Editor Val Mathews
@valmathews.bsky.social
Freelance Editor & Writer; Editorial Consultant at CRAFT Literary & Masters Review; Editing Instructor at Queen's University Ontario & Editorial Freelancers Association. Website: https://valmathews.com
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Start your fiction editing journey! Sign up for EFA’s Self-Paced Online Developmental Editing Course for Fiction and use the promo code for a discount: VM-yVq8mzNUnC. Go to: www.the-efa.org/product/deve... #WritingCommunity
October 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Start your fiction editing journey! Sign up for EFA’s Self-Paced Online Developmental Editing Course for Fiction and use the promo code for a discount: VM-yVq8mzNUnC. Go to: www.the-efa.org/product/deve... #WritingCommunity
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NO KINGS Athens · No Kings
Please note, this event is still in the developing stage. We'll keep you informed as we make plans. This will be different than the earlier rallies. It will be FUN, POINTED, and most of all, HUGE.
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June 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Athens” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Check out this blog post about revision, "The Search for Authenticity," from my developmental editing client, Laura Martin: www.lauramartin.co/post/the-sea.... Her new psychological suspense, Blame the Dogs, is available for preorder: amzn.to/4iKJvDo #WritingCommunity
May 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Check out this blog post about revision, "The Search for Authenticity," from my developmental editing client, Laura Martin: www.lauramartin.co/post/the-sea.... Her new psychological suspense, Blame the Dogs, is available for preorder: amzn.to/4iKJvDo #WritingCommunity
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What? Sign up for a free book drawing? yeaaaaahhh!
I hit 5000 followers on BlueSky and I'm celebrating with a giveaway!
But, rather than randomly choosing someone from my followers list, I'm going to let followers opt-in because I know not all of you are here for the books.
Click here and sign up!
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But, rather than randomly choosing someone from my followers list, I'm going to let followers opt-in because I know not all of you are here for the books.
Click here and sign up!
www.lianabrooks.com/...
April 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
What? Sign up for a free book drawing? yeaaaaahhh!
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I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...
Something Good in the World: Let’s Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day This Weekend
I was going to write something else for today’s column, something complain-y but righteous that would allow me to get some stuff off my chest and maybe even get some rage clicks. Shit is bad. But I…
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April 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...
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Thanks to Interstellar Flight Press for their kind review of MEXICANS ON THE MOON!
"Mexicans on the Moon isn’t just topical and relevant; it’s a necessary and important collection. Iniguez writes the kind of poetry we need to save America, and Earth as a whole.”
-Interstellar Flight Press
"Mexicans on the Moon isn’t just topical and relevant; it’s a necessary and important collection. Iniguez writes the kind of poetry we need to save America, and Earth as a whole.”
-Interstellar Flight Press
April 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Thanks to Interstellar Flight Press for their kind review of MEXICANS ON THE MOON!
"Mexicans on the Moon isn’t just topical and relevant; it’s a necessary and important collection. Iniguez writes the kind of poetry we need to save America, and Earth as a whole.”
-Interstellar Flight Press
"Mexicans on the Moon isn’t just topical and relevant; it’s a necessary and important collection. Iniguez writes the kind of poetry we need to save America, and Earth as a whole.”
-Interstellar Flight Press
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I’m thrilled to be short-listed!
Thank you @writingawards.bsky.social for such a great contest 💖
Thank you @writingawards.bsky.social for such a great contest 💖
Announcing the long-awaited results of Best Picture Book Text 2024. Huge congratulations to our final 10!
Thank you to all the writers who entered this competition. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to read your stories.
www.searchlightawards.co.uk/best-childre...
Thank you to all the writers who entered this competition. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to read your stories.
www.searchlightawards.co.uk/best-childre...
February 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m thrilled to be short-listed!
Thank you @writingawards.bsky.social for such a great contest 💖
Thank you @writingawards.bsky.social for such a great contest 💖
Have you dreamed of being a freelance developmental book editor? Join me at the Editorial Freelancers Association for a self-paced class. Rolling registration. community.the-efa.org/store/viewpr... #Editing #AmEditing #FreelanceEditing
April 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Have you dreamed of being a freelance developmental book editor? Join me at the Editorial Freelancers Association for a self-paced class. Rolling registration. community.the-efa.org/store/viewpr... #Editing #AmEditing #FreelanceEditing
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The feeling of exploring a story is definitely worth the challenge as an author. Be a positive influence. - Wrtr #amwriting #amediting .. #author #writing
March 24, 2024 at 3:42 AM
The feeling of exploring a story is definitely worth the challenge as an author. Be a positive influence. - Wrtr #amwriting #amediting .. #author #writing
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“When you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.” - Stephen King #amwriting ~Whether you wrote that book or someone else. Writing. #author #writing
December 15, 2023 at 5:31 AM
“When you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.” - Stephen King #amwriting ~Whether you wrote that book or someone else. Writing. #author #writing