Alexandra Is Editing
@dusablonediting.bsky.social
Mission-driven freelance copyeditor and proofreader for indie authors, publishers, and organizations. ✒️📚
Member of EFA & NW Editors Guild.
💻 www.dusablonediting.com
Member of EFA & NW Editors Guild.
💻 www.dusablonediting.com
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Hi! I'm a mission-driven freelance copyeditor and proofreader.
I work with organizations, indie authors, and publishers. I specialize in fiction and narrative nonfiction, as well as translated works. I offer free editing samples! ✒️
I work with organizations, indie authors, and publishers. I specialize in fiction and narrative nonfiction, as well as translated works. I offer free editing samples! ✒️
Red Pencil 2025 was amazing! Thank you to all the speakers and volunteers. I started gathering the committee and planning over a year ago, and there's nothing more satisfying than seeing all our work culminate in such a joyful, thought-provoking, convivial day! #edsguild2025 @edsguild.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Red Pencil 2025 was amazing! Thank you to all the speakers and volunteers. I started gathering the committee and planning over a year ago, and there's nothing more satisfying than seeing all our work culminate in such a joyful, thought-provoking, convivial day! #edsguild2025 @edsguild.bsky.social
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Conscious Style Guide is on Bluesky! What to expect: posts that help you think critically about language and design as tools for equity and self-expression.
Check out the whole family of resources:
Book | Website | Community | Newsletter
By @karenyin.bsky.social 🌷
Check out the whole family of resources:
Book | Website | Community | Newsletter
By @karenyin.bsky.social 🌷
The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers - Karen Yin
The Conscious Style Guide provides a roadmap for communicating with sensitivity and awareness—no matter how the world around us progresses.
karenyin.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Conscious Style Guide is on Bluesky! What to expect: posts that help you think critically about language and design as tools for equity and self-expression.
Check out the whole family of resources:
Book | Website | Community | Newsletter
By @karenyin.bsky.social 🌷
Check out the whole family of resources:
Book | Website | Community | Newsletter
By @karenyin.bsky.social 🌷
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There's still plenty of time to register for the friendliest editing conference around if you haven't done so already! The #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference is coming to Seattle (and online) on 11/8. Registration closes 11/3. Find all things Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025
October 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There's still plenty of time to register for the friendliest editing conference around if you haven't done so already! The #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference is coming to Seattle (and online) on 11/8. Registration closes 11/3. Find all things Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025
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We get it—there were too many big editing events this fall and you're overwhelmed. We're hoping you won't still feel that way come November and you'll sign up for the friendliest editing conference around: the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference in Seattle and online.
edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025
edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025
September 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We get it—there were too many big editing events this fall and you're overwhelmed. We're hoping you won't still feel that way come November and you'll sign up for the friendliest editing conference around: the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference in Seattle and online.
edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025
edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025
So excited for fall weather! There's nothing quite like an early morning of editing with frost still clinging to my windowpanes.
September 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
So excited for fall weather! There's nothing quite like an early morning of editing with frost still clinging to my windowpanes.
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Hours left to get Early Bird pricing for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference! Prices go up by $40 starting 9/23, and this bird wants to save you money on the friendliest editing conference around.
Learn more about everything Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025.
Learn more about everything Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025.
September 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Hours left to get Early Bird pricing for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference! Prices go up by $40 starting 9/23, and this bird wants to save you money on the friendliest editing conference around.
Learn more about everything Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025.
Learn more about everything Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025.
So excited!
Also add to your calendar:
🐦❗️ Final Day of Early Bird Registration for #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference 2025: Framing Our Future, 9/15
And:
✏️ The Triumphant Return of Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night, 10/24, 5 pm Pacific (Details coming soon!)
(🧵: 5/5)
#GiantPencilFanClub
🐦❗️ Final Day of Early Bird Registration for #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference 2025: Framing Our Future, 9/15
And:
✏️ The Triumphant Return of Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night, 10/24, 5 pm Pacific (Details coming soon!)
(🧵: 5/5)
#GiantPencilFanClub
September 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
So excited!
Update: The book is already ready for me to check out again and I'm pumped.
My Libby audiobook is due in 9 hours and I have 7 hours of listening left. Then there's a 13 week wait to get it back. 🥲
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Update: The book is already ready for me to check out again and I'm pumped.
When people are curious about what being a freelance editor is like, I kind of just want to tell them I concentrate for a living!
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
When people are curious about what being a freelance editor is like, I kind of just want to tell them I concentrate for a living!
My Libby audiobook is due in 9 hours and I have 7 hours of listening left. Then there's a 13 week wait to get it back. 🥲
July 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My Libby audiobook is due in 9 hours and I have 7 hours of listening left. Then there's a 13 week wait to get it back. 🥲
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Check out this blog post from Alexandra DuSablon (@dusablonediting.bsky.social) on linguistic worldbuilding! She gives some practical tips for those of us suffering from the supreme disadvantage of not being J. R. R. Tolkien!
www.dusablonediting.com/blog/so-you-...
#blog #writing #linguistics
www.dusablonediting.com/blog/so-you-...
#blog #writing #linguistics
So You Want to Invent a Word for Your Book — DuSablon Editing
Practical advice for writers coining new words, from the winner of the Editorial Freelancers Association’s Coin-a-Word contest!
www.dusablonediting.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Check out this blog post from Alexandra DuSablon (@dusablonediting.bsky.social) on linguistic worldbuilding! She gives some practical tips for those of us suffering from the supreme disadvantage of not being J. R. R. Tolkien!
www.dusablonediting.com/blog/so-you-...
#blog #writing #linguistics
www.dusablonediting.com/blog/so-you-...
#blog #writing #linguistics
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Have you heard the big news? @janefriedman.com will be the keynote speaker at the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil conference on 11/8 in Seattle and online! Save the date for a day of learning and fun. More details coming soon at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025.
May 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Have you heard the big news? @janefriedman.com will be the keynote speaker at the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil conference on 11/8 in Seattle and online! Save the date for a day of learning and fun. More details coming soon at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025.
This week's most satisfying copyediting catch: correcting "scatted" to "scattered." 🤭
#amediting #edibuddies
#amediting #edibuddies
May 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This week's most satisfying copyediting catch: correcting "scatted" to "scattered." 🤭
#amediting #edibuddies
#amediting #edibuddies
Today I'm heading on vacation, and I plan on not working for the next seven days! This will be my longest "out of office" since I started freelancing two years ago. Taking time off as a freelancer is really difficult, but really important. Wish me luck!
April 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today I'm heading on vacation, and I plan on not working for the next seven days! This will be my longest "out of office" since I started freelancing two years ago. Taking time off as a freelancer is really difficult, but really important. Wish me luck!
For those celebrating #IndependentBookstoreDay in Seattle, don't forget to make a donation to the nonprofit Books to Prisoners while you shop (it'll be matched)! Tons of local bookstores partner with them, like Left Bank and Third Place and Charlie's Books.
April 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
For those celebrating #IndependentBookstoreDay in Seattle, don't forget to make a donation to the nonprofit Books to Prisoners while you shop (it'll be matched)! Tons of local bookstores partner with them, like Left Bank and Third Place and Charlie's Books.
It's always fun when the word you look up in the dictionary comes with a picture. Today's was "wallaby." By the way, the plural can be either wallaby or wallabies. Any Aussies beg to differ? #amediting #edibuddies #copyeditor #proofreader
April 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's always fun when the word you look up in the dictionary comes with a picture. Today's was "wallaby." By the way, the plural can be either wallaby or wallabies. Any Aussies beg to differ? #amediting #edibuddies #copyeditor #proofreader
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April 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Inspired to share your knowledge with edibuddies? The deadline to submit sessions for the friendliest editing conference around is now 4/14!
Send in your ideas for original presentations for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference, 11/8 in Seattle & online!
Info: www.edsguild.org/blog/call-fo...
Send in your ideas for original presentations for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference, 11/8 in Seattle & online!
Info: www.edsguild.org/blog/call-fo...
April 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Inspired to share your knowledge with edibuddies? The deadline to submit sessions for the friendliest editing conference around is now 4/14!
Send in your ideas for original presentations for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference, 11/8 in Seattle & online!
Info: www.edsguild.org/blog/call-fo...
Send in your ideas for original presentations for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference, 11/8 in Seattle & online!
Info: www.edsguild.org/blog/call-fo...
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*Slams dictionary shut til Monday*
March 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
*Slams dictionary shut til Monday*
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'St. Paddy's Day' is usually preferred over 'St. Patty's Day.'
'Paddy' is the shortened form of the original Irish spelling of 'Patrick,' which is 'Pádraig.'
'Patty' is the shortened form of 'Patricia.'
'Paddy' is the shortened form of the original Irish spelling of 'Patrick,' which is 'Pádraig.'
'Patty' is the shortened form of 'Patricia.'
March 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
'St. Paddy's Day' is usually preferred over 'St. Patty's Day.'
'Paddy' is the shortened form of the original Irish spelling of 'Patrick,' which is 'Pádraig.'
'Patty' is the shortened form of 'Patricia.'
'Paddy' is the shortened form of the original Irish spelling of 'Patrick,' which is 'Pádraig.'
'Patty' is the shortened form of 'Patricia.'
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I can’t help you with copyright, but I can help with copyleft… by helping take care of the errors you LEFT in this COPY.
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I’ll see myself out.
#writersky #bookeditor #writingcommunity
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I’ll see myself out.
#writersky #bookeditor #writingcommunity
March 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I can’t help you with copyright, but I can help with copyleft… by helping take care of the errors you LEFT in this COPY.
…
I’ll see myself out.
#writersky #bookeditor #writingcommunity
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I’ll see myself out.
#writersky #bookeditor #writingcommunity
For all my #edibuddies needing a good laugh, might I recommend the New Zealand panel TV show Guy Montgomery's Spelling Bee. Find it on YouTube!
March 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
For all my #edibuddies needing a good laugh, might I recommend the New Zealand panel TV show Guy Montgomery's Spelling Bee. Find it on YouTube!
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We're accepting session proposals thru 4/7 for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference!
Do you have a fresh presentation to share with fellow editors? Send us your ideas now to be a part of the friendliest editing conference around: 11/8 in Seattle & online!
www.edsguild.org/blog/call-for-sessions
Do you have a fresh presentation to share with fellow editors? Send us your ideas now to be a part of the friendliest editing conference around: 11/8 in Seattle & online!
www.edsguild.org/blog/call-for-sessions
What's in Store for Red Pencil 2025? — Northwest Editors Guild
The Northwest Editors Guild's 9th biennial Red Pencil Conference will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025! This year's theme is Framing Our Future: Perspectives on a Changing Industry. The 2025 R...
www.edsguild.org
March 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We're accepting session proposals thru 4/7 for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference!
Do you have a fresh presentation to share with fellow editors? Send us your ideas now to be a part of the friendliest editing conference around: 11/8 in Seattle & online!
www.edsguild.org/blog/call-for-sessions
Do you have a fresh presentation to share with fellow editors? Send us your ideas now to be a part of the friendliest editing conference around: 11/8 in Seattle & online!
www.edsguild.org/blog/call-for-sessions
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Phew! What a whirlwind four days of virtual conferencing with the Women in Publishing Summit.
We ended in the most uplifting way: discussing hope and the power of WORDS.
Hoping to keep up with everyone I met. (WIP needs to get on Bluesky! @dusablonediting.bsky.social pass it on!)
We ended in the most uplifting way: discussing hope and the power of WORDS.
Hoping to keep up with everyone I met. (WIP needs to get on Bluesky! @dusablonediting.bsky.social pass it on!)
March 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Phew! What a whirlwind four days of virtual conferencing with the Women in Publishing Summit.
We ended in the most uplifting way: discussing hope and the power of WORDS.
Hoping to keep up with everyone I met. (WIP needs to get on Bluesky! @dusablonediting.bsky.social pass it on!)
We ended in the most uplifting way: discussing hope and the power of WORDS.
Hoping to keep up with everyone I met. (WIP needs to get on Bluesky! @dusablonediting.bsky.social pass it on!)
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Interested in presenting at the friendliest #AmEditing conference around? We're now accepting session proposals for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference on 11/8 in Seattle and online.
Applications are due by 4/7. Find full details in our latest blog post at www.edsguild.org/blog/call-fo....
Applications are due by 4/7. Find full details in our latest blog post at www.edsguild.org/blog/call-fo....
March 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Interested in presenting at the friendliest #AmEditing conference around? We're now accepting session proposals for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference on 11/8 in Seattle and online.
Applications are due by 4/7. Find full details in our latest blog post at www.edsguild.org/blog/call-fo....
Applications are due by 4/7. Find full details in our latest blog post at www.edsguild.org/blog/call-fo....