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Michelle Noble | Editor
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Freelance Book Editor & Proofreader | Web Content Writer | Neurosparkly Xennial Nerd | Feminine Rage Goblin | Humanist | she/her

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Settler on Dish with One Spoon & Treaty 3 land known as Hamilton, ON 🇨🇦
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OMFG! Specifics TBD, but we seem to have done the good and smart thing. So thankful.

@ctvnews-rss.bsky.social projects a Liberal win!

#CDNPoli #CanadaVotes
A TV screen displays "Liberal win" with a photo of Mark Carney.
April 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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My editorial assistants seem to have a long-weekend hangover, and...same
#CatSky #CatsOfBluesky
#StetPet #WorkFromHome #FreelanceEditor
Two fluffy cats sit on a table. One is large and black, the other has calico colouring. Both have disgruntled expressions and disheveled fur.
April 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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We're enjoying a gorgeous false spring in southern Ontario right now, so Miss Maggie told me it was time to crawl out of my editing lair and take a #StetWalk
A black-and tan German shepherd dog sits on a sidewalk with a residential street and clear blue sky in the background.
March 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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What did you read this month???

I exclusively read Black authors in honour of #BlackHistoryMonth, but let's remember to diversify our bookshelves all year round.

(Book titles and authors listed in alt text.)

#BookSky
#SkyReads
#FebruaryReadingWrapup
A collage of six book covers: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams, Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler, and One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris.
February 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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This one felt like a study guide for the next few decades. Or months. Whatever.

This is a powerful story—timely, poignant, and beautifully written.

A bit slow to start and I was confused at some points by the worldbuilding, but still a solid 4.5⭐

#BookSky
#SkyReads
#BookReview
#CanLit
A copy of "American War" by Omar El Akkad is held up in front of a blurred bookshelf. The cover depicts white clouds in a blue sky and an empty gas station building surrounded by a desert landscape.
January 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 20
Cover of "The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe," featuring a red cover with a black raven in front of a full moon.
January 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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All the 5-star reads I enjoyed in 2024!
A collage of book covers.
January 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I read 45 of my 50-book goal for 2024. There were quite a few misses, but I believe reading widely and outside of our preferences can help us become better writers and editors. We can learn something from all the books we read.
A collage of book covers.
January 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 19
Image of "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. A blue cover depicts a Gothic cathedral.
January 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 18
Cover of "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier. The title is written in gold script on a red background that has the appearance of ripples of silk.
December 31, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 17
Cover of "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, which is plain white with the book title written across the front in a dark blue script font.
December 30, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Heading into 2025 with clean teeth and the perfect winter read!

(WHY did it take me this long to pick up "Beartown" from my TBR? This book is an absolute masterpiece.)

#Books #BookSky #SkyReads #TBR #Reading #BookEditor #LitFic
The book "Beartown" by Fredrick Backman is held up in a dentist's waiting room that's decorated with a Christmas tree. The cover shows a hockey player on a frozen lake against a snowy backdrop of houses and forested mountains. There is a bear watching the player from across the lake.
December 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 16
Cover of "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker. Against a violet purple background is the silhouette of a woman sitting and reading in a rocking chair in front of a window, with an orange sun visible in the sky outside.
December 29, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 15
The cover of "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. A sepia-toned illustration of a light-skinned woman wearing a Victorian-style gown, sitting on the floor.
December 28, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 14
Cover of "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. Illustrations of four light-skinned young women are surrounded by green leaves and pink berries, with the title in gold script.
December 27, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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Best to be safe.

(I know it's not the 5th, but I've had enough wine that it's still funny.)
A decorative plate depicting an illustrated horned figure, with "Cookies for Krampus" written underneath, and two cookies on the plate.
December 25, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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Luna would like you all to know how feisty—er, festive—she's feeling.
#ChristmasCat
A fluffy calico cat is perched beside a Christmas tree, with a disgruntled facial expression.
December 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 13
Cover of "Away" by Jane Urquhart. A painting of a young, light-skinned woman's face in muted, sepia tones.
December 23, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 12
Cover of "The Book of Negroes" by Lawrence Hill. A close-up, black-and-white photograph of a dark-skinned person looks at the camera, and a transparent yellowed page with flowing script covers half the image.
December 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 11
Cover of "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery. A young girl with red hair styled in two braids, wearing a light blue pinafore and a straw hat, holds a carpet bag.
December 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 10
Cover of "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter. A white tower against a black background, with a small female figure leaning out the tower window and waving her arms. There is a sea of red waves below and a red moon in the sky.
December 19, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 9
Cover of "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. A black and white image of an older light-skinned man with gray hair and a bushy beard, and in the lower left a "torn" corner reveals a colour image of trees set against an orange sky.
December 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Luna: "I'll help wrap."

Thanks, I guess?

#Cat #Cats
#Calico
#CatsOfBluesky
A fluffy calico (black, white, and tan) cat sits on a pile of gift tags in front of a Christmas-themed gift bag.
December 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 8
The cover of "Misery" by Stephen King. A twin-size bed is covered with a light green quilt, and an axe leans against the bed.
December 17, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 7
Cover of "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry. A small, brown-skinned child is perched atop a pole that is balancing on the thumb of a hand. There are white clouds in a blue sky in the background.
December 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM