There is nothing more human or hopeful than dance. I took my daughter to see the Martha Graham Dance Co. perform & we got this beautiful book by Ken Browar & Deborah Ory/The NYC Dance Project (@HachetteUS.bsky.social) at @literatibookstore.bsky.social. Grateful to share the arts with the next gen.
Edits done, children asleep, snow gently falling.
#fireside #singlemalt #willacather #classicliterature #bookeditor #booksky
Congratulations, all!
Collage of ALA Youth Media Award honorees. ALA Youth Media Awards: The top books and digital media for children and young adults. The 2026 ALA Youth Media Award honorees—featuring the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and more—have been announced Check out the books young readers will be talking about all year
Dear young readers,
Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.
Sincerely, ALA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2026...
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If words are how you make sense of the world, use them. Write to figure things out. Write to manage anxiety. Write to reach others. Write to create change. Writing is an act of hope.
#RWLWritingTip #writingtips #writing #bookeditor #kidlit
1. A belated birthday dinner with two sweet friends.
2. Belatedly posting an on-time birthday celebration with the family. Cake made (w/some guidance) by the littles. My favorite single malt delivered to my door, arranged by my dear friend Sophie.
#birthday #flowers #singlemaltscotch #bookeditor
#WhiteTeeth is impossible to stop reading. Funny &insightful, at ease &careful. It does &doesn’t take itself &its characters &themes seriously. Each character is a whole world. #ZadieSmith is in a class by herself. @penguinukbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Happy New Year! Thank you to all my wonderful, hardworking, talented clients who fill my days with stories. I feel so grateful to work with you. Cheers to a 2026 brimming with creativity, joy, and the occasional glass of champagne. 💙🥂
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #mglit #yalit #kidlit #booksky
This was made for @lindaholmes.bsky.social.
#RWLWritingTip Find stillness. Find a piece of nature. Walk away from your phone. Keep nothing but a notebook and a pen. Write whatever comes to you, and don’t look back to edit. Just keep going. #writingtips #writingexercise #bookeditor #writesky
Cozy editing day. #bookeditor #kidlit #bestjobever
If you can go to a Phil & Erin Stead event, do! You will learn abt. publishing, the art of making a beautiful book, &that, when a reader truly loves a story, “it becomes more theirs than it is ours.” Celebrating A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE (@mackidsbooks.bsky.social) at @literatibookstore.bsky.social.
Love my @picadorbooks.bsky.social / @fsgbooks.bsky.social pocket edition of Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping. Beautiful and devastating. Read it when you’re feeling emotionally stable or at your own risk. #bookeditor #bookrecs #firesidereading
Thank you! It was such a pleasure to get to work with you on this special story! ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations, @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social! So well-deserved! ❤️👏🏻❤️👏🏻
First snowfall of the year! #autumnsnow
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So grateful that I got my annual reunion with my publishing besties this summer! Just yesterday, erm 17 years ago, Krista, Jessica, & I were baby assistants together @randomhousekids.bsky.social. @chelseaeberly.bsky.social, we missed our fourth musketeer. Next time! #bookpublishing #bffs #booksky
#RWLWritingTip Find a way to make your writing space somewhere you want to go. #writingtip #bookeditor #booksky #writesky
Flowers from Raindance Farm Flowers
Missing this summer’s view but so happy to be starting autumn with a middle-grade manuscript in hand. #summersend #sunset #bookeditor #booksky
Hello, old friends. Nothing beats boats and books. #summer #boats #nancydrew
@summitbooks.bsky.social
My friend Amanda Uhle wrote a beautiful, funny, compassionate memoir, out now @simonandschuster.bsky.social. Highly recommend for fans of The Glass Castle!
1. Celebrating
2. Interview @aadl.bsky.social w/Davy Rothbart
3. Pre-ordered @literatibookstore.bsky.social
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#memoir #newrelease #booksky
#RWLWritingTip If you’re having trouble staying motivated, find a writing partner to hold you to account. Check in once a day or week or month. If you know you have to tell someone what you’ve done, you’ll do more. #bookeditor #freelanceeditor #writingtips
Belatedly sharing my delight that the second Mo Seto novel is out in the world. Congrats, @aychanwrites.bsky.social & @simonkids.bsky.social! There is even more action-packed fun, with all our favorite characters—treat yourself! #thelegendarymoseto #martialartsstar #kidlit #taekwando #booksky
#RWLWritingTip Stop asking yourself what other people want to read and start asking what you want to. What will make you excited to sit in front of the computer every day? Write the story you want to read. The story you need to exist. #bookeditor #freelanceeditor #writingtips #writesky #booksky
When you shop at a bookstore vs Amazon, instead of buying four things you don’t actually need, you’ll end up with four books that can change your life.
Thanks to those who crafted and signed. I’m with you. #booksky #writingcommunity
Outdoor editing is the best editing! Sometimes, after nearly two decades as a #bookeditor, I still can’t believe that I get to make a living by reading stories all day long. #freelanceeditor #dreamjob #summer #booksky
