Bev Katz Rosenbaum
@bevrosenbaum.bsky.social
Freelance developmental editor, formerly at Harlequin and McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Rates and testimonials on website. Also a YA author. Kirkus called I'm Good and Other Lies 'important'. Yay, me. http://bevkatzrosenbaum.com/
Tuesday tip for novelists attempting to write funny: weigh the funny with a bit of sorrow, as everybody’s fave humourist, David Sedaris, advises. Doing so balances the humour and makes your reader appreciate the humour even more! #writingtips #editor #author #writingcommunity
January 20, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Tuesday tip for novelists attempting to write funny: weigh the funny with a bit of sorrow, as everybody’s fave humourist, David Sedaris, advises. Doing so balances the humour and makes your reader appreciate the humour even more! #writingtips #editor #author #writingcommunity
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This is the truest truth of any creative career
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is the truest truth of any creative career
I ❤️ my clients! #freelancedevelopmentaleditor #writingcommunity
January 14, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I ❤️ my clients! #freelancedevelopmentaleditor #writingcommunity
Mainstream Canadian media is not accurately reporting what is happening. Today, I've viewed several horrifying videos of people with proper papers being violently detained. Friends, when you next vote--in Canada or elsewhere--ask yourself if this is the world you want to live in.
I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Mainstream Canadian media is not accurately reporting what is happening. Today, I've viewed several horrifying videos of people with proper papers being violently detained. Friends, when you next vote--in Canada or elsewhere--ask yourself if this is the world you want to live in.
I emailed my MP the message below and encourage you to do the same.
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I emailed my MP the message below and encourage you to do the same.
Tuesday tip for writers utilizing dual or multiple point of view: be sure to consistently alternate POV. Sometimes, in client manuscripts, I see a random POV pop up out of nowhere. It confuses the reader and also halts the story’s momentum… #writingtips #freelancedevelopmentaleditor #author
January 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Tuesday tip for writers utilizing dual or multiple point of view: be sure to consistently alternate POV. Sometimes, in client manuscripts, I see a random POV pop up out of nowhere. It confuses the reader and also halts the story’s momentum… #writingtips #freelancedevelopmentaleditor #author
Happy New Year, I guess?
December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Happy New Year, I guess?
Canada’s giving us a lot to be proud of these days—that pulled 60 Minutes segment, Heated Rivalry… (Shoutout to my amazing cousin, Lori Fischburg-Befus, one of Heated Rivalry’s producers!)
December 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Canada’s giving us a lot to be proud of these days—that pulled 60 Minutes segment, Heated Rivalry… (Shoutout to my amazing cousin, Lori Fischburg-Befus, one of Heated Rivalry’s producers!)
Went to the Distillery Market Winter Village yesterday and took my pic in front of the peace sculpture, not the tree. Peace on earth, friends. 💕
December 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Went to the Distillery Market Winter Village yesterday and took my pic in front of the peace sculpture, not the tree. Peace on earth, friends. 💕
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The holidays bring a lot up for people. Some are full of joy. Some are just trying to get through the day. Wherever this lands, it’s okay. May today give you a moment to breathe, a reason to smile, and a reminder that you matter.
December 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The holidays bring a lot up for people. Some are full of joy. Some are just trying to get through the day. Wherever this lands, it’s okay. May today give you a moment to breathe, a reason to smile, and a reminder that you matter.
Shortest day of the longest effing year, amirite?
December 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Shortest day of the longest effing year, amirite?
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
December 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
Statement from Rabbis for Human Rights on the Bondi Beach shooting.
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Statement from Rabbis for Human Rights on the Bondi Beach shooting.
Wake up, Dead Man, the latest Knives Out movie, is a ton o' fun, with a smart, thoroughly modern script, and a great cast, including the always wonderful Josh O'Connor, who almost makes you believe in the goodness of humans again. 💕
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Wake up, Dead Man, the latest Knives Out movie, is a ton o' fun, with a smart, thoroughly modern script, and a great cast, including the always wonderful Josh O'Connor, who almost makes you believe in the goodness of humans again. 💕
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
No one was funnier 💔
Confessions of a Shopaholic novelist Sophie Kinsella dies aged 55
Confessions of a Shopaholic novelist Sophie Kinsella dies aged 55
The ‘queen of romantic comedy’ has died 18 months after announcing her brain cancer diagnosis
Madeleine Wickham, known for writing the bestselling novel Confessions of a Shopaholic under her pen name Sophie Kinsella, has died aged 55.
Wickham, dubbed “the queen of romantic comedy” by novelist Jojo Moyes, wrote more than 30 books for adults, children and teenagers, which have sold more than 45m copies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
No one was funnier 💔
I’m dreaming up some new, super useful writing/publishing tip reels for 2026! In the meantime, here’s an early Happy Holidays video message for clients and friends! #freelanceeditor #happyholidays #writingcommunity
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m dreaming up some new, super useful writing/publishing tip reels for 2026! In the meantime, here’s an early Happy Holidays video message for clients and friends! #freelanceeditor #happyholidays #writingcommunity
Aw, RIP, Frank Gehry. He often talked about how his grandmother brought home carp from a Kensington Market fish store. Later, the fish form often turned up in his work. His grandma probably bought her carp at my grandfather's fish store (later, my dad's and uncle's), which had a live carp tank. 💕🐟
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Aw, RIP, Frank Gehry. He often talked about how his grandmother brought home carp from a Kensington Market fish store. Later, the fish form often turned up in his work. His grandma probably bought her carp at my grandfather's fish store (later, my dad's and uncle's), which had a live carp tank. 💕🐟
Didn’t manage to sell that piece of writing you worked so hard on this year? Your time wasn’t wasted. Here’s why… #writinginspiration #writingmotivation #writingcommunity #freelanceeditor #writer
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Didn’t manage to sell that piece of writing you worked so hard on this year? Your time wasn’t wasted. Here’s why… #writinginspiration #writingmotivation #writingcommunity #freelanceeditor #writer
Even if you’re stuffing your manuscript with common genre tropes, inject something unique! This post brought to you by Kotn’s ‘soft sweaters’ ad featuring tough guy actor Danny Trejo, which really stands out from all those other sweater ads, due to that unexpected element! #editor #writingtips
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Even if you’re stuffing your manuscript with common genre tropes, inject something unique! This post brought to you by Kotn’s ‘soft sweaters’ ad featuring tough guy actor Danny Trejo, which really stands out from all those other sweater ads, due to that unexpected element! #editor #writingtips
Wow, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein might be the perfect movie. Exquisite and heartbreaking. The director's passionate love of film--and the source material-- shines through in every single frame. 💔
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Wow, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein might be the perfect movie. Exquisite and heartbreaking. The director's passionate love of film--and the source material-- shines through in every single frame. 💔
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They will eventually run out of animated movies to turn into live action movies. Then we will be free.
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
They will eventually run out of animated movies to turn into live action movies. Then we will be free.
On a day when the sitting pres of the US called a reporter Piggy, I’m thinking about the conversation between Kamala Harris and Sophia Bush I was privileged to witness on Sunday in Toronto. #liftpeopleup #holdontohope #theworldisagroupproject #character #integrity
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
On a day when the sitting pres of the US called a reporter Piggy, I’m thinking about the conversation between Kamala Harris and Sophia Bush I was privileged to witness on Sunday in Toronto. #liftpeopleup #holdontohope #theworldisagroupproject #character #integrity