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Hannah Gordon
@hago-91.bsky.social
Line & copyeditor/Proofreader at http://hagoedco.com
Specializing in self-published American English stand-alone romance novels
Rock 'n' roll music enthusiast, Disney nerd, Bachelorette of the Arts, kid at heart.
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If you are a #freelance #editor and/or #blogger working with #selfpublished #writers of the #romancegenre , I'm open to writing guest blog posts or giving interviews by email. Find out more in the image below.

Media inquiries: agrinwithoutacat91@gmail.com
I'm not much of a gamer, but I love my #disneydreamlightvalley . These guys & gal are my favs so far. Their names are Hapbee, 💛Buzbee,🤍 Cotton Canbee💙 & Lemonade.🩷🥰
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Authors of English-language self-published stand-alone romance novels-- if you're game (pun intended) check out hagoedco.com
#editingservices #editor #indieauthors #Writesky #Romancelandia
August 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#WritingLifeMonthly 25: Author's prose lives rent-free in your head? This is a stretch, but Google will tell you all you need to know (1/2):
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#WritingLifeMonthly 21. E-reader, mostly. But if I travel I take a physical book with me. Usually it’s a hardback because I like to get the newest releases. I haven’t traveled in years, but this has me thinking about what to pack for a trip planned for this spring…🤔
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 21📚

What's your style? How do you prefer to get your reading materials?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#WritingLifeMonthly 20. ROMANCE! Always. And, yes, it's 95% of what I read anyway.😊
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 20 📚

One genre, forevermore, what do you choose? Curious to see how many folk say they only read one genre as it is.

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”

This is where we get the 'sibling.'

And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”

Over time, it came to mean "close friend."

Now it is something we share w/ close friends...

'gossip.'
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time.

All are considered acceptable so go off.
November 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Heads up: if you are describing a fox, there’s like a 99% chance that you will use the adjective ‘sly.’
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Angeln is a peninsula in Germany.

It is thought that a group of Germans called ‘The Angles’ left that area to settle in Great Britain.

People started calling the place they settled ‘Angle-land.’

This morphed into ‘England.’

We now speak ‘English.’
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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‘Vacant’ means open or free.

‘Vacation’ means freedom from work.

Ok, time for a break.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms.

‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms.

But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Be nice to the frogs--you never know which one's a prince! 🙂
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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‘Excruciating’ comes from the same root word as ‘crucify.’

We hope this knowledge doesn’t cause you great pain or anguish.
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I had it coming to me: this this the first time I've ever been terrified by an article. I had to force myself to finish it. To me nothing is usually 'necessary reading', but this was. Read it, then go hug your loved ones/pets/plushies. You're going to need that.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#WritingLifeMonthly 18. This is a throwback, but I was never crazy about “Harry Potter”. My mom read it to me as a kid as our bedtime story/bonding time. I think Mom was more into it than I was. I wouldn’t say I hated it, but I’m glad I never loved it, because the whole thing with the author is 🤢.
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 18📚

Sorry it’s late today. What’s a book others raved about but you secretly (or not so secretly) hated?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#WritingLifeMonthly 14. If I don’t like it, I don’t feel bad putting it away when I have more pressing things to do. That way I can have the best of both worlds--read until I get bored, then go do other things. Because if I enjoy a book from start to finish, I read it in one sitting.😊
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 14 📚

I've started setting aside novels I don't enjoy more quickly. With limited time and so much great writing out there, I have no regrets about moving on. You?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#WritingLifeMonthly 13. None on my shelves, lots in my Kindle. I tend to buy when they’re on sale and then forget I have them.😂
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 13📚
I told my kiddo that collecting books is not my hobby, because I read them all, then I kinda got a delivery of books (second hand), and my TBR pile now feels out of control!

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Guess who got their first editing scam email 🥰 I'm popular enough to get scams!

If something is too good to be true, especially lots of money, it's a scam.

Anyways PSA to #editors

Be aware of editing scams. Look for red flags and trust your gut. Never send out personal bank information.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Freelance editors: your business runs on your brain—protect it. 🛠️🧘♀️ I talk routines, scope, and saying no in this convo with @whatstheidea.bsky.social. Thanks for having me!
zurl.co/rUvFp

#FreelanceEditing #AmEditing
How two decades of building her online presence helped Erin Brenner write the book on freelance editing — What's the Idea
An interview with editor Erin Brenner, the acclaimed author of the book The Chicago Guide to Freelance Editing.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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There are 4 types of editing, and they should be done in this order:

1. Developmental editing (big-picture level)
2. Line editing (sentence level)
3. Copy editing (grammar)
4. Proofreading (last pass after layout is complete)

#Writing #Editing
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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ultimate = last in a series

penultimate = second-to-last in a series

antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series

preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series

propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#WritingLifeMonthly 12 One would be the aforementioned vampires and other traditional monsters. Another would be most blurbs that mention ‘a secret that threatens…’ That’s drama, not romance. That level of conflict isn’t my thing.
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 12📚

🔺 What would you have you back away from a person or even an author when it comes to bookish things? What are your red flags, warning signs, hard pass 🚧 ⚠️ 🙅‍♀️?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM