Lee Burton - Author | Editor
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Ocean's Edge is booking developmental and copy & line edits for March and April.
▪︎ Trad & #Indie bestselling clients
▪︎ Fourteen years editing indies
▪︎ Invoices in CAD
Friendly queries always encouraged.
#writingcommunity #amediting #good #books 💙📚
www.oceansedgeediting.com
▪︎ Trad & #Indie bestselling clients
▪︎ Fourteen years editing indies
▪︎ Invoices in CAD
Friendly queries always encouraged.
#writingcommunity #amediting #good #books 💙📚
www.oceansedgeediting.com
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A5: Well this fucker needs dental surgery and it's gonna be like $900 soooo if anyone wants to toss a coin to their writer, I'd greatly appreciate it ko-fi.com/diannagunn #WeeknightWriters
February 6, 2026 at 1:38 AM
A5: Well this fucker needs dental surgery and it's gonna be like $900 soooo if anyone wants to toss a coin to their writer, I'd greatly appreciate it ko-fi.com/diannagunn #WeeknightWriters
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I put my new comic up on itch! $8 for a 34-page horror story!
On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know.
You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter
On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know.
You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I put my new comic up on itch! $8 for a 34-page horror story!
On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know.
You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter
On Halloween night in 1994, two teenagers and their bully walk into a stranger's basement, and discover an uncomfortable secret about a girl they know.
You can read it here: keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter
After two days of hours-long post-storm shoveling, today I am leaving my driveway shamefully unshovelled. All the neighbors will see how I forfeit my place in Canadian Valhalla.
#shame #shame #shame #CanadianShame
#shame #shame #shame #CanadianShame
February 4, 2026 at 10:29 PM
After two days of hours-long post-storm shoveling, today I am leaving my driveway shamefully unshovelled. All the neighbors will see how I forfeit my place in Canadian Valhalla.
#shame #shame #shame #CanadianShame
#shame #shame #shame #CanadianShame
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Are all expansionist empires just big Ponzi Schemes? Hear my thoughts on that and bunch of other listener questions on the latest Bonus Episode!
art19.com/shows/our-fa...
art19.com/shows/our-fa...
Bonus Episode - Ponzi Empires, Thieving Saints, and Skin Grafts
In this Bonus Episode Sebastian takes questions from listeners about the series on the original Ponzi Scheme. The host investigates the history of the expression "robbing Peter to pay Paul", locates e...
art19.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Are all expansionist empires just big Ponzi Schemes? Hear my thoughts on that and bunch of other listener questions on the latest Bonus Episode!
art19.com/shows/our-fa...
art19.com/shows/our-fa...
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I’m 175 pages in on a hockey romance and thus far it’s been entirely about HOCKEY.
🌶️📚💙
🌶️📚💙
February 3, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I’m 175 pages in on a hockey romance and thus far it’s been entirely about HOCKEY.
🌶️📚💙
🌶️📚💙
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Still having an existential crisis from talking on Steam Chat for two hours last night with a weird reverb when I spoke so I had to repeatedly hear what my real voice sounded like.
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Still having an existential crisis from talking on Steam Chat for two hours last night with a weird reverb when I spoke so I had to repeatedly hear what my real voice sounded like.
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Get some excellent sci-fi, fantasy, and horror plugged right into your brain by joining me and some fabulous authors for a free online reading!
I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED.
6th Feb, 5 pm GMT!
TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
#SWSWQR
I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED.
6th Feb, 5 pm GMT!
TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
#SWSWQR
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Get some excellent sci-fi, fantasy, and horror plugged right into your brain by joining me and some fabulous authors for a free online reading!
I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED.
6th Feb, 5 pm GMT!
TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
#SWSWQR
I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED.
6th Feb, 5 pm GMT!
TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
#SWSWQR
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£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
The Creatives Grant
let's make art less middle class
thewhitepube.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
One of my beta readers keeps flagging dialogue, like "Why are his words backwards? Who talks like this?"
And I'm like, "I dunno, b'y. I'll get right to fixin' 'er now in a once."
#Newfoundland #amwriting #books
And I'm like, "I dunno, b'y. I'll get right to fixin' 'er now in a once."
#Newfoundland #amwriting #books
a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a newfoundland and labrador flag
Alt: A man in a suit and tie (Bob Odenkirk) stands in front of a newfoundland and labrador flag
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM
One of my beta readers keeps flagging dialogue, like "Why are his words backwards? Who talks like this?"
And I'm like, "I dunno, b'y. I'll get right to fixin' 'er now in a once."
#Newfoundland #amwriting #books
And I'm like, "I dunno, b'y. I'll get right to fixin' 'er now in a once."
#Newfoundland #amwriting #books
Yesterday, I made the best tea I'll ever make. I wish I watched what I was doing, but I make two a day & it was just another tea. As soon as I tasted it, I knew it was the Platonic ideal of tea & I'd never do better.
My missus says I can't think this way, but I know it's all downhill from here.
My missus says I can't think this way, but I know it's all downhill from here.
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Yesterday, I made the best tea I'll ever make. I wish I watched what I was doing, but I make two a day & it was just another tea. As soon as I tasted it, I knew it was the Platonic ideal of tea & I'd never do better.
My missus says I can't think this way, but I know it's all downhill from here.
My missus says I can't think this way, but I know it's all downhill from here.
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"moot is in the epstein files" is the completely true sentence that has finally convinced me this is all an extremely stupid simulation and that we're all being used to power a robot overlord's game gear or something
January 31, 2026 at 3:22 AM
"moot is in the epstein files" is the completely true sentence that has finally convinced me this is all an extremely stupid simulation and that we're all being used to power a robot overlord's game gear or something
1. New authors spamming #books and #queries don't make sense. Audience is everything.
When I published my first #fantasy book, I had three best-selling Urban Paranormal / dark fantasy clients offer to give me shout-outs in their newsletters. Of course I said yes. That's amazing...
💙📚 #authors
When I published my first #fantasy book, I had three best-selling Urban Paranormal / dark fantasy clients offer to give me shout-outs in their newsletters. Of course I said yes. That's amazing...
💙📚 #authors
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 AM
It was two years ago today I published the first in my Leguin-inspired Speaker Origins #fantasy series. Looking back on it now, about to publish a standalone & write the third in this series, it seems mad that I was so anxious at the time.
💙📚🪐👀 🔥
lsb337.itch.io/the-lion
books2read.com/u/bWAzpY
💙📚🪐👀 🔥
lsb337.itch.io/the-lion
books2read.com/u/bWAzpY
January 31, 2026 at 1:41 AM
It was two years ago today I published the first in my Leguin-inspired Speaker Origins #fantasy series. Looking back on it now, about to publish a standalone & write the third in this series, it seems mad that I was so anxious at the time.
💙📚🪐👀 🔥
lsb337.itch.io/the-lion
books2read.com/u/bWAzpY
💙📚🪐👀 🔥
lsb337.itch.io/the-lion
books2read.com/u/bWAzpY
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A customer ordered a teapot so I made ten. Heres my two favourites:
#pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #teapot
#pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #teapot
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
A customer ordered a teapot so I made ten. Heres my two favourites:
#pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #teapot
#pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #teapot
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This week, Amazon has removed erotica and erotic romance and many romance titles from the Affiliate program, meaning that people can't make affiliate income off linking them.
One of the impacted books is Heated Rivalry. Please complain. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZZCSYXJ
#romancelandia #booksky #authors
One of the impacted books is Heated Rivalry. Please complain. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZZCSYXJ
#romancelandia #booksky #authors
January 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This week, Amazon has removed erotica and erotic romance and many romance titles from the Affiliate program, meaning that people can't make affiliate income off linking them.
One of the impacted books is Heated Rivalry. Please complain. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZZCSYXJ
#romancelandia #booksky #authors
One of the impacted books is Heated Rivalry. Please complain. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZZCSYXJ
#romancelandia #booksky #authors
Once again I am reminded that the realest trick to producing quality writing is persnickety alpha and beta readers who actually like your work.
#amediting #amediting #amediting
#amediting #amediting #amediting
January 29, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Once again I am reminded that the realest trick to producing quality writing is persnickety alpha and beta readers who actually like your work.
#amediting #amediting #amediting
#amediting #amediting #amediting
What a strange but interesting book promo mashup. Feels like an all new metric for levels of success.
#NHL #DungeonCrawlerCarl #booksky
#NHL #DungeonCrawlerCarl #booksky
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
What a strange but interesting book promo mashup. Feels like an all new metric for levels of success.
#NHL #DungeonCrawlerCarl #booksky
#NHL #DungeonCrawlerCarl #booksky
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It’s old book posting o’clock. Any requests?
January 29, 2026 at 1:08 AM
It’s old book posting o’clock. Any requests?
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"...magnificently unique world-building, seamless prose, and deeply flawed characters..."
Usman Zunnoor has reviewed V&V over at SFF Insiders and it is so flattering I couldn't help but to share it everywhere.
Go read it!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Usman Zunnoor has reviewed V&V over at SFF Insiders and it is so flattering I couldn't help but to share it everywhere.
Go read it!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Violence & Vigilance by David T. List — SFF Insiders
With this outstanding debut, List cements his position among the pinnacle of epic, grimdark fantasy authors. Violence & Vigilance is grimdark done right.
www.sffinsiders.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
"...magnificently unique world-building, seamless prose, and deeply flawed characters..."
Usman Zunnoor has reviewed V&V over at SFF Insiders and it is so flattering I couldn't help but to share it everywhere.
Go read it!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Usman Zunnoor has reviewed V&V over at SFF Insiders and it is so flattering I couldn't help but to share it everywhere.
Go read it!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
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Recently, someone left a short, good review on my old novelette, Ella. Many interesting stories have a split of 1-star & 5-stars. I like to think that's the case with Ella -- which is available for free on ITCH: lsb337.itch.io/ella
But something about the spread of reviews still bugs me. Hmm... 💙📚
But something about the spread of reviews still bugs me. Hmm... 💙📚
January 20, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Recently, someone left a short, good review on my old novelette, Ella. Many interesting stories have a split of 1-star & 5-stars. I like to think that's the case with Ella -- which is available for free on ITCH: lsb337.itch.io/ella
But something about the spread of reviews still bugs me. Hmm... 💙📚
But something about the spread of reviews still bugs me. Hmm... 💙📚
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January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Tell me about it. 🫠
What's the phrase that goes around? Vintage fashion not vintage values?
What's the phrase that goes around? Vintage fashion not vintage values?
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Tell me about it. 🫠
What's the phrase that goes around? Vintage fashion not vintage values?
What's the phrase that goes around? Vintage fashion not vintage values?