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Taylor 💙🌙🌈 | Freelance Fiction Editor
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31 | She/her | Bi 💙💜💖| Lover, #writer + #editor of #fantasy 📚 | EFA member | WIP: ✨️Tails from the Island 🧜🏾‍♀️✨️ ✨️The Phoenix Project🧝🏾‍♀️✨️ ✨️standing in for my sire on the vampire philosopher's council✨️

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Getting your manuscript query-ready can be a daunting task. Don't do it alone.

Reach out if you're in need of an editor for your romance, fantasy, or sci-fi novel: tdashedits.com/services
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #selfpublishing #indiepublishing #bvm #fantasy #romance #scififantasy
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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So, you finished a draft/manuscript. Congratulations! Now comes the really fun part.

Contact me if you're in need of an editor for your fantasy, romance, or sci-fi novel: tdashedits.com/services

#writingcommunity #indieauthor #selfpublishing #indiepublishing #bvm #fantasywriter #writersky
A photo of my business card, which reads: Taylor Dashiell, Freelance Fiction Editor. Services include: developmental editing, copy editing & proofreading, and beta reading. Website is tee dash edits dot com. Email is tee Dashiell dot edits at gee mail dot com.
September 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Not editing related: went to #KAION in NYC last night and had a blast!
A picture of a lightstick for the K-pop group EXO, glowing white in a dark concert venue.
September 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 29. Before moving, Lina would go swimming to clear her head. While living in the city, she needed a substitute for swimming and gradually started painting. While she'd been a digital artist, painting helped ground her so far away from home.
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 29: character habits
April 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 28: Feel free to ask questions about "Tails from the Island!"
#writingcommunity #WIP #writersky #fantasywriter #mermaids
#FantasyIndiesApril Day 28 have others ask anything about your WIP
April 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 27. I love conceptualizing the story. Lore is usually a big part of my stories, though not always grandiose. I'm also starting to love sharing my writing with others.
#writingcommunity #WIP 🖤✏️ #amwriting
#FantasyIndiesApril Day 27: What part of the writing process is your favorite?
April 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 26.
Lina's determined to work on her painting, but it comes with some worries.
#WIP #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky 🖤✏️
“So what’s that tryna be?” Gran asked as she sat in her wicker rocking chair, “That dream you keep having?” Lina nodded. She’d dreamt of little else for two weeks. The same thing every time: swimming through the open ocean, alone. A winter sea. “Every time I look at it, something else is wrong. Sometimes the gray is too dark, the brush strokes too wide.” “Maybe it’s time for a reference trip? Rememberin’ a figment of your imagination can only do so much.” “You think it’s safe enough to go out?” “Right now’s the safest you’ll get, sugarcube. B‘sides early mornings. Flounder boats are out ‘till next week and only idiots would surf or swim in water this cold.” Lina gazed out the window, weighing her options. “Maybe tomorrow. It’s supposed to warm up overnight, just a bit.” Gran smiled, “Alright. After we finish this tea, why don’t you help me make supper? You can make the cornbread, you always loved using the mixer.” #FantasyIndiesApril Day 26: determination
April 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 25. My bf likes to repurpose discarded things, so here's our shared bookshelf! Upside is they're half packed away when we move again lol
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A bookshelf made of discarded, plastic crates. #FantasyIndiesApril Day 25: free Friday or share a selfie (bookshelf selfie)
April 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 24. "Lina" is actually a nickname! Her full name is Carolina (pronounced "Caro-leenah"), which is a name Gran picked after seeing it in a magazine for east coast summer destinations. #writingcommunity 🖤✏️ #amwriting #writersky
#FantasyIndiesApril Day 24: nicknames in WIP
April 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 23. This one is hard! But I'll have to go fauna purely based on my love for my cat 🐱 His name is Tetris. This is how he greets me when I come home from my workout 🥰
#writingcommunity #writersky #cats 🖤✏️
#FantasyIndiesApril Day 23: Do you prefer flora or fauna? A picture of a black and gray striped cat with a white belly on his back, white-socked paws in the air, playfully.
April 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 21. Lina LOVES storms. The ocean takes on an eerie stillness below the surface and she revels in it.
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 21: MC's favorite weather
April 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 20. Lina's a firm believer in following what speaks to the soul, which led to her leaving the island to pursue graphic design.
She didn't realize returning would challenge how she perceived herself and her ability to overcome self doubt.
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 20: MC beliefs
April 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 18 I'm really proud of being a creative. Particularly in the current social/political climate, I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 18: free Friday or share something you're proud of
April 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 17
I'd like to improve the frequency in which I write. Right now, I go off of feeling, but I'd like to get into a semi-consistent routine
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 17: what do you want to improve on in your writing?
April 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 15. I haven't added to my TBR list in a long time. Got any suggestions?
💙📚 🖤✏️ #writingcommunity #booksky #fantasy
#FantasyIndiesApril Day 15: new/upcoming book releases you're excited for
April 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 14
It's great that I make playlists for most of my #WIP #writingcommunity
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 14: songs that remind you of your WIP
April 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 13
Lina's childhood. She remembers waking up in Gran's arms on the beach during a full moon, no language and wobbly legs. Gran took her in. She'd only heard stories of #mermaids born of sea foam, but there Lina was, unexplainable. #writingcommunity
#FantasyIndiesApril Day 13: Main Charcter's childhood
April 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 12 Snippet Saturday - rather than drama, an attempt at tension in the form of survival instincts. Still playing around with the differences between 🧜🏾‍♀️ and human forms.
#mermaids #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #slowfantasy #WIP
#FantasyIndiesApril Day 12 Snippet Saturday: Drama What was that? She stopped swimming, bringing her tail around to halt her forward momentum. It was a tough maneuver, even out as far as she was. Splashing and bringing attention to herself wouldn’t be the best. Don’t stop. Not safe. Lina closed her eyes, human reason winning out over animal instinct just long enough for her to get her barings. St George’s sea shelf extended about four miles out from shore, progressively getting deeper until you came to the drop off. Which very much dropped off. She had a ways to go to be sure, so the space to whip her tail without causing a visible surface splash was minimal at best. Open water, not safe.. Well that’s slightly more specific. She opened her eyes and swiveled her head back and forth, looking for signs of danger. Had it been too long since she’d been out? But the water was calm, despite the gray hues reflected from the sky. Nothing came this close to land that should trigger a reaction this strong. A school of dolphins were a little ways off, minding themselves… and a diver.
April 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 11
I started writing stories really young. In 3rd grade, my teacher passed out blank storybooks to the class, and we were to recreate our favorite fairytales with our own drawings. I remember having so much fun 😁
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 11: when did you first start writing stories?
April 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 9: Lina took home for granted until she found herself missing it terribly, hence the move back. Aaron can't take his job for granted despite being a tenured professor.
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 9: what do your characters take for granted?
April 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 7: Animals. A pod of dolphins 🐬 facilitates a fateful meeting between Lina 🧜🏾‍♀️ and a visiting marine biology professor, Aaron Song. The Island also has it's fair share of furry critters. Including a few, not so stray, cats! 🐱
#writingcommunity #WIP #fantasywriter #mermaids
April 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 6: Lina's hometown is on the fictional St. George Island, which is an amalgamation of a few places: actual St. George Island, FL + Wakulla Springs, FL. Gran's bungalow is hidden by Spanish moss and oak trees.

I'm in love with this side of Florida.
#writingcommunity #WIP 🖤✏️
Two people at a distance searching for shells on a sandy beach with overcast skies. A bungalow shaded by a large, Spanish moss-covered oak tree. Picture of a natural spring shaded by trees A natural sink hole spring.
April 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 5 - scenery. I've wanted to rework some of the descriptions in this WIP for a while but haven't found the right way to do it yet. I'm still pretty happy with it 😊
An excerpt from a WIP. "Winters on St. George offered a unique spin n se of peace. Without the sunburnt and blushed vacation crowd mucking about, Lina could actually hear the waves crash from her grandmother's living room. The crown molding, which lined the ceiling, passed it's prime twelve summers ago, the salty breeze made sure of that. The bay windows still creeked opened and no matter how many times Gran swept or dusted, there was always sand, the splinterless floor attested to that..." #FantasyIndiesApril Day 5 - scenery.
April 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Just realized I swapped three and four, woops! #FantasyIndiesApril Day 4: what genres do you read?

Primarily low to middle stakes sci-fi/fantasy. Magical realism holds a special place in my heart.
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 4: what genres to you read?
April 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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#FantasyIndiesApril Day 3: Relaxing Places. I've invested a lot of time and energy making sure home is a relaxing place. Second best is my parents' backyard. My mom's wildflower garden in full bloom invites so many critters and pollinators 😊
#writingcommunity #relaxation
#FantasyIndiesApril Day 3: Free Friday or where is a relaxing place for you?
April 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM