worked for countless bestsellers. It'll work for your ms too.
#WritingCommunity
February 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
📚 Editor's Tip: Want to hook readers instantly? Start your story where your MC's normal world first cracks.
The ancient Romans called it "in medias res" (into the middle of things).
It worked for The Odyssey. It's worked for countless bestsellers. It'll work for your ms too.
#WritingCommunity
The ancient Romans called it "in medias res" (into the middle of things).
It worked for The Odyssey. It's worked for countless bestsellers. It'll work for your ms too.
#WritingCommunity
📚👀 The "mucky middle"?
A story's midpoint isn't a rest stop🥱. It's where everything changes. 🔄️
If your MC strolls through the motions instead of facing a life-altering choice or discovery, readers will close your book.
Don't let your story flatline in the middle. Add some 🤜💥!
#WritingCommunity
A story's midpoint isn't a rest stop🥱. It's where everything changes. 🔄️
If your MC strolls through the motions instead of facing a life-altering choice or discovery, readers will close your book.
Don't let your story flatline in the middle. Add some 🤜💥!
#WritingCommunity
January 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📚👀 The "mucky middle"?
A story's midpoint isn't a rest stop🥱. It's where everything changes. 🔄️
If your MC strolls through the motions instead of facing a life-altering choice or discovery, readers will close your book.
Don't let your story flatline in the middle. Add some 🤜💥!
#WritingCommunity
A story's midpoint isn't a rest stop🥱. It's where everything changes. 🔄️
If your MC strolls through the motions instead of facing a life-altering choice or discovery, readers will close your book.
Don't let your story flatline in the middle. Add some 🤜💥!
#WritingCommunity
Author voice = the distinctive personality that emerges while writing.
Style = the linguistic and structural choices that give that voice texture.
Every writer has a unique imprint waiting to be refined, not erased. An editor's art is in amplification, not modification. 📚💙✍️
#WritingCommunity
Style = the linguistic and structural choices that give that voice texture.
Every writer has a unique imprint waiting to be refined, not erased. An editor's art is in amplification, not modification. 📚💙✍️
#WritingCommunity
January 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Author voice = the distinctive personality that emerges while writing.
Style = the linguistic and structural choices that give that voice texture.
Every writer has a unique imprint waiting to be refined, not erased. An editor's art is in amplification, not modification. 📚💙✍️
#WritingCommunity
Style = the linguistic and structural choices that give that voice texture.
Every writer has a unique imprint waiting to be refined, not erased. An editor's art is in amplification, not modification. 📚💙✍️
#WritingCommunity
📚💙 When an author does something well, editors want to learn from them too. #WritingandBooks
January 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📚💙 When an author does something well, editors want to learn from them too. #WritingandBooks
Your 🧠 sabotages self-editing. But it's not your fault!
Fun fact: your 🧠 fills gaps & fixes errors when reading your own writing because it knows what you meant to ✍️.
That's why even on the 99th read you still miss "their" instead of "there".
An editor's 👀 can help 🔎📝
#WritingCommunity
Fun fact: your 🧠 fills gaps & fixes errors when reading your own writing because it knows what you meant to ✍️.
That's why even on the 99th read you still miss "their" instead of "there".
An editor's 👀 can help 🔎📝
#WritingCommunity
January 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Your 🧠 sabotages self-editing. But it's not your fault!
Fun fact: your 🧠 fills gaps & fixes errors when reading your own writing because it knows what you meant to ✍️.
That's why even on the 99th read you still miss "their" instead of "there".
An editor's 👀 can help 🔎📝
#WritingCommunity
Fun fact: your 🧠 fills gaps & fixes errors when reading your own writing because it knows what you meant to ✍️.
That's why even on the 99th read you still miss "their" instead of "there".
An editor's 👀 can help 🔎📝
#WritingCommunity
Going old school tomorrow:
I'm meeting a prospective client for lunch.
Face to face, over coffee/tea, talking about her book.
And I can't wait.
I love the sound of her story. I'd be thrilled to be part of her publishing journey.
🤞
📝
📚
#writingcommunity #writingandbooks
I'm meeting a prospective client for lunch.
Face to face, over coffee/tea, talking about her book.
And I can't wait.
I love the sound of her story. I'd be thrilled to be part of her publishing journey.
🤞
📝
📚
#writingcommunity #writingandbooks
January 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Going old school tomorrow:
I'm meeting a prospective client for lunch.
Face to face, over coffee/tea, talking about her book.
And I can't wait.
I love the sound of her story. I'd be thrilled to be part of her publishing journey.
🤞
📝
📚
#writingcommunity #writingandbooks
I'm meeting a prospective client for lunch.
Face to face, over coffee/tea, talking about her book.
And I can't wait.
I love the sound of her story. I'd be thrilled to be part of her publishing journey.
🤞
📝
📚
#writingcommunity #writingandbooks
Debunking a common fear about working with editors 🔍
Editors don't rewrite your voice - we amplify it.
Imagine a sound engineer at your favorite artist's concert. They're not changing the singer's voice, they're making sure you hear it at its clearest and most powerful. 🎤
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#AuthorSky
Editors don't rewrite your voice - we amplify it.
Imagine a sound engineer at your favorite artist's concert. They're not changing the singer's voice, they're making sure you hear it at its clearest and most powerful. 🎤
1/2
#AuthorSky
January 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Debunking a common fear about working with editors 🔍
Editors don't rewrite your voice - we amplify it.
Imagine a sound engineer at your favorite artist's concert. They're not changing the singer's voice, they're making sure you hear it at its clearest and most powerful. 🎤
1/2
#AuthorSky
Editors don't rewrite your voice - we amplify it.
Imagine a sound engineer at your favorite artist's concert. They're not changing the singer's voice, they're making sure you hear it at its clearest and most powerful. 🎤
1/2
#AuthorSky
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Shorter stories (<40,000 wds) are a fun yet challenging way to flex your writerly muscles. A new year of submissions is open, opportunities abound!
When you're finished, check out my NEW edit packages for the short and sweet!
www.redleafwords.com/options-for-...
#writingcommunity #writingandbooks
When you're finished, check out my NEW edit packages for the short and sweet!
www.redleafwords.com/options-for-...
#writingcommunity #writingandbooks
Red Leaf Word Services | Editing | Proofreading
Editing and proofreading for authors of plant-themed fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction editing for authors of speculative fiction with complex worlds and large casts.
www.redleafwords.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Shorter stories (<40,000 wds) are a fun yet challenging way to flex your writerly muscles. A new year of submissions is open, opportunities abound!
When you're finished, check out my NEW edit packages for the short and sweet!
www.redleafwords.com/options-for-...
#writingcommunity #writingandbooks
When you're finished, check out my NEW edit packages for the short and sweet!
www.redleafwords.com/options-for-...
#writingcommunity #writingandbooks
Today, apparently, is Science Fiction Day, so perhaps it's not a coincidence that I dived back into @jenniferestep.bsky.social's Galactic Bonds series with Only Good Enemies this morning.
It is so freakin' good!
I'm listening to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. 📚💙🪐
It is so freakin' good!
I'm listening to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. 📚💙🪐
January 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today, apparently, is Science Fiction Day, so perhaps it's not a coincidence that I dived back into @jenniferestep.bsky.social's Galactic Bonds series with Only Good Enemies this morning.
It is so freakin' good!
I'm listening to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. 📚💙🪐
It is so freakin' good!
I'm listening to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. 📚💙🪐
Phew! Website updates with new services are finally done, so it's time to introduce the first one.
My new Outline/Story Arc/Story Beats Evaluation helps you start drafting that shiny new idea with direction and confidence. 🤩✨✨
www.redleafwords.com/evaluations
#WritingCommunity #WritingandBooks
My new Outline/Story Arc/Story Beats Evaluation helps you start drafting that shiny new idea with direction and confidence. 🤩✨✨
www.redleafwords.com/evaluations
#WritingCommunity #WritingandBooks
Red Leaf Word Services | Editing | Proofreading
Editing and proofreading for authors of plant-themed fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction editing for authors of speculative fiction with complex worlds and large casts.
www.redleafwords.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Phew! Website updates with new services are finally done, so it's time to introduce the first one.
My new Outline/Story Arc/Story Beats Evaluation helps you start drafting that shiny new idea with direction and confidence. 🤩✨✨
www.redleafwords.com/evaluations
#WritingCommunity #WritingandBooks
My new Outline/Story Arc/Story Beats Evaluation helps you start drafting that shiny new idea with direction and confidence. 🤩✨✨
www.redleafwords.com/evaluations
#WritingCommunity #WritingandBooks
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20
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December 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20
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December 19, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20
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December 19, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20
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December 17, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/20
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December 13, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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I signed up at my local athletic club for the winter months. I swam this morning for half an hour for the first time in 4 years.
I will pay for that decision tomorrow in soreness. Nevertheless, I'll do it again because it felt so good to be back in the water.
#sendaspirin #editinglife #swim
I will pay for that decision tomorrow in soreness. Nevertheless, I'll do it again because it felt so good to be back in the water.
#sendaspirin #editinglife #swim
December 9, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I signed up at my local athletic club for the winter months. I swam this morning for half an hour for the first time in 4 years.
I will pay for that decision tomorrow in soreness. Nevertheless, I'll do it again because it felt so good to be back in the water.
#sendaspirin #editinglife #swim
I will pay for that decision tomorrow in soreness. Nevertheless, I'll do it again because it felt so good to be back in the water.
#sendaspirin #editinglife #swim
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20
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#Bookchallenge
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December 9, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20
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December 8, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20
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Working with fantastic authors over the past few months on some non-novel projects has given me ideas for new editing and evaluation packages. So, I'm spending this weekend refining the details.
More info to come very soon!
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky
More info to come very soon!
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December 7, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Working with fantastic authors over the past few months on some non-novel projects has given me ideas for new editing and evaluation packages. So, I'm spending this weekend refining the details.
More info to come very soon!
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky
More info to come very soon!
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #authorsofbluesky