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Amanda Moser

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It’s in the name 💛 I provide developmental editing and line editing services for works of fiction 📚 Need an editor for your novel? Learn more at amandaeditsbooks.com 💌 DMs are open 🤗 They/Them/She/Ella

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Jan 19

So stoked for #booksky trending! I also want to boost #authorsky and #writersky 🪶📚

For my new followers, I’m a literary editor here to support indie authors 🩵 I’m editing my first 3 manuscripts of the year for ✨free✨ bc I love my growing community.

hmu @ amandaeditsbooks.com

Literary Editor

Amanda Moser is a freelance editor who primarily works on novels and series fiction. Services include proofreading, line editing, and developmental editing.

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · Apr 10

I am once again asking indie authors to drop the links to their Itchio storefronts.

I avoided the site during my book buying ban and now I'm *way* behind on following people.

#booksky

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Apr 1

Thank you so much 🥰 it means a lot.

Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Apr 1

Hi 🙋 I’m a queer editor of indie fiction, and I would love if my services supported more queer indie authors (like many of your followers.)

I’m rebuilding my network after leaving X, and your help in reconnecting with the writing community would be very appreciated 🩵

Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Mar 18

My thoughts exactly 😂

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Author Elizabeth C. Cabrera @authoreccabrera.bsky.social · Mar 18

Want to support some amazing indie authors here on BlueSky? Check out this starter pack I made with just a few you should definitely check out 😎 #booksky #indieauthors

Indie Authors of BlueSky

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Mar 18

Loving the implication of this thumbnail that Violet Beauregarde is a woman in horror

(Also loving this list, y’all should check it out)

Carlie St. George @mygeekblasphemy.bsky.social · Mar 17

March is Women in Horror month, so I decided to write up a list of upcoming 2025 horror novels and novellas by women that I'm most excited to read. Featuring works by ...

Women in Horror: 10 Upcoming Horror Novels and Novellas in 2025

So, I was thinking about different blog posts I could write up for Women in Horror month, and I figured it’d be neat to talk a bit about upcoming horror novels and novellas that look awesome,…

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · Mar 17

You have two weeks left to nominate books for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!

Nominations close March 31st.

Which books will join those shortlisted the last three years? (Yes, we fit them all in this picture.)

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...

28 books are arranged around a handwritten page that says "Nominations open!" The books are: Spear by Nicola Griffith; Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews; Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo; The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber; How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu; The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente; Sift by Alissa Hattman; The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera; The Employees by Olga Ravn; Drinking from Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu; The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher; A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger; After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang; The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez; Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson; Aboreality by Rebecca Campbell; The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson; Appleseed by Matt Bell; The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed; It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken; Geometries of Belonging by R.B. Lemberg; Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil; Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky; Orbital by Samantha Harvey; Ten Planets by Yuri Herrera; Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh; Brother Alive by Zain Khalid; and Meet Us By the Roaring See by Akil Kumarasamy.

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Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social · Mar 12

Would really love to see some romance with strong hooks in my inbox 👀🩷 #MSWL

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R.E. Sanders @resandersauthor.bsky.social · Mar 12

Editing. A 170k word novel.
If you know what that's like, you know.

three men in armor are standing next to each other with the words and so it begins below them

ALT: three men in armor are standing next to each other with the words and so it begins below them

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Madelyn is ✨Editing✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · Mar 11

Not to sound cheesy but community is so, so important in the writing world.

It may feel like a lonely art, but I wouldn't be where I am today without the support of my writing friends. So find your people!!

#writingcommunity #writersky #

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · Mar 7

I'm convinced Wordpress is a trickster demon.

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Mar 7

This is SO sweet! If you love it, you should do it.

Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Mar 4

The ideal evening

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Grace Loh Prasad @gracelp.bsky.social · Mar 4

Current mood

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · Mar 4

"When you grow up, you realize art is more about conversation than originality. What lived experiences move you? What bits of stories have stuck to your heart? Those become living, beating organs in our work. Only the delusional believe their art springs exclusively from their own minds." ❤️👇

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Mar 4

New essay day! There is an uncomfortable space between when something is new and when it becomes a genre. Most frequently? These works are called "ripoffs" or "copies."

So I wrote this piece about how originality actually works (and doesn't). Free to read in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social right now!

Breakout, Ripoff, Genre: How Fiction Outgrows Originality - Uncanny Magazine

Doom is a lot like Lord of the Rings, which is a lot like Superman. You don’t have to admit you loved Doom. In fact, you can pretend you never even heard of this videogame about a floating gun that sh...

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · Mar 1

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

www.ursulakleguin.com

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Feb 28

Ugh, I want to read this right now!! Great pitch 💜

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Taylor Renee @taylorrenee.bsky.social · Feb 26

Would you choose immortality?
Of course you would.
But let me tell you:
It’s a lie. A cruel, promise.
Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.

House of Valentine, complete at 98k words a thrilling gothic fantasy. #WSPit #A #F #P #R #WSPitQ

A moodboard with a cozy, vintage aesthetic labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections:
1. Open books with text in a serif font, layered on each other.
2. A picturesque village nestled in a lush green valley surrounded by mountains.
3. A minimalistic green wall with a framed painting, books, and candles arranged neatly on a table.
4. A wooden bookshelf filled with old, worn books in dim lighting.
5. Close-up of antique books with leather-bound covers in shades of green and brown, with visible gold detailing on the spines.
6. A café setting with small wooden tables, coffee, pastries, and an open book resting on one of the tables.
7. Handwritten text on sepia-toned paper, evoking a sense of nostalgia.
8. A person wearing red knit fingerless gloves and a cream sweater, touching a tree trunk with an attached piece of text.

The centersquare says house of valentine mood board

A dark, moody moodboard labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections:
1. A hand with clawed nails dragging across wooden floorboards, leaving deep scratches.
2. Text on a textured background that reads, ‘When Night Comes’ in a serif font.
3. A close-up of a golden, cat-like eye with a vertical slit pupil, surrounded by shadowed skin.
4. A wide-open mouth with sharp, pointed fangs
5. A grand ballroom scene filled with people in elegant historical attire, dancing beneath ornate chandeliers.
6. A hand with long, deep red nails holding a glass of dark red wine
7. The word ‘Run’ written in bold serif font on a completely black background
8. A dagger with intricate designs on the hilt resting next to a single stemmed rose and a torn piece of paper with faded text.

"If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality?
Wouldn’t you dream of such a gift? To remain as you were as the world crumbles around you, and rebuilds itself, endlessly?
Of course you would.
That’s the allure, isn’t it? The whispered fantasy of endless time, of infinite existence.
But let me tell you:
it’s a lie. A cruel, promise.
Because after enough centuries, you begin to wish for the plague to ravage your body, to tear through your flesh and wring you dry of life. You begin to long for the bomb to shatter you, burn away your skin until you’re nothing but bone and ash. You’d pray for the famine to hollow you out, for hunger to gnaw at your insides so violently that you might finally collapse under the weight of mortality.
Because the hunger you live with—
No, the hunger that you are—is worse."
-- Excerpt From Soren Valentine's Journal

When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it.

Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs.

As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything.

House of Valentine is a romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless.
When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it.

Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs.

As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything.

House of Valentine is a romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless.

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Feb 28

This sounds fantastic! Just because I would love to read this sooner than later, let me know if you’re ever looking for an editor 🩵

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Charlotte Francis @cfranciswrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

The Last Of Us x 1984 x Firefly

If Isaac had known saving that mute girl at auction would land him on a forced road trip with the family and crew he abandoned a decade ago, while half the galaxy seems to be shooting at him... ah, hell, he'd still have done it.

#WSPit #A #SF #Q #WSPitQ

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Feb 28

This looks fantastic, and I’d love to help you get it to a place that’s ready for readers if you happen to be looking for an editor 🩵

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rae mariz @raemariz.bsky.social · Feb 26

TOMORROW & TOMORROW & TOMORROW x THE MARTIAN

Behind-the-scenes reality TV drama & behind-the-screens social media commentary build the tension between what we think we know and what we rarely understand about the people we share a planet with.

We’re messy. You love it.

#WSpit #WSpitQ #amquerying

graphic of space debris tracked by NASA. Satellites and wreckage speckle the black screen. The objects crowding in near-Earth orbit is so dense you can barely glimpse the blue planet in the center.

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Alicia Vane 🏳️‍🌈 @aliciavwriting.bsky.social · Feb 26

NASCENT ❤️‍🔥 A cult of strong women with dark secrets

For fans of:

❤️‍🔥 Sapphic yearning
❤️‍🔥 Gender nonconformity
❤️‍🔥 Women’s wrongs
❤️‍🔥 Female rage
❤️‍🔥 Tearing down systems of power

THE WATER CURE x I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN

(98k, speculative lit fic)

#WSPitQ #LGBTQ #A #writingcommunity #WSPit #amquerying

The duality and spectrum of womanhood demonstrated by an anatomical heart with relentless yearning written below then a punching fist with unbridled rage written below to showcase the themes in my novel Nacent

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Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Feb 28

If you’re looking for an editor, I would love the chance to read this sooner than later ❤️‍🔥

Amanda Moser @amandaeditsbooks.com · Feb 27

Editor with #histfic here 🙋‍♀️

But reposting for reach to agents!

Howard Aiken 📚 @howard-aiken.bsky.social · Feb 27

Where are the literary agents with #histfic on their #mswl?

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