Jennifer Lawler
@jenniferlawler.bsky.social
word lover, dances badly
Lead Instructor at ClubEdFreelancers.com
Creative work at JenniferLawler.com
Lead Instructor at ClubEdFreelancers.com
Creative work at JenniferLawler.com
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Registration is now open for my #QueerRomance #StorytellingFoundations workshop, a 6-week crash course in drafting and editing your manuscript at the developmental level!
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📣 Eight slots available!
📣 First 3 registrants get a 50% discount on a future service!
#WritingCommunity
shorturl.at/WeLJt
📣 Eight slots available!
📣 First 3 registrants get a 50% discount on a future service!
#WritingCommunity
Queer Romance Storytelling Foundations Workshop
Showcasing Authentic Queer Relationships in Your Queer Romance Story
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December 9, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Registration is now open for my #QueerRomance #StorytellingFoundations workshop, a 6-week crash course in drafting and editing your manuscript at the developmental level!
shorturl.at/WeLJt
📣 Eight slots available!
📣 First 3 registrants get a 50% discount on a future service!
#WritingCommunity
shorturl.at/WeLJt
📣 Eight slots available!
📣 First 3 registrants get a 50% discount on a future service!
#WritingCommunity
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I'm in this post and I don't like it
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 11:00 PM
I'm in this post and I don't like it
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December 5, 2024 at 3:35 AM
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You know what would **really** disrupt the publishing industry?
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
November 27, 2024 at 2:04 PM
You know what would **really** disrupt the publishing industry?
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Dev editor: The exposition is a bit on the nose here. Consider having this characterization come out through dialogue and action.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Dev editor: The exposition is a bit on the nose here. Consider having this characterization come out through dialogue and action.
November 24, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Dev editor: The exposition is a bit on the nose here. Consider having this characterization come out through dialogue and action.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Dev editor: The exposition is a bit on the nose here. Consider having this characterization come out through dialogue and action.
I think I have a new favorite airline.
November 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM
I think I have a new favorite airline.
This is a fantastic book and well worth your time. So is @davidpepperoh.bsky.social 's thread about it.
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A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.
I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.
Here is a snippet of them:
1/
A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.
I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.
Here is a snippet of them:
1/
November 20, 2024 at 1:58 PM
This is a fantastic book and well worth your time. So is @davidpepperoh.bsky.social 's thread about it.
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Ooh! @jenniferlawler.bsky.social is offering Black Friday deals on her Club Ed courses. I think it's mentioned in her substack?
November 20, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Ooh! @jenniferlawler.bsky.social is offering Black Friday deals on her Club Ed courses. I think it's mentioned in her substack?
The number of hours I've spent tracking timelines in the novels I've edited is approaching one gazillion.
I'm going to write a book telling authors that the best way to plot their novel is in a day-by-day diary with time stamps.
I mean, it's definitely not, but copyeditors will thank me. #amediting
I mean, it's definitely not, but copyeditors will thank me. #amediting
November 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM
The number of hours I've spent tracking timelines in the novels I've edited is approaching one gazillion.
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Nine out of ten Amazon addictions can prob be traced back to the Scholastic Book Fair.
November 18, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Nine out of ten Amazon addictions can prob be traced back to the Scholastic Book Fair.
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Narrator: That’s not what they used to do.
November 16, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Narrator: That’s not what they used to do.
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Bought these at the used bookstore - they're going in my neighborhood's free little library here in SC. #goodtrouble
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BooksChallenge #BookBansAreBad
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BooksChallenge #BookBansAreBad
November 15, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Bought these at the used bookstore - they're going in my neighborhood's free little library here in SC. #goodtrouble
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BooksChallenge #BookBansAreBad
#BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BooksChallenge #BookBansAreBad
This is a FANTASTIC book. Well worth a read nearly 70 years after it was first published - if you hope to understand what just happened in the US.
A book we published in 1955 that's trending now. Offered without need for additional comment: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... @uchicagopress.bsky.social
They Thought They Were Free
“When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench a...
press.uchicago.edu
November 16, 2024 at 9:36 AM
This is a FANTASTIC book. Well worth a read nearly 70 years after it was first published - if you hope to understand what just happened in the US.
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Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now (i.e. book editor):
Linux support technician
Sandwich and bracelet shop girl
Cocktail bartender
Teacher (kindergarten, 2nd grade, and assorted kids for ESL tutoring)
Audiobook narrator (very briefly, and volunteer only)
Linux support technician
Sandwich and bracelet shop girl
Cocktail bartender
Teacher (kindergarten, 2nd grade, and assorted kids for ESL tutoring)
Audiobook narrator (very briefly, and volunteer only)
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now (i.e. freelance translator):
Saturday library assistant
Playgroup assistant
Assorted random temping
Agency stock take counting at WH Smiths across SE England
Research services assistant (and translator on the side)
Saturday library assistant
Playgroup assistant
Assorted random temping
Agency stock take counting at WH Smiths across SE England
Research services assistant (and translator on the side)
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now (i.e. freelance translator):
(1) Lowest form of life in a hotel kitchen
(2) Telephone interviewer
(3) French teacher
(4) Market research project manager
Plan B: Trophy husband 😎
(1) Lowest form of life in a hotel kitchen
(2) Telephone interviewer
(3) French teacher
(4) Market research project manager
Plan B: Trophy husband 😎
November 15, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now (i.e. book editor):
Linux support technician
Sandwich and bracelet shop girl
Cocktail bartender
Teacher (kindergarten, 2nd grade, and assorted kids for ESL tutoring)
Audiobook narrator (very briefly, and volunteer only)
Linux support technician
Sandwich and bracelet shop girl
Cocktail bartender
Teacher (kindergarten, 2nd grade, and assorted kids for ESL tutoring)
Audiobook narrator (very briefly, and volunteer only)
