Crystal Carney, Editor
@crystalline-edits.bsky.social
Crystalline Editing Services
Editor of sci fi, fantasy, and literary stories who loves to read, write, and make fiber art.
Check out writer resources and my blog, Prismatic Pen.
https://linktr.ee/crystalline_editing
Editor of sci fi, fantasy, and literary stories who loves to read, write, and make fiber art.
Check out writer resources and my blog, Prismatic Pen.
https://linktr.ee/crystalline_editing
Gearing up to get some writers on the books for December and January!
I'd love to edit your manuscript that's ready for the next step, whether that's a consultation and overall feedback, developmental edits, copyedits, or proofreading.
Ask me anything!
I'd love to edit your manuscript that's ready for the next step, whether that's a consultation and overall feedback, developmental edits, copyedits, or proofreading.
Ask me anything!
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Gearing up to get some writers on the books for December and January!
I'd love to edit your manuscript that's ready for the next step, whether that's a consultation and overall feedback, developmental edits, copyedits, or proofreading.
Ask me anything!
I'd love to edit your manuscript that's ready for the next step, whether that's a consultation and overall feedback, developmental edits, copyedits, or proofreading.
Ask me anything!
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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October's coming, and it's one of my busiest months outside of work. (Thanksgiving! A family event! Making Halloween costumes!) Over the years, I've learned to take more time off in October!
How do you handle holidays or time off? Here are some tips I shared with @editorsteaclub.bsky.social.
How do you handle holidays or time off? Here are some tips I shared with @editorsteaclub.bsky.social.
how to plan for the holidays as a freelance editor — Editors Tea Club
www.editorsteaclub.com
September 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
October's coming, and it's one of my busiest months outside of work. (Thanksgiving! A family event! Making Halloween costumes!) Over the years, I've learned to take more time off in October!
How do you handle holidays or time off? Here are some tips I shared with @editorsteaclub.bsky.social.
How do you handle holidays or time off? Here are some tips I shared with @editorsteaclub.bsky.social.
Even though NaNoWriMo as an organization is no more, the idea of dedicating the month of November to getting words on the page is as important now as ever.
My writing skills are rusty, but I’m going to use the time to try to finish that novel that’s been hanging over my head. Who’s with me?
My writing skills are rusty, but I’m going to use the time to try to finish that novel that’s been hanging over my head. Who’s with me?
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Even though NaNoWriMo as an organization is no more, the idea of dedicating the month of November to getting words on the page is as important now as ever.
My writing skills are rusty, but I’m going to use the time to try to finish that novel that’s been hanging over my head. Who’s with me?
My writing skills are rusty, but I’m going to use the time to try to finish that novel that’s been hanging over my head. Who’s with me?
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The bill to abolish the Department of Education is a bill to dismantle libraries.
action.everylibrary.org/sb_5384
Follow and support @everylibrary.bsky.social to help fight for libraries.
action.everylibrary.org/sb_5384
Follow and support @everylibrary.bsky.social to help fight for libraries.
SIGN THE PETITION: Don't Abolish the Department of Education
The bill to abolish the Department of Education is a bill to dismantle libraries.
action.everylibrary.org
February 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The bill to abolish the Department of Education is a bill to dismantle libraries.
action.everylibrary.org/sb_5384
Follow and support @everylibrary.bsky.social to help fight for libraries.
action.everylibrary.org/sb_5384
Follow and support @everylibrary.bsky.social to help fight for libraries.
This year has been a whirlwind and I can't believe it's only February 5th.
Stay hopeful out there friends. Help each other and don't give up.
Stay hopeful out there friends. Help each other and don't give up.
February 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This year has been a whirlwind and I can't believe it's only February 5th.
Stay hopeful out there friends. Help each other and don't give up.
Stay hopeful out there friends. Help each other and don't give up.
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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
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I have a little plea and it's this: please keep posting about things that aren't The Horrors. I am not saying to not look at or be informed about The Horrors. What I am saying—what I am genuinely kind of begging you to do—is keep posting about books and movies and sunsets and pets and joy. Please.
January 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I have a little plea and it's this: please keep posting about things that aren't The Horrors. I am not saying to not look at or be informed about The Horrors. What I am saying—what I am genuinely kind of begging you to do—is keep posting about books and movies and sunsets and pets and joy. Please.
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treebeard and the hobbits
#thelordoftherings
#thelordoftherings
January 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
treebeard and the hobbits
#thelordoftherings
#thelordoftherings
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SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
Trying so hard to remain optimistic over here.
action.everylibrary.org/trump_has_al... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/trump_has_al... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Trump Has ALREADY Attacked Libraries
This action is the first step in dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services and eliminating federal funding for libraries.
action.everylibrary.org
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trying so hard to remain optimistic over here.
action.everylibrary.org/trump_has_al... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/trump_has_al... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Writer Advice People: You need to write for an audience!
Me: I do, me.
Writer Advice People: No! That is the wrong audience!
Me: *rolls away like a cheese, caring not*
Me: I do, me.
Writer Advice People: No! That is the wrong audience!
Me: *rolls away like a cheese, caring not*
January 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Writer Advice People: You need to write for an audience!
Me: I do, me.
Writer Advice People: No! That is the wrong audience!
Me: *rolls away like a cheese, caring not*
Me: I do, me.
Writer Advice People: No! That is the wrong audience!
Me: *rolls away like a cheese, caring not*
No matter how many times I do it, there’s always a lingering anxiety when I email clients about money. I wish I could work for free, honestly.
January 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
No matter how many times I do it, there’s always a lingering anxiety when I email clients about money. I wish I could work for free, honestly.