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Steph (they/she) Editor
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Freelance editor, author, reader | 24 🌈 queer, nonbinary, AuDHD ♾️ leftist, disability advocate | Free 🇵🇸 No AI🚫

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Steph (they/she) Editor @ottersediting.com · 14d
Starting my 2026 strong with a fully booked Jan! 🎉

Don't worry because Otters Editing is looking for clients in the Spring!

I work with indie authors for fantasy, LGBTQ+, and sci-fi stories!

You deserve an empathetic #editor who cares about human creativity and doesn't use AI.

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Otters Editing Booking for clients. I have available slots in February, April, and May. You can book by visiting ottersediting.com, emailing me at stephmcollinedits@proton.me or DMing me here on Bluesky!
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#AwesomeCharacters

Raquel anticipates starting a new life in the capital city. She is planning on having her 17th birthday blessed by the Church there.

It doesn't quite work out that way though 😅 but don't worry, she'll still have a great bday!
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social ❄️Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta ☃️ @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1h
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

*Tomorrow, I will ask you about what questions you wish to see in 2026. Don’t answer yet, this is to give time to consider!*

Today, what is your character anticipating in the future? Will it work out for them?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Please please help me there is literally nothing else I can do right now expected to embarrass myself on the internet
kayla7kat.bsky.social Kayla (The Mango) $153/$170🥭 @kayla7kat.bsky.social · 7h
The city turned my water off even though they said i could pay my bill in parts

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December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Still at $0 please please help if you can even just a little is better then nothing please
kayla7kat.bsky.social Kayla (The Mango) $153/$170🥭 @kayla7kat.bsky.social · 7h
The city turned my water off even though they said i could pay my bill in parts

Im exhausted vacant i please get some help, winter has been such a struggle!

Please please help if you can i need my water back on! $0/$170

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December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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NICEF is part of the massive itch.io End-of-Year Sci-Fi sale! Get a ton of great sci-fi for a quarter of the price! (also NICEF's ebook price is going to spike come Jan!)

41 sci-fi books for only $25 USD!

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#scifi #yafiction #mecha #booklovers #booksky 📢📚
The End of Year Sci-Fi Bundle. 18–31 December. 41 books for only $25. Book covers on a space background with the planet Mars. Books included are: Secondhand Origin Stories Names in Their Blood Wherever the Stars Call Ungrateful The Edge of a World The Warm Machine Ancient as the Stars Cat/Mouse Colliding Forces Before the End (The Lost Race) Accidental Intelligence Dust & Lightning From the Grave of the Gods The Shadow of Arcadia NICEF: Neural-Interface Controlled Exo-Frame These Violent Nights Alien Exploration Cosmonaut Moral Laundry Emergence Fimbulvinter's Fires Loyalty to the Max Ship of Fools The Courier Clipped The First Sin War of the Space Dragons Adamere in Swan My Heart is Human The World of Juno Black Sails to Sunward Insiders Grave Cold Memento Moreau EverLife To Worlds of Wonder A Farewell to Humanity Goodbye to the Sun Jati's Wager THORN: An Empire of Dragons Story The Observers
December 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Working on a sample edit group presentation/webinar for 2026, and I'm reminded of a golden editorial rule.

Not every editor is the right fit for every project. And that's okay.

Finding the right editor for you & your project is super important. Sample edits are a part of that process.

#editing
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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The city turned my water off even though they said i could pay my bill in parts

Im exhausted vacant i please get some help, winter has been such a struggle!

Please please help if you can i need my water back on! $0/$170

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December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded b y red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.
December 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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rebeccareyeswriting.com
The day after tomorrow is the last day of the Smashwords sale!

Get some weird 1910's SFF while it's hot!

#Books #SFF #SpeculativeFiction #Sale #Free
rebeccareyeswriting.com Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · 12d
Try Sigils of Malice for #FREE on #Smashwords!

Sigils of Blight (Book 2), is also half price!

www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

Dive into this unique, feminist science fantasy thriller with found family, complex character arcs, and strange cats!

#Books
Smashwords 2025 End of Year SALE Ebooks discounted between 25% to 100% off December 8th to January 1st Shop the Sale at smashwords.com/sale The Smashwords logo of a hand holding a book is at the top, and there's a graphic of a girl in a blue scarf and yellow sweater reading on a tablet and drinking a steaming beverage. The book, Sigils of Malice, with arrows pointing to all of the awesome stuff in the book. Flawed, Masculine female MC The World's Smallest Unicorn Reluctant partnerships Magitek Science Fantasy Cactus Dryad Entomologist Tested Loyalties Unique 1910's worldbuilding Website is: www.RebeccaReyesWriting.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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poopraven.bsky.social
Would you like a queer urban fantasy novel featuring useless bisexual disasters and gay yearning?

My free gift to you for the holidays: ebook / audio for zero pennies!

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Jack of Thorns
What do you do when a Celtic god rings your doorbell? Laurence Riley is a San Diego florist whose ex won't leave him alone. Quentin d'Arcy is a British earl on the run from his own family. Despi...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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holfelder-writes.bsky.social
Howdy! My name is Annie Laurie! I'm an aroace/agender writer of action/adventure fiction w/ LGBTQ+ & diverse characters.

Querying: #Shield&Scalpel
WIP: #WOTV (Wardens of the Veil)
Published: Unbreakable Series
Website: HolfelderWrites.com
CoWriter: S. B. Watson

AMA, anytime, I love to chat! :)
HolfelderWrites | lgbtq fiction
HolfelderWrites is an independent author from the Pittsburgh, PA area. They write character driven, queer adventure fiction. Check out their works today!
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December 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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applesncinnamon.bsky.social
Setting goals is very important for me! Here are some of my goals for 2026!
A graphic that reads: Alex Larkspur - Author 2026 Goals Publish (at least) two books and one short story Finish Drafts for: BanditWIP SwordWIP Revise Juniper & Thistle Book One for more Beta Reads Get Feedback for The Fox & the Wolf Read 120 Books
December 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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"Lifting the dark cloth up, I glance at the relative position of the sun to estimate how long I have. I groan, at least another two hours.

I can't stand the market: cart wheels, people talking, coins jingling, bright colors, any number of transformations..."

-AnimalsWIP Raquel POV #WIPSnips
December 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Omg I have so many new followers.

Hi!! I'm Astrid, I'm the author of the upcoming re-release, Inarora's Excursion, featuring a young cat person learning how useless bureaucracy can be and starting a journey of self-discovery...

Newsletter: astridabellauthor.com
Pre-Order today!
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Inarora's Excursion by Astrid E. Abell
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December 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I believe in setting goals even if I don't complete all of them. It's something to work towards, and any progress is good.

So here are my 2026 goals that I hope to complete (or work on).

What are your goals in 2026?

#OttersEditing 🦦✍️
My 2026 Goals are to grow my freelance editing business, have at least one project a month, connect with more authors and editors, get clients for new services, take a developmental editing class, finish writing AnimalsWIP, and read 26 books in 2026
December 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🤍 estranged husbands
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-strange-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Ebook cover for The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden; cover shows a shadow of a grey wolf above a forest that's dark green and black and foggy. Text is gold and greyish-white.
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social
My Kranlian Alliance Winter Sale Is still on. Both revised versions of these #spicy #scifi erotica novels available for a limited time at this special 75% off!

Also includes the bonus story featuring Pilot Neto and his fantasy elves in his pleasure center 💙📚📦🚀

itch.io/s/172279/kra...

#BookSky
Kranlian Alliance Winter Sale 2025 by Simon Wolfe
A bundle by Simon Wolfe, $2.75 for Alien Exploration, Kranlian Rendezvous, Pilot Neto and his Holographic Elves
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December 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
get my nebula award-winning book for 50% off on smashwords! it's a spooky queer tween fantasy novel about a girl who can see ghosts on an adventure with her sister, a dragon and a ghost. 🌈📚
#EOYSale25 #ebook #IndieBooks #fantasy #kidlit #booksky
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
the cover art of my book the young necromancer's guide to ghosts on a black baground with tropey tag things that read: she sees dead people, family woes, queer kids, bestie is a ghost, spooky magic, sisters stick together, dragon friends!, finding community. Nebula Award winner logo on the top right. smashwords 2025 end of year sale. smashwords.com/sale. ebooks discounted between 24%-100% off. Dec 8 - Jan 1. Shop the sale! #NessPromo
December 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I had intended to do things this afternoon but

My body said no and I just woke up from a 2 hour nap 😅
December 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
Want to support me without spending a dime? Request my books at your library! The library pays for their copy so I still get paid and you get to read it for free! Best part, others can enjoy it after you! 🌈📚 #booksky
The covers for six of my books: The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts, Dragon Whisperer, Trueflame, Fireborn, Firebound, After the Dragon Raid. Text across the middle reads: Request them at your library! Dark grey text on a beige background that reads: Get it at the library! Did you know you can ask your library to purchase books? Free for you! Authors still get paid! Others get to read it as well! Support libraries! With a print mockup of The Dragon Next Door on a wooden shelf. #NessPromo
December 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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ottersediting.com
Honestly, 2025 was a very big year for me and my career. I can't believe that in 1 year I went from an unemployed Gen Z grad to starting my own freelance editing business.

Now I get paid to edit your books! I'm so incredibly happy with the end of this year. Thank you for hiring me as your #editor
A graphic of my 2025 Wrap-Up. I completed a copyediting certificate, started my own freelance editing business, created my own website, got my first editing clients, went to my first editing conference, wrote 25k words on AnimalsWIP, and read 25 books!
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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applesncinnamon.bsky.social
Sweet & Wild is still on sale on itch.io until January 5th! Check it out if you’d like a short, sweet MM fantasy romance! 🐝💛🍃
applesncinnamon.bsky.social Alex Larkspur 💛 Queer Fantasy @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 10d
Sweet & Wild is on sale for $1 on itch.io until January 5th!
If you'd like a sweet, cozy MM fantasy romance for this winter, please check it out!

While Sweet & Wild doesn't take place only in winter, there are scenes in winter! ❄️

Link: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild
Over the backdrop of a wintery forest, the cover of Sweet & Wild by Alex Larkspur. Text above the cover reads: Itch.io Winter Sale, $1 until January 5th Over the background of a snowy forest, the text reads: "I called you 'love,'" he said, soft as the snow that was gathering on the branches above. "Is that all right?"
December 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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applesncinnamon.bsky.social
“A Taste of Wild Honey” is available for just $1! If you liked Sweet & Wild and want some more with Micah and Terran, check it out! 💛🍯😘
applesncinnamon.bsky.social Alex Larkspur 💛 Queer Fantasy @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 10d
Now Available! "A Taste of Wild Honey" is a smutty one-shot featuring Micah and Terran from Sweet & Wild! It's just $1!

itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/a-taste-of-w...
ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/dbdfed0266

Cover by @saintsbeware.bsky.social
An illustrated cover for the short story “A Taste of Wild Honey” by Alex Larkspur It features two men sitting under a tree in the forest. Micah is on the left, leaning in and nuzzling against the other man. He is blonde with white skin and freckles, wearing a cream colored shirt with embroidery, brown pants and boots, and a straw hat with flowers. The other man, Terran, is leaning into Micah and has thrown an arm around his shoulder. He has tan skin, a beard, and shoulder length brown hair with green tips. He has pointed ears and antlers. He is wearing a deep v-cut brown shirt and dark pants, no shoes. A necklace rests against his chest. In the foreground, there is a blanket with a jar of honey and flowers resting on it
December 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
ottersediting.com
Honestly, 2025 was a very big year for me and my career. I can't believe that in 1 year I went from an unemployed Gen Z grad to starting my own freelance editing business.

Now I get paid to edit your books! I'm so incredibly happy with the end of this year. Thank you for hiring me as your #editor
A graphic of my 2025 Wrap-Up. I completed a copyediting certificate, started my own freelance editing business, created my own website, got my first editing clients, went to my first editing conference, wrote 25k words on AnimalsWIP, and read 25 books!
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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valeriakarasu.bsky.social
repost if you fucking hate AI

support human artists.
support human writers.
support human musicians.
support humans.
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
My latest #BookReview is for a forthcoming MG paranormal fantasy that turns the Chosen One trope on its head. I think younger readers who enjoy trying to follow clues and figure out mysteries before all is revealed may enjoy this variation of a "secret magical school" adventure. #sff #MG
Book Review: Spindlewood by Freddie Kölsch — HELEN WHISTBERRY
Fun twist on the Chosen One theme in this MG paranormal fantasy
www.helenwhistberry.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM