Howard Lovy
@howardlovy.bsky.social
Book Editor. Author of "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story," April 2025. Working on a book about fighting antisemitism.
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Howard Lovy
@howardlovy.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story by Howard Lovy
“An epic love story.” Chris Florio, Director, Passion Records and Assistant Creative Director, The Orchestra on the Hill “Will make you laugh and cry.” Sharon Singer, writer, poet, librettist “Poignan...
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I'm happy to announce that my novel, "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story," has been released into the wild by my awesome publisher, @vineleavespress.bsky.social. It's a story about music, faith, fame, and the passage of time. I hope you enjoy it. vineleavespress.myshopify.com/products/fou...
When Yardenne Greenspan asked if I wanted a piece for Judith Magazine that captured both the horror and relief Jews are feeling at this moment, I eagerly said yes. We’ve all been through so much, and we could use some perspective. Read her powerful essay. judithmagazine.substack.com/p/now-what
Now What?
Yardenne Greenspan reflects on the collective wound binding Jewish communities and the struggle for unity amid disillusionment and rising antisemitism.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
When Yardenne Greenspan asked if I wanted a piece for Judith Magazine that captured both the horror and relief Jews are feeling at this moment, I eagerly said yes. We’ve all been through so much, and we could use some perspective. Read her powerful essay. judithmagazine.substack.com/p/now-what
In my editing business, I take on Jewish-themed manuscripts because authors know I'm well-versed in the subject. Memoirs related to October 7 are reaching me now. I just finished editing one from the unique perspective of an American Jewish teenager navigating hatred.
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In my editing business, I take on Jewish-themed manuscripts because authors know I'm well-versed in the subject. Memoirs related to October 7 are reaching me now. I just finished editing one from the unique perspective of an American Jewish teenager navigating hatred.
"Howard provided a top-quality developmental edit and book coaching support. His deep literary experience, calm professional approach, and always on-point observations shone through at every interaction. Thank you, Howard!" #amediting #bookeditor reedsy.com/howard-lovy
Howard Lovy - Editor | Reedsy
Traverse City, MI, USA Editor: I specialize in editing fiction and nonfiction with Jewish themes, helping authors find their unique voices.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Howard provided a top-quality developmental edit and book coaching support. His deep literary experience, calm professional approach, and always on-point observations shone through at every interaction. Thank you, Howard!" #amediting #bookeditor reedsy.com/howard-lovy
When a nation lurches between fascism and communism, it is usually the Jews who suffer from both sides. Don't believe me? Learn from my grandfather's experiences in Hungary a century ago. howardlovy.substack.com/p/memories-f...
Memories From My Grandfather: 'White Terror' in Hungary, 1919-1921
My grandfather was ten when his cousin came home a true believer—ready to serve the communist revolution and betray his own people.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
When a nation lurches between fascism and communism, it is usually the Jews who suffer from both sides. Don't believe me? Learn from my grandfather's experiences in Hungary a century ago. howardlovy.substack.com/p/memories-f...
I help authors shape their manuscripts at any stage—whether it’s a rough draft, a revised version, or just an idea. My focus is on structure, clarity, and storytelling while ensuring your voice remains intact. #amediting #bookeditor howardlovy.com/editor/
Book Editor and Editorial Services
Editorial Services: I help strengthen your voice, clarify your narrative, and prepare your manuscript for publication.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I help authors shape their manuscripts at any stage—whether it’s a rough draft, a revised version, or just an idea. My focus is on structure, clarity, and storytelling while ensuring your voice remains intact. #amediting #bookeditor howardlovy.com/editor/
I was interviewed for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my novel, "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story." The podcaster is a religion lecturer, so some of the conversation was focused on religious and spiritual aspects of my book. It was a great discussion. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Howard Lovy,
Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 10/26/2025 · 40m
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November 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I was interviewed for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my novel, "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story." The podcaster is a religion lecturer, so some of the conversation was focused on religious and spiritual aspects of my book. It was a great discussion. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
I'm narrating my audiobook now, and I wish I had never written the phrase "floral fragrance." It took me about a dozen tries to get it right.
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm narrating my audiobook now, and I wish I had never written the phrase "floral fragrance." It took me about a dozen tries to get it right.
If you haven't already, check out my novel. “As a young guitarist and violinist, Jake and Cait created something transcendent until the music stopped. Forty years later, the song that started it all brings them back together. But time changes everything” vineleavespress.myshopify.com/products/fou...
Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story by Howard Lovy
“An epic love story.” Chris Florio, Director, Passion Records and Assistant Creative Director, The Orchestra on the Hill “Will make you laugh and cry.” Sharon Singer, writer, poet, librettist “Poignan...
vineleavespress.myshopify.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you haven't already, check out my novel. “As a young guitarist and violinist, Jake and Cait created something transcendent until the music stopped. Forty years later, the song that started it all brings them back together. But time changes everything” vineleavespress.myshopify.com/products/fou...
I've been a book editor for a long time, but a recently added feature to my work is undoing the damage ChatGPT has done to writing. By now, I've developed my own intuition as an AI detector. The prose suddenly becomes too perfectly devoid of character or laughably flowery. #amediting
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I've been a book editor for a long time, but a recently added feature to my work is undoing the damage ChatGPT has done to writing. By now, I've developed my own intuition as an AI detector. The prose suddenly becomes too perfectly devoid of character or laughably flowery. #amediting
“I discovered that fiction gave me a new way to say things I hadn’t been able to express through journalism. Each form approaches truth differently.” Find out more about my novel, "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story." howardlovy.com/author/
Author : Howard Lovy
Howard Lovy is a veteran journalist, book editor, and author with 40 years of experience covering topics ranging from science […]
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October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“I discovered that fiction gave me a new way to say things I hadn’t been able to express through journalism. Each form approaches truth differently.” Find out more about my novel, "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story." howardlovy.com/author/
One theme in my novel, "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story," is how music plays a spiritual role for the Jewish and Christian protagonists. That's why I'm happy Ilana Maymind, a religious studies lecturer, interviewed me for her New Books Network podcast. newbooksnetwork.com/found-and-lost
Howard Lovy, "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story" (Vine Leaves Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
One theme in my novel, "Found and Lost: The Jake and Cait Story," is how music plays a spiritual role for the Jewish and Christian protagonists. That's why I'm happy Ilana Maymind, a religious studies lecturer, interviewed me for her New Books Network podcast. newbooksnetwork.com/found-and-lost
Agents say one bright spot in the Jewish literary scene is the bestselling book "Hostage" by Eli Sharabi. Not because of its subject matter, but because it's defying the mainstream literary view that Jewish and Israeli stories won't sell. www.amazon.com/Hostage-Eli-...
Hostage
Hostage - Kindle edition by Sharabi, Eli. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Hostage.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Agents say one bright spot in the Jewish literary scene is the bestselling book "Hostage" by Eli Sharabi. Not because of its subject matter, but because it's defying the mainstream literary view that Jewish and Israeli stories won't sell. www.amazon.com/Hostage-Eli-...
Don't forget the Jewish Authors' Summit on Thursday! I'm proud to have helped organize this to counter the marginalization of Jewish writers over the past two years. There are great speakers and networking opportunities. app.zuddl.com/70facesmedia...
JEWISH AUTHORS’ SUMMIT: How to Reach New Readers Now
Find your audience and take control of your writing future.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Don't forget the Jewish Authors' Summit on Thursday! I'm proud to have helped organize this to counter the marginalization of Jewish writers over the past two years. There are great speakers and networking opportunities. app.zuddl.com/70facesmedia...
These are tough times for Jewish authors as we face a blacklist in the mainstream literary community. That's why I helped plan a Jewish Authors' Summit this Thursday. It's a virtual conference with great guest speakers and opportunities to network. app.zuddl.com/70facesmedia...
JEWISH AUTHORS’ SUMMIT: How to Reach New Readers Now
Find your audience and take control of your writing future.
app.zuddl.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
These are tough times for Jewish authors as we face a blacklist in the mainstream literary community. That's why I helped plan a Jewish Authors' Summit this Thursday. It's a virtual conference with great guest speakers and opportunities to network. app.zuddl.com/70facesmedia...
Thank you to @honestreporting.com for quoting me in their piece, "Did Popular NPR Podcast Break Its Own Journalistic Standards?" It's about how Code Switch invented a split in US Jewry based on interviews with anti-Zionist tokens. honestreporting.com/did-popular-...
Did Popular NPR Podcast Break Its Own Journalistic Standards? | HonestReporting
NPR's Code Switch breached its own journalistic standards when it presented only fringe anti-Israel voices as representative of U.S. Jewry.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you to @honestreporting.com for quoting me in their piece, "Did Popular NPR Podcast Break Its Own Journalistic Standards?" It's about how Code Switch invented a split in US Jewry based on interviews with anti-Zionist tokens. honestreporting.com/did-popular-...
Nothing like a trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula to renew the spirits.
October 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Nothing like a trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula to renew the spirits.
If you’re an indie author, don’t miss SelfPubCon2025 this weekend from @indieauthoralli.bsky.social! Learn more about it in my interview with Kayleigh Brindley. selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-self...
Audio Interview: New Trends in Self-Publishing at SelfPubCon25 with Howard Lovy and Kayleigh Brindley
Discover what’s ahead at SelfPubCon25. Kayleigh Brindley previews new trends, speakers, and how authors can access this online conference.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If you’re an indie author, don’t miss SelfPubCon2025 this weekend from @indieauthoralli.bsky.social! Learn more about it in my interview with Kayleigh Brindley. selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-self...
The Gaza war lasted two years, but the Jewish reevaluation of our personal, professional, and political relationships will last a lifetime.
October 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Gaza war lasted two years, but the Jewish reevaluation of our personal, professional, and political relationships will last a lifetime.
Hamas achieved its goal of destabilizing the West by implanting an acceptable form of antisemitism everywhere from the campus quad to Main Street America. It always starts with the Jews, but never ends with us.
October 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hamas achieved its goal of destabilizing the West by implanting an acceptable form of antisemitism everywhere from the campus quad to Main Street America. It always starts with the Jews, but never ends with us.
These are tough times for Jewish authors as we face a blacklist in the mainstream literary community. That's why I'm helping to plan a Jewish Authors' Summit on October 23. It's a virtual conference with great guest speakers and opportunities to network. app.zuddl.com/70facesmedia...
JEWISH AUTHORS’ SUMMIT: How to Reach New Readers Now
Find your audience and take control of your writing future.
app.zuddl.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
These are tough times for Jewish authors as we face a blacklist in the mainstream literary community. That's why I'm helping to plan a Jewish Authors' Summit on October 23. It's a virtual conference with great guest speakers and opportunities to network. app.zuddl.com/70facesmedia...
This appeared in my backyard this morning. Thank you to whoever is in charge of this sort of thing. It injected me with optimism.
October 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This appeared in my backyard this morning. Thank you to whoever is in charge of this sort of thing. It injected me with optimism.
Turning 60 on October 7, I’ve Learned to Embrace Darkness and Light. howardlovy.substack.com/p/turning-60...
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Turning 60 on October 7, I’ve Learned to Embrace Darkness and Light. howardlovy.substack.com/p/turning-60...
On my Substack newsletter today: Turning 60 on October 7, I’ve Learned to Embrace Darkness and Light. howardlovy.substack.com/p/turning-60...
Turning 60 on October 7, I’ve Learned to Embrace Darkness and Light
I was born on October 7, 1965, sixty years ago today, and fifty-eight years before the events that would forever alter my life, and the lives of many other Jews.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
On my Substack newsletter today: Turning 60 on October 7, I’ve Learned to Embrace Darkness and Light. howardlovy.substack.com/p/turning-60...
Tomorrow is my sixtieth birthday. Yes, I was born on October 7, 1965. In my newsletter tomorrow, I'll address this strange convergence of celebration and sorrow. Meanwhile, Chag Sukkot Sameach.
October 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Tomorrow is my sixtieth birthday. Yes, I was born on October 7, 1965. In my newsletter tomorrow, I'll address this strange convergence of celebration and sorrow. Meanwhile, Chag Sukkot Sameach.
I turn 60 years old on Oct. 7. So, I want to commemorate as well as celebrate. I've set up a Facebook Fundraiser for the Jewish Book Council, which has been an invaluable organization in advocating for Jewish authors these past two years. I hope you can contribute. www.facebook.com/donate/39365...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I turn 60 years old on Oct. 7. So, I want to commemorate as well as celebrate. I've set up a Facebook Fundraiser for the Jewish Book Council, which has been an invaluable organization in advocating for Jewish authors these past two years. I hope you can contribute. www.facebook.com/donate/39365...