Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader
@shydogs.bsky.social
She/her
Romance reader 💙📚🌶️
HEA or GTFO ❤️
No AI 🚯
LGBTQ+ rights = human rights 🌈
Black Lives Matter
Freelance copyeditor (SFF & Romance): ericapeckedits.com
Short fiction: soundcheckingthevoid.com
Romance reader 💙📚🌶️
HEA or GTFO ❤️
No AI 🚯
LGBTQ+ rights = human rights 🌈
Black Lives Matter
Freelance copyeditor (SFF & Romance): ericapeckedits.com
Short fiction: soundcheckingthevoid.com
Pinned
Now booking for November 2025 and beyond. My rates are going up in 2026, but anyone who books before the end of the year gets 2025 pricing.
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The Comma Academy on my Patreon is designed to teach or refresh the basics for any author. This month's lesson: Point of View!
This collection of lessons is accessible at only $5/month on the Knights tier. There are 350+ posts on my Patreon and tiers for every budget!
patreon.com/cknightwrites
This collection of lessons is accessible at only $5/month on the Knights tier. There are 350+ posts on my Patreon and tiers for every budget!
patreon.com/cknightwrites
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Comma Academy on my Patreon is designed to teach or refresh the basics for any author. This month's lesson: Point of View!
This collection of lessons is accessible at only $5/month on the Knights tier. There are 350+ posts on my Patreon and tiers for every budget!
patreon.com/cknightwrites
This collection of lessons is accessible at only $5/month on the Knights tier. There are 350+ posts on my Patreon and tiers for every budget!
patreon.com/cknightwrites
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What Does A Copy Edit Pass Looks Like? Gail Carriger’s Internal Dialogue gailcarriger.com/2014/09/05/w...
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What Does A Copy Edit Pass Looks Like? Gail Carriger’s Internal Dialogue gailcarriger.com/2014/09/05/w...
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I'm doing this no matter what happens with SNAP. Food is a basic human right, and no one should have to worry about their next meal. Help me make a difference AND get a very queer romantasy about adventure with your found family 💜
No way am I gonna sit by quietly while people starve.
I grew up unhoused more often than not. I went hungry a lot, and when we did have food, it was thanks to programs like SNAP and foodbanks. I know what it is to be hungry, and I know how that trauma sticks your entire life.
Let's try to help.
I grew up unhoused more often than not. I went hungry a lot, and when we did have food, it was thanks to programs like SNAP and foodbanks. I know what it is to be hungry, and I know how that trauma sticks your entire life.
Let's try to help.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'm doing this no matter what happens with SNAP. Food is a basic human right, and no one should have to worry about their next meal. Help me make a difference AND get a very queer romantasy about adventure with your found family 💜
Another successful writing retreat in the bag—5701 words in 4 days! Not as many as last time, but still a lot for me because I am a very slow writer. And all decent first draft words I can live with. Yay! I love writing on the train. 💙📚🌶️ #amwriting #romance #pnr
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Another successful writing retreat in the bag—5701 words in 4 days! Not as many as last time, but still a lot for me because I am a very slow writer. And all decent first draft words I can live with. Yay! I love writing on the train. 💙📚🌶️ #amwriting #romance #pnr
Help me, #Romancelandia. I need short spicy reads to get me through the end of this heinous year. Hit me with your favorite novellas. Especially #PNR, #romantasy, #sci-fi. Any relationship types are fine, but MMF/Why Choose is my catnip. Self-recs welcome.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Help me, #Romancelandia. I need short spicy reads to get me through the end of this heinous year. Hit me with your favorite novellas. Especially #PNR, #romantasy, #sci-fi. Any relationship types are fine, but MMF/Why Choose is my catnip. Self-recs welcome.
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Something I see over and over again is that writers who are confident in their art and compassionate in their life see other writers as colleagues, not competition. The contrapositive (did I get that right?) is also true: those who think other writers are competition are neither confident nor kind.
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Something I see over and over again is that writers who are confident in their art and compassionate in their life see other writers as colleagues, not competition. The contrapositive (did I get that right?) is also true: those who think other writers are competition are neither confident nor kind.
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Broke: Using a big word in your manuscript just because it seems to fit and sounds fancy and impressive
Woke: Using a thesaurus to find a word that's an even better fit
Bespoke: Using a dictionary to make sure you have a correct understanding of the word's meaning
#amediting 💙📚🌶️
Woke: Using a thesaurus to find a word that's an even better fit
Bespoke: Using a dictionary to make sure you have a correct understanding of the word's meaning
#amediting 💙📚🌶️
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Broke: Using a big word in your manuscript just because it seems to fit and sounds fancy and impressive
Woke: Using a thesaurus to find a word that's an even better fit
Bespoke: Using a dictionary to make sure you have a correct understanding of the word's meaning
#amediting 💙📚🌶️
Woke: Using a thesaurus to find a word that's an even better fit
Bespoke: Using a dictionary to make sure you have a correct understanding of the word's meaning
#amediting 💙📚🌶️
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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During the pandemic when schools districts in our area were delivering food to school kids via the bus system, they were actually even accommodating allergies and conditions like Celiac. I saw a system where we cared about every child... and I saw what our government could do for its citizens.
With SNAP being lost at the end of the week I keep thinking about how we almost ended food insecurity in children when we had the COVID checks. The US government could ensure every child was safe by investing in Americans, but the president is investing in other countries and ballrooms instead.
October 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
During the pandemic when schools districts in our area were delivering food to school kids via the bus system, they were actually even accommodating allergies and conditions like Celiac. I saw a system where we cared about every child... and I saw what our government could do for its citizens.
Spellcheck. I’m pretty good at spelling, and if I don’t know how to spell something I can look it up.
Q24: You have to live without one of these forever. Which one?
A: Copy + Paste
B: Undo button
C: Spellcheck
D: Control + F
A: Copy + Paste
B: Undo button
C: Spellcheck
D: Control + F
October 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Spellcheck. I’m pretty good at spelling, and if I don’t know how to spell something I can look it up.
I learned this maybe 9 years ago and it took me a week or so to eradicate the habit from my muscle memory. Think of all the wear and tear I’ve saved my poor carpal tunnel–riddled wrists by eliminating what have to be millions of extra keystrokes.
I won't wade into the marsh in which this conversation is currently going on, but I'm happy to note that the first thing a twenty-first-century publishing entity does on receipt of a manuscript and to prepare it for eventual publication is to yank out every single double space after a period.
🤷🏻♂️
🤷🏻♂️
October 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I learned this maybe 9 years ago and it took me a week or so to eradicate the habit from my muscle memory. Think of all the wear and tear I’ve saved my poor carpal tunnel–riddled wrists by eliminating what have to be millions of extra keystrokes.
This is a great deal on a very fun read, go get it now!
$1.99 ✦ Waiting for a Scot Like You by Eva Leigh
Age gap. Widow ready to live her best life + younger Scottish military man who is very by-the-book + road trip and only one bed.
TBQ Rec
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4humRjN
Age gap. Widow ready to live her best life + younger Scottish military man who is very by-the-book + road trip and only one bed.
TBQ Rec
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4humRjN
October 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is a great deal on a very fun read, go get it now!
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Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals
Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
Really fucking ready to not be sick anymore please
October 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Really fucking ready to not be sick anymore please
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At around 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, around 200 protesters gathered at the end of the bridge that leads to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, where the Trump administration had threatened to deploy federal Border Patrol agents.
October 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
At around 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, around 200 protesters gathered at the end of the bridge that leads to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, where the Trump administration had threatened to deploy federal Border Patrol agents.
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I can't articulate it well but I don't care what punctuation/ set of words is the current tell for Chatgpt. I'm not changing my voice or the way I write for this program, my writing will evolve the way it evolves. I am not panicking that it uses em dashes. They should panic and pay me.
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I can't articulate it well but I don't care what punctuation/ set of words is the current tell for Chatgpt. I'm not changing my voice or the way I write for this program, my writing will evolve the way it evolves. I am not panicking that it uses em dashes. They should panic and pay me.
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he's knocking down the literal white house and illegally murdering people by dropping bombs on international boats and the government has been shut down for weeks and it's just like....yep
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
he's knocking down the literal white house and illegally murdering people by dropping bombs on international boats and the government has been shut down for weeks and it's just like....yep
Today I've reached the stage of this lovely respiratory virus where I am just a giant nose drowning in a sea of crumpled tissues. Gah.
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Today I've reached the stage of this lovely respiratory virus where I am just a giant nose drowning in a sea of crumpled tissues. Gah.
As a #romance #editor, it's my job to clean up messy issues like "precum" vs. "pre-cum." Neither are in @merriam-webster.com, but CMOS suggests no hyphen. WebMD and Wikipedia use the hyphenated form, though, so if an author prefers the hyphen, I'll stick with that. It's all about consistency.
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As a #romance #editor, it's my job to clean up messy issues like "precum" vs. "pre-cum." Neither are in @merriam-webster.com, but CMOS suggests no hyphen. WebMD and Wikipedia use the hyphenated form, though, so if an author prefers the hyphen, I'll stick with that. It's all about consistency.
I keep @merriam-webster.com open while I'm working so I can look things up quickly, and they have a fun little sidebar list of Top Lookups that refreshes every few seconds. Lately it's been fun watching "fascism" vie for the top spot with Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
October 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I keep @merriam-webster.com open while I'm working so I can look things up quickly, and they have a fun little sidebar list of Top Lookups that refreshes every few seconds. Lately it's been fun watching "fascism" vie for the top spot with Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
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Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School # 2) is sitting pretty at 2 smackers today (USA ebook). gailcarriger.com/FS2-sale Perfect time to add the digital to your collection. (Not sure if other countries have it.)
October 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School # 2) is sitting pretty at 2 smackers today (USA ebook). gailcarriger.com/FS2-sale Perfect time to add the digital to your collection. (Not sure if other countries have it.)
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I think that's part of it but the other part is it's men -and in this case especially rich men - and they already don't do those tasks, so they don't see them. This is why we're getting Samsung TV's with ads and not fridges that remind us to eat the lettuce before it spoils
This is the tell that they don't want people with creative capacity. They want menials and drones that they can use extract wealth from their lives and labors, then discard before the next quarterly report.
The actual cruel burden is the point.
The actual cruel burden is the point.
it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”
October 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I think that's part of it but the other part is it's men -and in this case especially rich men - and they already don't do those tasks, so they don't see them. This is why we're getting Samsung TV's with ads and not fridges that remind us to eat the lettuce before it spoils
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Currently getting approx 8000 of these per day and am on the verge of mcfuckin losing it
Dear [Author],
Your book [Title] is wonderful. I had painful urination and blood in my urine for years, until I read [Title] and now there is a clear golden stream.
[Title] deserves a wider readership. My team of 5,000 cyber-turtles can post honest reviews and raise your Zoob ranking, for a modest
Your book [Title] is wonderful. I had painful urination and blood in my urine for years, until I read [Title] and now there is a clear golden stream.
[Title] deserves a wider readership. My team of 5,000 cyber-turtles can post honest reviews and raise your Zoob ranking, for a modest
October 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Currently getting approx 8000 of these per day and am on the verge of mcfuckin losing it
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Support your local libraries! I'll be attending the Indie Author Fest at the Belmont Library next week on Saturday, October 18th! The fest runs from 10am - 3pm and I'll be part of a discussion on building a writing community in the Bay Area at 1:30pm.
This time with a correct link:
This time with a correct link:
October 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Support your local libraries! I'll be attending the Indie Author Fest at the Belmont Library next week on Saturday, October 18th! The fest runs from 10am - 3pm and I'll be part of a discussion on building a writing community in the Bay Area at 1:30pm.
This time with a correct link:
This time with a correct link: