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JuliaEdits
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Careful book editing for indie romance authors. My resting bitchface brings all the boys to the yard. JuliaEdits.com - julia@juliaedits.com (she/her)
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Really great panel at Steamy Lit. Thank you, @laurataylornamey.bsky.social, @aecosbyauthor.bsky.social, @elizamacarthur.bsky.social, Julio Maxwell, @authorkayerockwell.bsky.social and @swatiteerdhala.bsky.social.
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#AmEditing
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A placard promoing a Steamy Lit workshop: The Use of Non-English Language in Romance. How do non-English words shape a romance?
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Heyyyy if you’re at Steamy Lit, say hi! I answer all questions about editing and indie publishing!
Julia standing in front of a giant STEAMY LIT CON sign.
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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@grammartable.bsky.social, so sad to hear you won’t be at the Encino screening this morning. I’m stoked to see the movie but I wanted you to sign my precious books 😂
A photo of two books: the Chicago Manual of Style and Rebel with a Clause.
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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And then, sorry, absolutely must mention @kategoldbeck.bsky.social's You, Again, because:
The cover of Kate Goldbeck's You, Again which is a riff on the autumnal walk in When Harry Met Sally
September 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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I know it's not the *whole* movie but this scene in When Harry Met Sally has absolutely lived rent-free in my head since 1989.
A frame of When Harry Met Sally showing them standing in an autumnal park, with orange trees and leaves all around them. They're wearing autumn clothing.
September 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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A photo you took that brings you inner peace
An enormously fat orange cat lying on the back on the carpet, all four paws up, enormously fluffy and fat belly exposed.
August 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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reskeet with a tweet you still think about
Text of a 2016 tweet from @vineyille, retweeted by Goth Ms. Frizzle: Finally, an R-rated superman movie. People in the street (all nude): Look up in the sky it's some shithead Superman: sup fuckers
August 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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And here is the proof: Uma Thurman and the Case of the White Cow with Black Spots Instead of the Black Cow with White Spots. #HollywoodLife!
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A screenshot from The Truth About Cats and Dogs, showing Uma Thurman in a milkmaid outfit in front of a barn, several other people, and a white cow with black spots.
August 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Before #Romancelandia, I worked in the entertainment industry (and grew up inside it too). Thought I'd share this FB memory that popped up for me today.
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A Facebook memory for 5 years ago today: Just had a random flashback to the most furious on-set argument I ever witnessed, a DP screaming at the production designer: "I wanted a black cow with white spots! You brought me a white cow with black spots!" and this is so emblematic of my entire experience in Hollywood that I think it should be taught at film school.
August 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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God bless Chuck Tingle.
A cover of a Chuck Tingle novel with the title: Pounded by this expanded bike lane which is an important solution when creating a city that's less dependent on cars.
June 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
A satire of the "don't tread on me flag" -- yellow background, small coiled snake, and a big California bear menacing the snake, with the words OH SHIT, A BEAR!
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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An illustration of a garbage truck with “whole man disposal services” written on the side. Below it, a caption: “Yes, the entire man.”
May 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Lee Pace in black tie
May 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Public service announcement:

#Romancelandia
#AmEditing
#ILoveMyJob
Indie romance authors: this is your periodic reminder that your romance novel should be edited by an editor who loves romance novels. JuliaEdits.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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😭
Screen shot of the last shot of Angel, with Spike, Gunn, Angel and Illyria standing in the rain, about to go to work.
March 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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This tree is blooming across the street from my house. There are so many happy bees on it that you can hear the buzz from 10 feet away!
A photo of a blooming ornamental cherry tree, with a big pink blossom right in front.
March 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Love the words inside just as much as I love this cover!

@susannaherwin.bsky.social
#Romancelandia
The cover of Susanna Erwin’s book Love and Otger Hollywood Endings
March 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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#GenX, how's everybody holidng up after this week's #Severance?
A 70s photo of Robby Benson with thick hair and a red plaid shirt
March 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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#Indiepub folks, before you hire an editor, please read & absorb these sentences from @bcdreyer.social's wonderful book, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style amzn.to/4jItuiW
#Romancelandia
#AmEditing
A photo of text from a book: Putting aside the extensive mechanical work of attending to the rudiments of spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc., the styling of prose is very much about listening. An attentive copy editor should become attuned to and immersed in a writer's voice to the point where the copy editor has so thoroughly absorbed the writer's intentions that the process turns into a sort of conversation-on-the-page. Nowhere is this conversation more crucial than in the copyediting of fiction, where artistry, however you want to define that slippery concept, can outrank and outweigh notions of what might conventionally be deemed "correct"; where voice—eccentric, particular, peculiar as it may be—is paramount; and where a copy editor, however well-intentioned, who can't hear what a writer is doing, or at least attempting to do, is apt to wreak havoc.
February 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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My household just joined #Costco specifically because of their DEI practices + their new pay rate of $30/hr. I got lazy over the years & relied too much on Amazon. This will help me end that.
a screenshot of an amazon membership card logo, which says Costco Wholesale Gold Star Member
January 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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3 reasons why you should bid on me:

1: We're raising $ for fire relief!
2: I'm a gentle collaborator. Don't be scared bc I have some Very Big Clients—I want to work with YOU!
3: I will help you make your manuscript better!

www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket... #LAFires #Romancelandia #AmEditing
Book Lovers or LA Charity Auction featuring 20k word manuscript edit, donated by JuliaEdits
January 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The Booklovers for LA auction is live! We're raising $$ for #LAFire relief and I've donated a 20k-word edit. Come and bid on me because I'm a gentle editor & a goddamn delight. Tell your friends!
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

#Romancelandia
#AmEditing
#ILoveMyJob
Booklovers for LA Charity Auction featuring 20k word manuscript edit donated by JuliaEdits
January 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Hey, the Booklovers for LA auction is live today, raising $$ for #LAFires relief. I've donated a 20k-word edit. Come bid on me because I'm a goddamn delight. And tell your friends!
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

#Romancelandia
#AmEditing
#ILoveMyJob
a graphic with JuliaEdits' avatar + Book Lovers for LA Charity Auction featuring 20k word manuscript edit
January 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Welcome, new followers! This is my usual schtick:

#Romancelandia
#AmEditing
JuliaEdits.com "Indie romance authors, this is your periodic reminder that your romance novel should be edited by an editor who loves romance novels."
January 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Rest in power, #CecileRichards.

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Richards was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023. When asked by the Cut last year why she continued her activism even after such a devastating diagnosis, she quoted her mother, the late Texas Governor Anne Richards: "Why should your life only be about you?"
January 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM