aka Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Nebula Award-winning trashbag & queer SFF writer. SFWA member. Chiefest and greatest of calamities. Dogs, gardening and Canadian rage. she/they 💙💜🩷
I'm only here for the food
thodestool.ca
Writer, poet, editor, reviewer. @anathemamagazine.bsky.social co-founder. Publisher at @huldrahouse.bsky.social. Trans. (She/They)
https://kayaskovdatter.wordpress.com/
https://mathesonfreelancing.com/
https://www.huldrahouse.com
Editor, Lesbian, Certified Hater
https://lilitufraywrites.crd.co/
. Editor
. Sensitivity Reader
. History & Archaeology Consultant
. Mythology Consultant
. AuDHD - hEDS - Fibromyalgia - ME/CFS - Degenerative Disc Disease - Psoriasis - Alopecia
. They/Them
Contact - riley.j.kirkham@gmail.com
Line & copyeditor/Proofreader at http://hagoedco.com
Specializing in self-published American English stand-alone contemporary romance novels
Bachelorette of the Arts
Helping indie authors fall in love with their words
Jesse (he/him)
Freelance developmental and line editor of fiction specialised in romance, fantasy, horror, and queer fiction.
www.rainbowpenediting.com
Freelance editor, writer, reader |
24 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/she, nonbinary, AuDHD
Leftist, Free 🇵🇸 No AI🚫
Need an Editor? | Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Sci-Fi | line editing, copyediting & proofreading: ottersediting.com 🦦✍️
This multipod learns, thinks, designs, tries to see how things are similar.
I get involved in too many things: learning design, small business brand design, visual story design, and board game & puzzle design.
Helping scholars write & publish outstanding books since 2015 📚
Tips at newsletter.manuscriptworks.com & in THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK and MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK (Princeton UP)
Courses + free resources at manuscriptworks.com
Knitter, 2X Jeopardy! champ 🤓
Editor and writer. Résumé specialist (CPRW). Book award judge. Dog hugger. Science fiction, kidlit, and anything else with themes of possibility. she/her
#SCBWI #ACES #EFA #IBPA
detaileddraft.com
Freelance medical editor, alto, digital packrat, occasional traveller, trying to make things better. The pup is Bunty, an Airedale terrier (🎂2023-05-29). 🇨🇦 She/her. Yay for alt text. https://linktr.ee/rmarwick
Certified Professional Editor • cookbook indexer • plain language trainer • mental health researcher • adjunct prof • #AngryJellyDonut • #LyricsPrompt prompter • #ParticipateInResearch booster • author, #AfterTheFeast • she/her • www.ivacheung.com
Retired Baltimore Sun editor, flaneur. Author of “The Old Editor Says” and “Bad Advice.” Kentuckian transplanted to Baltimore.
Copy editor (ProPublica, FiveThirtyEight, ESPN), baker, cross stitcher, cat furniture. she/her
Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books. I open my own jars. KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum | Represented by Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Editor • Writer • Linguist • Ironic meta-pedant • Villain • Cat person
Blog: https://www.arrantpedantry.com
Merch: https://arrantpedantry.myspreadshop.com
Assistant Director of the Institute of Advanced Columbo Studies; Professor of Doobie Bros Studies
“deeply weird”
(the handle is a clue)
Jewish romance writer; sci-fi, fantasy, and romance editor; university writing coach; Jane Austen enthusiast
✍✡️📚
Repped by Christina Miller at Nancy Yost Literary Agency
📍Halifax, Nova Scotia
She/her
Find me professionally at www.rookwoodediting.com
freelance editor and proofreader of books, comics, news, and other stuff • The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style • @twincitiesgeek.com co-head and senior editor • she/her
📑 madeleinevasaly.com/links
💬 comicbookstyle.com
Copyeditor, proofreader, & developmental editor of TTRPGs, comics, board games, sci-fi, & fantasy. Newbie indexer. Lover of apple cider doughnuts and buying books. Knitter. Generative AI sucks. She/her 📚 www.rachellapidow.com
Streamlining the author platform and strengthening the author brand.
www.virtualauthorsassistant.com
Academic copyeditor, line editor, and indexer in the arts and humanities. PhD in musicology, UNC Chapel Hill (2016). She/her/Dr. It's pronounced "mar."
(she/her) Poet, editor, finder of lost things, singer of silly songs. Poems in Moist Poetry, Stone Circle Review, CV2, The Fiddlehead & others. Lover of beings that move between worlds. Endearingly uncool. Bestselling poet on a very local level.
Professor, editor, grammar evangelist in the Sunflower State. Finding the joy in language and walking the fine red line between prescriptivism and descriptivism. She/her.
words mechanic. mute me when skating’s on
I teach history (US & world) to undergrads. A scholarly copy editor for 20+ years. Northwest Editors Guild board secretary, Friends of the Lebanon (OR) Public Library vice-president. Gardener, cat wrangler. Opinions mine. She/her
On Santiam Kalapuya land
Book editor (mostly cookbooks). Bostonian. Liberal Democrat. Lover of cats and word puzzles/games of all kinds. she/her
Careful book editing for indie romance authors. My resting bitchface brings all the boys to the yard. JuliaEdits.com - julia@juliaedits.com (she/her)
🧡 That space-loving, orange-haired editor 🌟Here for edibuddies, space stuff, doggos, sustainability, inclusion & kindness🔸she/they/Mx
Deadlines are my lifeline! Solo copyeditor (academic, scholarly, textbooks, trade/narrative nonfiction) and proofreader (any genre!). 🍩 appreciator. Enthusiastic New Jerseyan 🤌🏻 user. Trivial Democratic apparatchik. He/him.
Author of "The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors." 📘
2024 winner of the Robinson Prize. 🏆
Builder of editing teams for small and growing organizations. 💪
Advocate for conscious language. 💬
Very niche combination of steamy contemporary romance author and plain language health editor. North East England till I die. She/her.
mybook.to/TheScoop
Copyeditor & indexer specializing in books on birds/birding. Writing a NJ moth guide. NWS weather spotter. Free-range birding librarian/archivist. She/her.
Literary academic & PhD candidate. Mostly US literature. Theory junkie. Writer. Editor. Musician. Cat mom. She/her. Treaty 1 Territory.
sashafury.com
Editing SFF, Horror, Romance, and LitRPGs | #RevPit Editor | Story Coach | SD/PEN Board, EFA, etc. | Wizard Script Scholar: Stet, ⁐, TK, ₰, Ͽ, ⸎
✨️ www.raquelbrown.com
Editor for hire: scholarly nonfiction, public policy, and nonprofit advocacy 📚 Editorial director @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social (she/her)
No to fascism and no to interference with people’s civil rights.
Medical editor 🧪✍️ helping researchers in 20+ nations get published in 60+ medical journals. Member of ACES, AMWA, BELS, CSE, EFA. She/her. New Yorker. https://www.kokedit.com/
Proofreader & copyeditor of fiction & non-fiction, with background as a translator into English from French & German • CIEP Professional member • She/her • https://linktr.ee/nicolabigwood • Learning Italian, Welsh, Irish, Gaelic… slowly! 📍Scotland 🏴
Teeth shouldn't be luxury bones. Public health comms, Tetris mastermind, catmancer, F1 fan, and freelance copy editor. Lots about brain injuries here. Views my own. She/her. 🏳️🌈
Need an editor? www.clearingblocksediting.com
Freelance line/copyeditor/proofreader of fiction. Massive romance fan 💕 Professional Member of the CIEP. She/her. https://www.warrenproofreading.co.uk/
Editor: Books, poetry, query letter packages, content marketing
Member: @acesediting.bsky.social, @authorsguild.org
Former history major. Writer? Reader
Fan: #Survivor #JetLagTheGame #TheTraitorsUS #DragRace
🚫 No AI
📍 STL
she/her
carolinavonkampen.com
I-sha/Aaye-sha, n. to be, being | she/they. Sensitive academic editor. Conscious language learner. @The_CIEP | @ACESEditors | @IndieAuthorALLi. Serial🚶🏾♀️ | ❤️ nature | ☕️ fiend | 🚸 parent | occasional doodler ✏️ | https://ayeshachari.com/
book editor • artist • connector
perpetual resting boss face
work smarter, not harder
owner: Pax Studio LLC, Systems & Shortcuts
member: ACES, EFA, CIEP (Professional)
Editors of Words feed > https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:thqvmqvxhwkmz7sxwsy2yqfy/feed/a
Editor and writer at the Blue Garret. Southerner by birth, San Franciscan by choice, Italian by some route I have yet to discover. she/her/y'all
https://bio.site/kristentate
Editor and publications specialist for nonprofit and social impact. 🇳🇿 pākehā / 🇨🇦 white settler posting from Treaty 3 3/4. She/her.
www.topazliterary.com
Editor and writer, conscious language advocate, library assistant, cat valet, bookworm. 🌈📚
Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
Copyeditor/proofreader/authenticity reader. Lover of good books, good TV, and good music. And hockey. My fave story reps all 4! Words matter. she/her
Treaty 6 Territory, Edmonton, AB, Canada
https://campsite.bio/freshlookedit
he/him 🏳️🌈 IBS
linguist, editor
Jewish and Quaker upbringing
from outside of North Philadelphia living in NYC
studying EdM at Teachers College, Columbia University
sings and plays video games
https://joeldtillman.wixsite.com/joeltillmanteaches
Omnivore. Editor. Cat person. Ice hockey. Gymnastics. Knitting. Cookbooks. Dessert and baking. Science. She/her. I post only for myself.
Helping authors and businesses polish their text for publication: non-fiction editor and proofreader. Diploma in Egyptology. Random nature photos (not AI-generated). In the UK. She/her
https://www.suzannearnold.com
https://linktr.ee/suzannearnoldeditor
Writing coach, fiction editor, author. #ACES and #EFA member. Weird fiction writer. #Neurodiversity speaker & ADHDer. I bake spooky treats & hike in search of forest groves. www.literarylaura.com
Editing social science and social science fiction since 2005.
Following dragons, dictionaries, and disability justice.
Hope is a decision.
Find me at Bridge Creek Editing | Academic Editing Circle | Mightier (she/they)
Castle Walls Editing (Copyeditor, Proofreader) / Editor at Evident Ink / Pens & Pilcrows / ACES and EFA / Editor of Horror and Romance / Presenter at ACES VCON24 & ACES Salt Lake City 2025 / 400+ Books Edited
Ghostwriter. (Developmental) Editor. Author coach. Helping authors bring their books (~200 so far) to life. Co-founder trails nonprofit (EndlessTrails.us) w/ wife Kerri. INTJ. Man City fan, cyclist, runner. Idaho.
Editor, baker, modern quilter, pluviophile, pasta enthusiast, rhubarb lover. Retroflex r. Short and mighty.
She/her
Copy editor, conscious language advocate, cat person. Probably not here very much.
Copyeditor and proofreader | she/her | Conscious Style Guide Advisory Council member
Freelance line/copy editor specializing in queer genre fiction. She/her.
aliciazramos.com
Copyeditor and writer. Theatre bod. Researches dead people. Art history student. Obsessed with old photos.
Northerneditorial.co.uk
Non-fiction editor of award-winning and bestselling books and other media 📚 Freelance. Also photographer 📸 Loves writing ✍️ art 🎨 and the guitar 🎸
CIEP Advanced Professional Member
ACES full member.
Find me: lisacordaro.com
My keen eye for your best words. Editor/proofreader/bibliophile/mom who loves black tea, brookies, and sarcasm. EFA & ACES. She/her.
Copyeditor of science fiction, fantasy, and YA/MG books. Pacific Northwest. She/her.
Education Editor, The News Literacy Project
Editor (kneditorial.com) and lover of all things dark, magical, and weird 🖤 I edit fantasy, horror, comics, games 🖤(she/her)🖤
Copyeditor. Crazy dog lady. Singer. Wife. Runner. Wino. Not necessarily in that order. (she/her)
Editor & Professional Proofreader; Vice Tea Mistress of The Editors Tea Club; Member of ACES & the EFA; Lifelong bookworm & lover of "weird" fiction. (she/her)
Let me help turn your manuscript into a masterpiece: https://jenniferdinsmoreeditorial.as.me/
Academic copyeditor, she/her, at www.mariekekrijnen.com. PhD from Ghent University. Specializes in urban studies, urban and human geography, Middle East studies, political economy, Chicago style. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP.
🚂 fan!
Editor + Writer. Current/Previous clients: Yen Press, Tapas, J-Novel Club, Ideas on Fire, Strange Horizons, Unwinnable Monthly, ArtStation Magazine, SOLRAD Magazine + more. Tessera Editorial alum. Website: https://alyssawejebe.carrd.co/
Copy editor, proofreader, deputy editorial manager at Dragonfly Editorial. Oxford comma agnostic. What you learned in ninth-grade English might be wrong. He/him.
Academic studying braille, print disabilities, and small-press publishing. Editor by trade, academic at heart. she/they. ocd & long-covid & chronic pain.
Awesomer of hard words, teacher of tech and editors, sea-kayaker, SciEditor.ca, eiw365.com
A hopeless semantic. Copyeditor, line editor, proofreader, alt-text writer, tentacle counter. (she/her). www.geckoedit.com
linktr.ee/kirkldk
🦎🏳️🌈🧠🌶️🖖🏻💙📚👀✍️🔥 #amediting
Scritcher in Chief to Peaches and Alabaster. 🐈🐈
Academic, technical, and nonfiction editor, specializing in computer science, ML, AI, economics, finance, and related fields.
Member EFA, ACES
Home: www.wordsbywes.ink
Email: wes@wordsbywes.ink
Writer, freelance editor / nonprofit admin / web content person, walker, knitter, museum docent, mom. She/her. RTs=/=endorsements. Opinions are my own. jengrogan.com
Owner of Nicole Wayland Editing 🩵
Copyeditor & proofreader of children’s, YA, and adult fiction and nonfiction
ACES board member ✨
Ballerina 🩰 | yoga teacher 🪷 | outgoing fae 🧚 | enneagram 6️⃣
ACES-certified editor, dissident, void-screamer. #slogan #slogan #bumpersticker
She/her. Fiction editor on the spectrum, specializing in sci-fi and fantasy. Poet. Writer. c̷a̷s̷u̷a̷l̷l̷y̷ ̷d̷i̷s̷a̷p̷p̷e̷a̷r̷i̷n̷g̷
https://www.threefatesediting.com
Founder and owner of Steel Pencil Editorial. Helping writers share their very best!
She/her
Happy editor, ACES member. Team Singular They. Foul-mouthed church lady. she/her.
Editor and plain language advocate. Edits for the social sciences and international development. Based in Bangkok/Tokyo. AmE/Japanese speaker (and some Spanish, German & Thai). Amateur classical singer. https://linktr.ee/theclarityeditor
Pronouns: they/them
Editing | Writing | Social Justice
Founder LGBTQ+ Editors Association: @LGBTQEditors
www.LGBTQEditors.org
Mentorship program: https://lgbtqeditors.org/mentorship
Plagiarism Survey: https://veewhite.com/plagiarism-survey
Writer, editor, teacher, traveler. Loves the arts, the interesting stuff people do, and the weirdness of words. Dream life: getting paid to know things. She/her.
🌟Developmental and Line Editor for Publishers, Authors, & TTRPG Creators.
🌟Specializes in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Romantasy, Recipes/Cookbooks, & RPGs.
🌟Bibliophile, Gamer, Cosplayer, & Wanderer.
🌟Community Co-Coordinator of the ETC & EFA MI Chapter Coordinator.
Seeking out cutting-edge innovation in energy, journalism, physics, & engineering. Editor in chief of Solar Today. Previously at Popular Mechanics.
Copy editor. Cat mom. Sushi fiend. Romance novel aficionado. (She/her)
Editor for fantasy and sci-fi indie authors. Also an editor for dScryb.
Housebound ME/CFS.
https://linktr.ee/davykent
Editor, educator, word nerd with a specialty in inclusive language and storytelling and a big love for romance fiction. (Maybe I can help you with your writing! https://www.eliotwesteditorial.com/) Joy matters too 💖🌈
Editor / proofreader / Advanced Professional Member of CIEP and Full Member of AFEPI / Former teacher / Walker and swimmer / Supporter of Breakthrough Cancer Research / Wife and mother, owned by three cats / Dabbling in writing / She/her
Editor, mother, latte lover. Buyer of boots and books.
www.elementeds.com and @elementeds on almost all socials. Join me!
Editor. Author. Digital collage maker. Travel seeker. Tea lover. Editors Tea Club Events Co-Coordinator. @ACESEditors. EFA social media volunteer. BookFest Windsor programming committee member.
🇮🇳➡️🇺🇸➡️🇨🇦
www.sohinighose.com
👩🏾🏫 Story Coach 🔎 Developmental Editor 🏳️🌈🧑🏻🤝🧑🏼LGBTQ+ Romance Editor 🕵🏽♂️ Detective Thriller Editor 🧠 Neurospicy 🏳️🌈 Queer AF (she/her) 📚 Bibliophile
Website: https://sageediting.com
Alter Ego (MM Romance + Detective Thriller): @authorkalibenson.bsky.social
Let me help you tell your story.
(she/her)
editor | proofreader
EFA | ACES | PPN | CIEP | ETC
Writer, parent, spouse, editor, teacher, reader (sometimes in the same afternoon). All about inclusion. EFA member.
Kidlit Editor and Book Coach | Once a teacher, always a teacher | Kidlit writer with too many ideas in her head | Historical CB series coming 2025?
EFA, ACES, SCBWI, 12x12, Courage to Create, CIEP (Professional Member), ALLi Partner Member
jenavarre.com
Developmental editor, SFF writer, forest dweller, tea swiller. PhD Modern British History/STS. Clarion West '19. Nonbinary/transmasc. They/them.
Editing & Coaching: lodestareac.com
Writing: eacrawley.com
Fiction Editor | Author: WAS IT A CAT I SAW? (Amicus Ink), WHEN THE AIR SANG (Annick Press), and more | she/her | Rep: James McGowan, BookEnds
https://bio.site/laurabontje
Editor, writer, collector (squirrels, tiny books, and articles on the singular they).
AMA re: the ISO plain language standard.
she/her/elle #TeamSingularThey
