Editor Lindsey Middlemiss
@lindseymiddlemiss.bsky.social
🏳️🌈Editor, Proofreader, and Sensitivity Reader for indie authors. Mostly LGBTQIA+ books, often Romance or Mystery
https://lindseymiddlemiss.square.site
https://lindseymiddlemiss.square.site
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If you have an LGBTQ author/reader start pack, can you drop the link here?
#LGBTQ #booksky #queerbooksky
#LGBTQ #booksky #queerbooksky
🍁Discounted Nov editing slots!🍁
Thanks to accommodating date shifts for multiple clients, I now have TWO November openings for any level of edit/proofread.
👉I am offering these last-minute slots with a 10% discount for new clients (same discount returning clients get).
#AuthorBluesky #IndieAuthor
Thanks to accommodating date shifts for multiple clients, I now have TWO November openings for any level of edit/proofread.
👉I am offering these last-minute slots with a 10% discount for new clients (same discount returning clients get).
#AuthorBluesky #IndieAuthor
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🍁Discounted Nov editing slots!🍁
Thanks to accommodating date shifts for multiple clients, I now have TWO November openings for any level of edit/proofread.
👉I am offering these last-minute slots with a 10% discount for new clients (same discount returning clients get).
#AuthorBluesky #IndieAuthor
Thanks to accommodating date shifts for multiple clients, I now have TWO November openings for any level of edit/proofread.
👉I am offering these last-minute slots with a 10% discount for new clients (same discount returning clients get).
#AuthorBluesky #IndieAuthor
Reposted by Editor Lindsey Middlemiss
Aaaaaand there it is.
Here is a high profile "Gender Critical" activist confirming what is obvious: Paul Burston, founder of the Polari Prize, is a (low profile) "gender critical" activist.
To accept a prize from a GC activist in 2025 is a huge slap in the face to the trans community.
It gets worse... 1/
To accept a prize from a GC activist in 2025 is a huge slap in the face to the trans community.
It gets worse... 1/
August 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Aaaaaand there it is.
Reposted by Editor Lindsey Middlemiss
Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
Reposted by Editor Lindsey Middlemiss
“The hurt and anger caused has been a matter of deep concern to everyone associated with the prize... despite these events, we are committed to going forward with the prize this year... undertaking a full review... ahead of next year’s awards.”
The Polari Prize doesn't understand the situation.
The Polari Prize doesn't understand the situation.
14 of 24 authors have now withdrawn.
First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas
Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies
Judges:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas
Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies
Judges:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
August 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“The hurt and anger caused has been a matter of deep concern to everyone associated with the prize... despite these events, we are committed to going forward with the prize this year... undertaking a full review... ahead of next year’s awards.”
The Polari Prize doesn't understand the situation.
The Polari Prize doesn't understand the situation.
Indie authors who use Itchio as your website – especially if you have erotica in your catalogue – be aware your website may now be blocked to UK readers.
Have an alternative landing page!
#IndieAuthor #Author #Writers #OnlineSafetyAct
Have an alternative landing page!
#IndieAuthor #Author #Writers #OnlineSafetyAct
August 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Indie authors who use Itchio as your website – especially if you have erotica in your catalogue – be aware your website may now be blocked to UK readers.
Have an alternative landing page!
#IndieAuthor #Author #Writers #OnlineSafetyAct
Have an alternative landing page!
#IndieAuthor #Author #Writers #OnlineSafetyAct
Reposted by Editor Lindsey Middlemiss
YES! 👏
Thank you every Labour MP who stood firm and everyone who has supported this campaign. If we stand together and fight for what’s right we’ve proved again we can succeed
Thank you every Labour MP who stood firm and everyone who has supported this campaign. If we stand together and fight for what’s right we’ve proved again we can succeed
July 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
YES! 👏
Thank you every Labour MP who stood firm and everyone who has supported this campaign. If we stand together and fight for what’s right we’ve proved again we can succeed
Thank you every Labour MP who stood firm and everyone who has supported this campaign. If we stand together and fight for what’s right we’ve proved again we can succeed
🌈 It's here! 🌈
I picked up my copy of Teacher of the Year by @mawardell.bsky.social from my local indie bookstore Red Lion Books today!
I'm (re)reading this for the @diversepridereadthon
#Queerbooks #Booksky #DiversePrideReadathon #PrideMonth #PrideReads #ReadMoreQueer
I picked up my copy of Teacher of the Year by @mawardell.bsky.social from my local indie bookstore Red Lion Books today!
I'm (re)reading this for the @diversepridereadthon
#Queerbooks #Booksky #DiversePrideReadathon #PrideMonth #PrideReads #ReadMoreQueer
June 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🌈 It's here! 🌈
I picked up my copy of Teacher of the Year by @mawardell.bsky.social from my local indie bookstore Red Lion Books today!
I'm (re)reading this for the @diversepridereadthon
#Queerbooks #Booksky #DiversePrideReadathon #PrideMonth #PrideReads #ReadMoreQueer
I picked up my copy of Teacher of the Year by @mawardell.bsky.social from my local indie bookstore Red Lion Books today!
I'm (re)reading this for the @diversepridereadthon
#Queerbooks #Booksky #DiversePrideReadathon #PrideMonth #PrideReads #ReadMoreQueer
🏳️🌈 Pride is a protest & a demonstration of LGBTQIA+ existence & joy. 🏳️🌈
This year, Pride month feels more needed and less of a party than it has for me since my teens in the 1990s.
...
This year, Pride month feels more needed and less of a party than it has for me since my teens in the 1990s.
...
June 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🏳️🌈 Pride is a protest & a demonstration of LGBTQIA+ existence & joy. 🏳️🌈
This year, Pride month feels more needed and less of a party than it has for me since my teens in the 1990s.
...
This year, Pride month feels more needed and less of a party than it has for me since my teens in the 1990s.
...
📚 Author top tip...
There's a Threads discussion about how authors can make sure their editor/proofreader is qualified.
The BIG green/red flag I see in online spaces is:
➡️Are they comfortable talking style guides, style sheets, and dictionaries?
🦋...
#Authors #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #Editor
There's a Threads discussion about how authors can make sure their editor/proofreader is qualified.
The BIG green/red flag I see in online spaces is:
➡️Are they comfortable talking style guides, style sheets, and dictionaries?
🦋...
#Authors #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #Editor
May 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📚 Author top tip...
There's a Threads discussion about how authors can make sure their editor/proofreader is qualified.
The BIG green/red flag I see in online spaces is:
➡️Are they comfortable talking style guides, style sheets, and dictionaries?
🦋...
#Authors #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #Editor
There's a Threads discussion about how authors can make sure their editor/proofreader is qualified.
The BIG green/red flag I see in online spaces is:
➡️Are they comfortable talking style guides, style sheets, and dictionaries?
🦋...
#Authors #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #Editor
🩵🤍🩷 20+ books for Trans History Week 🩷
I haven't yet read all of these yet, so let me know if you have!
#Transhistoryweek #transrights #transbooks #Queerbooks #Booksky #LGBTQbooks
I haven't yet read all of these yet, so let me know if you have!
#Transhistoryweek #transrights #transbooks #Queerbooks #Booksky #LGBTQbooks
May 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🩵🤍🩷 20+ books for Trans History Week 🩷
I haven't yet read all of these yet, so let me know if you have!
#Transhistoryweek #transrights #transbooks #Queerbooks #Booksky #LGBTQbooks
I haven't yet read all of these yet, so let me know if you have!
#Transhistoryweek #transrights #transbooks #Queerbooks #Booksky #LGBTQbooks
📝 Indie Author Reduced Cost Proofreads! 📝
If you're an Indie Author looking to get a final check done on your book or short story, then I offer a reduced cost single run-through proofread service.
lindseymiddlemiss.square.site/rates
#IndieAuthor #editor #writercommunity
If you're an Indie Author looking to get a final check done on your book or short story, then I offer a reduced cost single run-through proofread service.
lindseymiddlemiss.square.site/rates
#IndieAuthor #editor #writercommunity
May 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
📝 Indie Author Reduced Cost Proofreads! 📝
If you're an Indie Author looking to get a final check done on your book or short story, then I offer a reduced cost single run-through proofread service.
lindseymiddlemiss.square.site/rates
#IndieAuthor #editor #writercommunity
If you're an Indie Author looking to get a final check done on your book or short story, then I offer a reduced cost single run-through proofread service.
lindseymiddlemiss.square.site/rates
#IndieAuthor #editor #writercommunity
📚 New release I got to work on! 📚
Rough Trade by @_ksterling_
Out now.
Perfect for fans of Emmy Sanders' Elite 8 series and anyone looking for an inclusive, emotional exploration of the meaning of sex.
#editor #indieauthor #booksky #queerbooks
Rough Trade by @_ksterling_
Out now.
Perfect for fans of Emmy Sanders' Elite 8 series and anyone looking for an inclusive, emotional exploration of the meaning of sex.
#editor #indieauthor #booksky #queerbooks
May 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📚 New release I got to work on! 📚
Rough Trade by @_ksterling_
Out now.
Perfect for fans of Emmy Sanders' Elite 8 series and anyone looking for an inclusive, emotional exploration of the meaning of sex.
#editor #indieauthor #booksky #queerbooks
Rough Trade by @_ksterling_
Out now.
Perfect for fans of Emmy Sanders' Elite 8 series and anyone looking for an inclusive, emotional exploration of the meaning of sex.
#editor #indieauthor #booksky #queerbooks
📚 New release I got to work on! 📚
Author, Author by Will Forrest @willthewriter.bsky.social
Out now.
books2read.com/authorauthor
#Queerbooksky #queerbooks #indieauthor #gaybooks
Author, Author by Will Forrest @willthewriter.bsky.social
Out now.
books2read.com/authorauthor
#Queerbooksky #queerbooks #indieauthor #gaybooks
April 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📚 New release I got to work on! 📚
Author, Author by Will Forrest @willthewriter.bsky.social
Out now.
books2read.com/authorauthor
#Queerbooksky #queerbooks #indieauthor #gaybooks
Author, Author by Will Forrest @willthewriter.bsky.social
Out now.
books2read.com/authorauthor
#Queerbooksky #queerbooks #indieauthor #gaybooks
⭐️100+ Queer Books with Disability Rep ⭐️
April 20-26 is Disability Book Week.
I love finding queer, disabled rep in romance books both because it's personal and because it is such a hard-hitting intersection!
#Booksky #QueerBooksky #LGBTQbooks #LGBTQIA #DisabilityBookWeek #DisabilityBooks
April 20-26 is Disability Book Week.
I love finding queer, disabled rep in romance books both because it's personal and because it is such a hard-hitting intersection!
#Booksky #QueerBooksky #LGBTQbooks #LGBTQIA #DisabilityBookWeek #DisabilityBooks
April 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
⭐️100+ Queer Books with Disability Rep ⭐️
April 20-26 is Disability Book Week.
I love finding queer, disabled rep in romance books both because it's personal and because it is such a hard-hitting intersection!
#Booksky #QueerBooksky #LGBTQbooks #LGBTQIA #DisabilityBookWeek #DisabilityBooks
April 20-26 is Disability Book Week.
I love finding queer, disabled rep in romance books both because it's personal and because it is such a hard-hitting intersection!
#Booksky #QueerBooksky #LGBTQbooks #LGBTQIA #DisabilityBookWeek #DisabilityBooks
Happy Non-binary Parents' Day to all the non-binary parents out there
April 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy Non-binary Parents' Day to all the non-binary parents out there
This is who Keir Starmer met with
The ability to acquire that specific information, about individuals in an identifiable minority group and where each of them live, is similar to Palantir's current work in "helping find the location of people flagged for deportation" as a "more mature partner to ICE"
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...
www.404media.co
April 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
This is who Keir Starmer met with
Amazing to see the huge numbers in London, especially with concurrent #TransRights protests happening all over the country.
The gender critics are vocal & dangerous, but they are a minority.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
The gender critics are vocal & dangerous, but they are a minority.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.
April 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Amazing to see the huge numbers in London, especially with concurrent #TransRights protests happening all over the country.
The gender critics are vocal & dangerous, but they are a minority.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
The gender critics are vocal & dangerous, but they are a minority.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
🩷🩵🤍 80+ books with trans rep 🤍🩵🩷
Trans rep books – showing that trans people are real, valid, and as deserving of love & choices as anyone else – are both a protest & a way of learning more about trans folks.
Read trans rep books now & all year round!
Trans rep books – showing that trans people are real, valid, and as deserving of love & choices as anyone else – are both a protest & a way of learning more about trans folks.
Read trans rep books now & all year round!
April 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🩷🩵🤍 80+ books with trans rep 🤍🩵🩷
Trans rep books – showing that trans people are real, valid, and as deserving of love & choices as anyone else – are both a protest & a way of learning more about trans folks.
Read trans rep books now & all year round!
Trans rep books – showing that trans people are real, valid, and as deserving of love & choices as anyone else – are both a protest & a way of learning more about trans folks.
Read trans rep books now & all year round!
Huge love to everyone protesting today. An injured foot is keeping me home or I'd be in Parliament Sq.
Stay safe, know your rights, have the backs of the people around you.
And cis allies... we need you to stand up now more than ever. Be loud, physical & proactive in your support of trans people.
Stay safe, know your rights, have the backs of the people around you.
And cis allies... we need you to stand up now more than ever. Be loud, physical & proactive in your support of trans people.
April 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Huge love to everyone protesting today. An injured foot is keeping me home or I'd be in Parliament Sq.
Stay safe, know your rights, have the backs of the people around you.
And cis allies... we need you to stand up now more than ever. Be loud, physical & proactive in your support of trans people.
Stay safe, know your rights, have the backs of the people around you.
And cis allies... we need you to stand up now more than ever. Be loud, physical & proactive in your support of trans people.
Reposted by Editor Lindsey Middlemiss
We are going to see a deluge of cases brought against institutions that (I think lawfully) want to continue to adopt trans inclusive policies. We will run an accelerated process to hire an equalities lawyer to advise them and (try and) ensure trans voices in those cases.
The fight for the rights and dignities of trans people is a fight against the thin edge of fascism. It's a hill we are willing to fight and die on. If you'd like to support us with a donation dedicated to trans rights, you can do so here. I am donating £1,000. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Fighting fund for trans rights | Good Law Project
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollbacks on trans rights in the UK.
goodlawproject.org
April 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We are going to see a deluge of cases brought against institutions that (I think lawfully) want to continue to adopt trans inclusive policies. We will run an accelerated process to hire an equalities lawyer to advise them and (try and) ensure trans voices in those cases.
Anyone supporting JKR, promoting HP inc. the new series in any way is complicit in funding hate.
Yes, that includes anyone with their house in their bio. Yes, that includes authors still making HP references in their own books. Yes, that includes the actors in the new series.
Just STOP
Yes, that includes anyone with their house in their bio. Yes, that includes authors still making HP references in their own books. Yes, that includes the actors in the new series.
Just STOP
April 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Anyone supporting JKR, promoting HP inc. the new series in any way is complicit in funding hate.
Yes, that includes anyone with their house in their bio. Yes, that includes authors still making HP references in their own books. Yes, that includes the actors in the new series.
Just STOP
Yes, that includes anyone with their house in their bio. Yes, that includes authors still making HP references in their own books. Yes, that includes the actors in the new series.
Just STOP
Remember...
TWs/CWs are for content that could be triggering to someone dealing with trauma, a MH condition, eating disorder, etc.
They are NOT just supposed to be for topics that the general public agrees are upsetting to many.
I see a LOT of authors get this confused.
...
#AuthorSky #WriterSky
TWs/CWs are for content that could be triggering to someone dealing with trauma, a MH condition, eating disorder, etc.
They are NOT just supposed to be for topics that the general public agrees are upsetting to many.
I see a LOT of authors get this confused.
...
#AuthorSky #WriterSky
April 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Remember...
TWs/CWs are for content that could be triggering to someone dealing with trauma, a MH condition, eating disorder, etc.
They are NOT just supposed to be for topics that the general public agrees are upsetting to many.
I see a LOT of authors get this confused.
...
#AuthorSky #WriterSky
TWs/CWs are for content that could be triggering to someone dealing with trauma, a MH condition, eating disorder, etc.
They are NOT just supposed to be for topics that the general public agrees are upsetting to many.
I see a LOT of authors get this confused.
...
#AuthorSky #WriterSky
I'm sorry, WHAT? The collection, incarceration & enslavement of people by ICE should take a more business like approach?
I know the USA never really got rid of slavery, but DAMN 😳
I know the USA never really got rid of slavery, but DAMN 😳
A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings.
A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings.
A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings.
A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings.
A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings.
A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings.
A deportation system like Amazon prime but with human beings.
The acting director of ICE told the Border Security Expo that his dream is to make the deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”
He added, “We need to get better at treating this like a business.”
The depravity of these folks knows no bounds.
t.co/sF7TqcqfF8
He added, “We need to get better at treating this like a business.”
The depravity of these folks knows no bounds.
t.co/sF7TqcqfF8
April 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm sorry, WHAT? The collection, incarceration & enslavement of people by ICE should take a more business like approach?
I know the USA never really got rid of slavery, but DAMN 😳
I know the USA never really got rid of slavery, but DAMN 😳
These euphemisms for "cock" over on Threads are hilarious.
But what is often missed by writers is that euphemisms & descriptive/flowery language can pull the reader out of a scene.
I'm a keep it simple kind of editor. Call a spade a spade, etc.
#authors #indieauthors #queerbooksky #booksky
But what is often missed by writers is that euphemisms & descriptive/flowery language can pull the reader out of a scene.
I'm a keep it simple kind of editor. Call a spade a spade, etc.
#authors #indieauthors #queerbooksky #booksky
April 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
These euphemisms for "cock" over on Threads are hilarious.
But what is often missed by writers is that euphemisms & descriptive/flowery language can pull the reader out of a scene.
I'm a keep it simple kind of editor. Call a spade a spade, etc.
#authors #indieauthors #queerbooksky #booksky
But what is often missed by writers is that euphemisms & descriptive/flowery language can pull the reader out of a scene.
I'm a keep it simple kind of editor. Call a spade a spade, etc.
#authors #indieauthors #queerbooksky #booksky
I've added an FAQ to my website. Is there anything else you think should be on there?
lindseymiddlemiss.square.site/faq
The website & especially the blog is a WIP. It's the age-old challenge of the sole trader/freelancer: the more work we get, the less time we have for work admin.
#Editors
lindseymiddlemiss.square.site/faq
The website & especially the blog is a WIP. It's the age-old challenge of the sole trader/freelancer: the more work we get, the less time we have for work admin.
#Editors
March 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I've added an FAQ to my website. Is there anything else you think should be on there?
lindseymiddlemiss.square.site/faq
The website & especially the blog is a WIP. It's the age-old challenge of the sole trader/freelancer: the more work we get, the less time we have for work admin.
#Editors
lindseymiddlemiss.square.site/faq
The website & especially the blog is a WIP. It's the age-old challenge of the sole trader/freelancer: the more work we get, the less time we have for work admin.
#Editors