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Amanda Moser
@amandaeditsbooks.com
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It’s in the name 💛
I provide developmental editing and line editing services for works of fiction 📚

Need an editor for your novel?
Learn more at amandaeditsbooks.com 💌

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Jan 19
So stoked for #booksky trending! I also want to boost #authorsky and #writersky 🪶📚

For my new followers, I’m a literary editor here to support indie authors 🩵 I’m editing my first 3 manuscripts of the year for ✨free✨ bc I love my growing community.

hmu @ amandaeditsbooks.com
Literary Editor
Amanda Moser is a freelance editor who primarily works on novels and series fiction. Services include proofreading, line editing, and developmental editing.
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margaretadelle.bsky.social
I am once again asking indie authors to drop the links to their Itchio storefronts.

I avoided the site during my book buying ban and now I'm *way* behind on following people.

#booksky
April 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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authoreccabrera.bsky.social
Want to support some amazing indie authors here on BlueSky? Check out this starter pack I made with just a few you should definitely check out 😎 #booksky #indieauthors
Indie Authors of BlueSky
Join the conversation
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March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
amandaeditsbooks.com
Loving the implication of this thumbnail that Violet Beauregarde is a woman in horror

(Also loving this list, y’all should check it out)
March 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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ursulakleguin.com
You have two weeks left to nominate books for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!

Nominations close March 31st.

Which books will join those shortlisted the last three years? (Yes, we fit them all in this picture.)

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...
28 books are arranged around a handwritten page that says "Nominations open!" The books are: Spear by Nicola Griffith; Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews; Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo; The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber; How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu; The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente; Sift by Alissa Hattman; The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera; The Employees by Olga Ravn; Drinking from Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu; The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher; A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger; After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang; The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez; Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson; Aboreality by Rebecca Campbell; The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson; Appleseed by Matt Bell; The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed; It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken; Geometries of Belonging by R.B. Lemberg; Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil; Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky; Orbital by Samantha Harvey; Ten Planets by Yuri Herrera; Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh; Brother Alive by Zain Khalid; and Meet Us By the Roaring See by Akil Kumarasamy.
March 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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annmrose.bsky.social
Would really love to see some romance with strong hooks in my inbox 👀🩷 #MSWL
March 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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resandersauthor.bsky.social
Editing. A 170k word novel.
If you know what that's like, you know.
three men in armor are standing next to each other with the words and so it begins below them
ALT: three men in armor are standing next to each other with the words and so it begins below them
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March 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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madelynknecht.bsky.social
Not to sound cheesy but community is so, so important in the writing world.

It may feel like a lonely art, but I wouldn't be where I am today without the support of my writing friends. So find your people!!

#writingcommunity #writersky #
March 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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jendiagammon.bsky.social
I'm convinced Wordpress is a trickster demon.
March 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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gracelp.bsky.social
Current mood
March 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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ajcousins.bsky.social
"When you grow up, you realize art is more about conversation than originality. What lived experiences move you? What bits of stories have stuck to your heart? Those become living, beating organs in our work. Only the delusional believe their art springs exclusively from their own minds." ❤️👇
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Mar 4
New essay day! There is an uncomfortable space between when something is new and when it becomes a genre. Most frequently? These works are called "ripoffs" or "copies."

So I wrote this piece about how originality actually works (and doesn't). Free to read in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social right now!
Breakout, Ripoff, Genre: How Fiction Outgrows Originality - Uncanny Magazine
Doom is a lot like Lord of the Rings, which is a lot like Superman. You don’t have to admit you loved Doom. In fact, you can pretend you never even heard of this videogame about a floating gun that sh...
www.uncannymagazine.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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ursulakleguin.com
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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taylorrenee.bsky.social
Would you choose immortality?
Of course you would.
But let me tell you:
It’s a lie. A cruel, promise.
Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.

House of Valentine, complete at 98k words a thrilling gothic fantasy. #WSPit #A #F #P #R #WSPitQ
A moodboard with a cozy, vintage aesthetic labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections: 1. Open books with text in a serif font, layered on each other. 2. A picturesque village nestled in a lush green valley surrounded by mountains. 3. A minimalistic green wall with a framed painting, books, and candles arranged neatly on a table. 4. A wooden bookshelf filled with old, worn books in dim lighting. 5. Close-up of antique books with leather-bound covers in shades of green and brown, with visible gold detailing on the spines. 6. A café setting with small wooden tables, coffee, pastries, and an open book resting on one of the tables. 7. Handwritten text on sepia-toned paper, evoking a sense of nostalgia. 8. A person wearing red knit fingerless gloves and a cream sweater, touching a tree trunk with an attached piece of text. The centersquare says house of valentine mood board A dark, moody moodboard labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections: 1. A hand with clawed nails dragging across wooden floorboards, leaving deep scratches. 2. Text on a textured background that reads, ‘When Night Comes’ in a serif font. 3. A close-up of a golden, cat-like eye with a vertical slit pupil, surrounded by shadowed skin. 4. A wide-open mouth with sharp, pointed fangs 5. A grand ballroom scene filled with people in elegant historical attire, dancing beneath ornate chandeliers. 6. A hand with long, deep red nails holding a glass of dark red wine 7. The word ‘Run’ written in bold serif font on a completely black background 8. A dagger with intricate designs on the hilt resting next to a single stemmed rose and a torn piece of paper with faded text. "If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality? Wouldn’t you dream of such a gift? To remain as you were as the world crumbles around you, and rebuilds itself, endlessly? Of course you would. That’s the allure, isn’t it? The whispered fantasy of endless time, of infinite existence. But let me tell you: it’s a lie. A cruel, promise. Because after enough centuries, you begin to wish for the plague to ravage your body, to tear through your flesh and wring you dry of life. You begin to long for the bomb to shatter you, burn away your skin until you’re nothing but bone and ash. You’d pray for the famine to hollow you out, for hunger to gnaw at your insides so violently that you might finally collapse under the weight of mortality. Because the hunger you live with— No, the hunger that you are—is worse." -- Excerpt From Soren Valentine's Journal When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it. Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs. As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything. House of Valentine is a romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless. When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it. Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs. As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything. House of Valentine is a romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless.
February 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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cfranciswrites.bsky.social
The Last Of Us x 1984 x Firefly

If Isaac had known saving that mute girl at auction would land him on a forced road trip with the family and crew he abandoned a decade ago, while half the galaxy seems to be shooting at him... ah, hell, he'd still have done it.

#WSPit #A #SF #Q #WSPitQ
Mood board for 'The Last Sky', a sci-fi novel. Grid of nine images. Top row: 1) close-up on a man's hand holding a little girl's hand; 2) shock troopers moving through smoke with rifles drawn; 3) a girl's face in profile with glowing scientific and mathematical symbols superimposed over her head. Middle row: 4) An epic shot of a spaceship flying past a solar eclipse through clouds; 5) The book's title 'The Last Sky'; 6) A planet burning and crumbling apart. Bottom row: 7) A man's silhouette hunched over, holding a bottle of alcohol; 8) A silhouette image of a man playfully holding a little boy on his shoulders at sunset; 9) a close up of a man's face in profile, tears rolling over his cheeks as he appears to stare at the image of the boy in the sunset.
February 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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raemariz.bsky.social
TOMORROW & TOMORROW & TOMORROW x THE MARTIAN

Behind-the-scenes reality TV drama & behind-the-screens social media commentary build the tension between what we think we know and what we rarely understand about the people we share a planet with.

We’re messy. You love it.

#WSpit #WSpitQ #amquerying
graphic of space debris tracked by NASA. Satellites and wreckage speckle the black screen. The objects crowding in near-Earth orbit is so dense you can barely glimpse the blue planet in the center.
February 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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aliciavwriting.bsky.social
NASCENT ❤️‍🔥 A cult of strong women with dark secrets

For fans of:

❤️‍🔥 Sapphic yearning
❤️‍🔥 Gender nonconformity
❤️‍🔥 Women’s wrongs
❤️‍🔥 Female rage
❤️‍🔥 Tearing down systems of power

THE WATER CURE x I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN

(98k, speculative lit fic)

#WSPitQ #LGBTQ #A #writingcommunity #WSPit #amquerying
The duality and spectrum of womanhood demonstrated by an anatomical heart with relentless yearning written below then a punching fist with unbridled rage written below to showcase the themes in my novel Nacent
February 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
amandaeditsbooks.com
Editor with #histfic here 🙋‍♀️

But reposting for reach to agents!
February 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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julieartz.bsky.social
It feels weird to talk about happy things given everything that’s going on. But…I’m hosting a retreat at Highlights in June with my pal @emilycolinbooks.bsky.social and it’s a major bucket list item for me. Talking revision. With my pal. At Highlights!
February 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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margaretadelle.bsky.social
For years, I was using a Nook and got most of my indie ebooks from Barnes and Noble.

Bookshop . org has their new ebook shop, indie books included.

Itchio is en route to become *the* platform for trans indie authors.

The authors on those platforms have bills to pay too.
February 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
"I stay awake until the witching hour/ under curfew and occupation by the national guard, who wield rifles/ longer than my legs." Jessica Abughattas writes an ode to her home in her poem, "Beautiful Altadena." lareviewofbooks.org/article/jess...
Jessica Abughattas’s “Beautiful Altadena” | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the wake of January’s devastating fires around Los Angeles, LARB presents a new poem from Jessica Abughattas.
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February 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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lacrimamundi.bsky.social
Now reading

Lou Willingham @louwrites.bsky.social: Remains

Lou's poetry is SO good. 🥰

If modern poetry is your thing, you really should check their stuff out.

I'm so glad Matt @onechaoticauthor.bsky.social hooked me on to it. 💜

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#AmReading 👀📚
#Poetry 💙📚
#IndieBook
#KindleUnlimited 📢📚
Lou Willingham: Remains Book cover
February 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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scalzi.com
Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
February 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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reviseresub.bsky.social
Soon... 👀 Keep an eye on this space in the next couple weeks to meet the editors featured in our annual contest opening March 13th! #writingcommunity #RevPit #writersofbluesky
Blue image. Text reads: RevPit Editor Announcements coming soon.
February 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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faerywhimsy.bsky.social
When Zeus + Aphrodite compete in a game of, 'Who's your worst patron deity?', Helen must follow and marry a man far from her homeland of Sparta

Her single goal becomes to break free from their divine influence and return to her true husband, and beloved king, Menelaus.

#CuPit #Q #A #HF
Original art by stranded-ziggy.tumblr.com of Helen holding a rose up to her nose Comps for Helen: Circe, Clytemnestra and Morgan is My Name Original art by stranded-ziggy.tumblr.com of the remainder of Helen's bust The first three paragraphs of Helen
February 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social
Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉

This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!

Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106

Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features
This is "#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features" by The Manuscript Academy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
amandaeditsbooks.com
Happy #MSWL day 🎉

I’d LOVE to receive more manuscripts in:

🧚 Fantasy

💞 Romance

📚 Literary Fiction

🎬 Screenplays

AND/OR

🕰️ Historical Fiction genres.

I’m fully stocked in:
🚫 YA
🚫 Nonfiction
🚫 Sci-fi

Reach me on amandaeditsbooks.com!
Amanda Moser - Literary Editor
Amanda Moser is a freelance editor supporting authors of novels and series fiction. Services include proofreading, line editing, and developmental editing.
amandaeditsbooks.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM