Jennifer Holmes
@jenmededit.bsky.social
Freelance Medical Writer and Editor | Bookworm | Communicating science well--for healthy people and a healthy planet 🌳
My October reads: The Ten Thousand Doors of January is also in my stack. Aiming to be an Alix E. Harrow completist.
#BlueBrewBooks
#BlueBrewBooks
October 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My October reads: The Ten Thousand Doors of January is also in my stack. Aiming to be an Alix E. Harrow completist.
#BlueBrewBooks
#BlueBrewBooks
What’s your sign?
September 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What’s your sign?
“The buds on the peony were filling now, like tight green scoops of ice cream with a hint of raspberry peeking through.”—THE PLACE OF TIDES, by James Rebanks
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“The buds on the peony were filling now, like tight green scoops of ice cream with a hint of raspberry peeking through.”—THE PLACE OF TIDES, by James Rebanks
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ruby Beach on the Washington coast for #TidesoutTuesday
September 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ruby Beach on the Washington coast for #TidesoutTuesday
“There the trees wore thick moss stockings, and the ferns splayed their fronds neatly, like fingers.” NORTH WOODS, by Daniel Madon
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
September 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“There the trees wore thick moss stockings, and the ferns splayed their fronds neatly, like fingers.” NORTH WOODS, by Daniel Madon
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
Here he is also
September 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Here he is also
“What is a plant without a means to communicate? A husk. And without conversation, a forest is not a forest.”
THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger
#SundaySentence #naturewriting
THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger
#SundaySentence #naturewriting
September 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“What is a plant without a means to communicate? A husk. And without conversation, a forest is not a forest.”
THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger
#SundaySentence #naturewriting
THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger
#SundaySentence #naturewriting
Sol Duc Falls in Olympic National Park for #waterfallwednesday
September 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sol Duc Falls in Olympic National Park for #waterfallwednesday
“And the tears? I stetted the tears.”
—Poet Maggie Smith in rejecting the “edits” her husband made to a piece sent for publication during their divorce.
Stetting the tears is my new mantra. How many times as a woman have you been told that your emotional response is too much?
#morningreads
—Poet Maggie Smith in rejecting the “edits” her husband made to a piece sent for publication during their divorce.
Stetting the tears is my new mantra. How many times as a woman have you been told that your emotional response is too much?
#morningreads
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“And the tears? I stetted the tears.”
—Poet Maggie Smith in rejecting the “edits” her husband made to a piece sent for publication during their divorce.
Stetting the tears is my new mantra. How many times as a woman have you been told that your emotional response is too much?
#morningreads
—Poet Maggie Smith in rejecting the “edits” her husband made to a piece sent for publication during their divorce.
Stetting the tears is my new mantra. How many times as a woman have you been told that your emotional response is too much?
#morningreads
May you sail into the week. #BlueSkyMonday
August 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
May you sail into the week. #BlueSkyMonday
“Once he read a book that said that people with neuropsychiatric disorders need to make friends with their brain. But Ted and Ted’s brain are not friends. They are classmates. Forced to do a group assignment called Life together.”
#SundaySentence +a few extra from MY FRIENDS, by Fredrik Backman
#SundaySentence +a few extra from MY FRIENDS, by Fredrik Backman
August 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“Once he read a book that said that people with neuropsychiatric disorders need to make friends with their brain. But Ted and Ted’s brain are not friends. They are classmates. Forced to do a group assignment called Life together.”
#SundaySentence +a few extra from MY FRIENDS, by Fredrik Backman
#SundaySentence +a few extra from MY FRIENDS, by Fredrik Backman
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC
August 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC
“Cities sleep with their lights on, as if they’re afraid of the dark.”
—JOE COUNTRY, by Mick Herron
#SundaySentence
—JOE COUNTRY, by Mick Herron
#SundaySentence
August 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Cities sleep with their lights on, as if they’re afraid of the dark.”
—JOE COUNTRY, by Mick Herron
#SundaySentence
—JOE COUNTRY, by Mick Herron
#SundaySentence
August 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Eva took up space with a loud restlessness, a bee stuck in a room with all the windows shut.”
The Safekeep,
By Yael Van Der Wouden
#SundaySentence
The Safekeep,
By Yael Van Der Wouden
#SundaySentence
July 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Eva took up space with a loud restlessness, a bee stuck in a room with all the windows shut.”
The Safekeep,
By Yael Van Der Wouden
#SundaySentence
The Safekeep,
By Yael Van Der Wouden
#SundaySentence
“The man was dismissing her. Acting as if she were a bad clause in a poorly constructed sentence.”
CONFESSIONS OF A GRAMMAR QUEEN, by Eliza Knight
#SundaySentence
CONFESSIONS OF A GRAMMAR QUEEN, by Eliza Knight
#SundaySentence
July 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“The man was dismissing her. Acting as if she were a bad clause in a poorly constructed sentence.”
CONFESSIONS OF A GRAMMAR QUEEN, by Eliza Knight
#SundaySentence
CONFESSIONS OF A GRAMMAR QUEEN, by Eliza Knight
#SundaySentence
Weekend reading: our protagonist is Bernadette Swift, a young copy editor at a publishing house in 1963. She has big dreams, but there are men in her way.
#currentlyreading #copyediting
#currentlyreading #copyediting
July 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Weekend reading: our protagonist is Bernadette Swift, a young copy editor at a publishing house in 1963. She has big dreams, but there are men in her way.
#currentlyreading #copyediting
#currentlyreading #copyediting
“…y’all has never been accepted as the solution that it is, as opposed to something quaint and maybe a tad ignorant.”
Pronoun Trouble
By John McWhorter
#SundaySentence
Pronoun Trouble
By John McWhorter
#SundaySentence
June 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“…y’all has never been accepted as the solution that it is, as opposed to something quaint and maybe a tad ignorant.”
Pronoun Trouble
By John McWhorter
#SundaySentence
Pronoun Trouble
By John McWhorter
#SundaySentence
June 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#morningread PRONOUN TROUBLE by John McWhorter.
I needed more purple on my rainbow-sorted writing/editing/usage bookshelf 🌈
#mededitreads
I needed more purple on my rainbow-sorted writing/editing/usage bookshelf 🌈
#mededitreads
June 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#morningread PRONOUN TROUBLE by John McWhorter.
I needed more purple on my rainbow-sorted writing/editing/usage bookshelf 🌈
#mededitreads
I needed more purple on my rainbow-sorted writing/editing/usage bookshelf 🌈
#mededitreads
A recommendation for #audiobookmonth: RUN FOR THE HILLS, by Kevin Wilson. I’m loving this found family road trip, and especially Marin Ireland’s narration.
#booksky
#booksky
June 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A recommendation for #audiobookmonth: RUN FOR THE HILLS, by Kevin Wilson. I’m loving this found family road trip, and especially Marin Ireland’s narration.
#booksky
#booksky
“So what is noticing?…
It’s catching your sleeve on the thorn of the thing you notice
And paying attention as you free yourself.”
—Verlyn Klinkenborg, SEVERAL SHORT SENTENCES ABOUT WRITING
#SundaySentence #writingcommunity
It’s catching your sleeve on the thorn of the thing you notice
And paying attention as you free yourself.”
—Verlyn Klinkenborg, SEVERAL SHORT SENTENCES ABOUT WRITING
#SundaySentence #writingcommunity
June 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“So what is noticing?…
It’s catching your sleeve on the thorn of the thing you notice
And paying attention as you free yourself.”
—Verlyn Klinkenborg, SEVERAL SHORT SENTENCES ABOUT WRITING
#SundaySentence #writingcommunity
It’s catching your sleeve on the thorn of the thing you notice
And paying attention as you free yourself.”
—Verlyn Klinkenborg, SEVERAL SHORT SENTENCES ABOUT WRITING
#SundaySentence #writingcommunity
May 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Forests are more than trees. We were captivated by the lush ferns in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Happy #ForestFriday, everyone! Life’s better outside.
May 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Forests are more than trees. We were captivated by the lush ferns in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Happy #ForestFriday, everyone! Life’s better outside.