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Melissa Ann Singer

@masinger.bsky.social

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freelance book editor specializing in genre fiction, former Senior Editor at Tor; loves theater & art; basically a nerd. has a cat she/her demi/ace Jewish NYC, HCHS, SMC (cover image: "59th Street Bridge" by Jeffrey is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · Oct 22

If you're looking for a freelance editor for novella or novel-length genre fiction for adult readers, check me out here:

reedsy.com/melissa-singer

Or on Fb, which is pretty moribund but I kept it around for DMs when I left Twitter: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Or you can DM here on Bluesky.

Melissa Ann Singer - Editor | Reedsy

New York City, NY, USA Editor: Former Senior Editor at Tor/Forge, edited award-winning & bestselling genre fiction for adult readers: sf/f, horror, mystery, thriller, etc.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 3h

Viola Davis's memoir is searing on this point. She and her siblings were acutely aware that they smelled. They didn't always have running water or a change of clothes and everyone knew it. And no one helped.

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Diane Galloway @adgwatches.bsky.social · 5h

Comrades, I’m inclined to tell you a story from my organizing days. In 2018, I was one of hundred of union organizers who had the privilege to assist with a nine-day, statewide, unauthorized teachers’ strike to save their schools from a critical staffing shortage. Buckle up, it’s a good one. 1/x

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 6h

I love ginger in baked goods and really wish gingerbread was still a year-round thing, as it was in the past.

This recipe reminds me of done amazingly dense cookie slabs I used to get at camp and have never seen anywhere else. No idea what they were called, which doesn't help.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 6h

These sound delicious

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 9h

Oh, I said, Grand Central was 2 stops ago. Sorry, if I'd been eavesdropping sooner, I would have told you when to get off.

They laughed.

I explained that if they stayed on the train, it would take them back.

"We don't have to change?"

Nope.

#NYersLikeToGiveDirections

Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 9h

Heading to NYCC yesterday, 3 nicely dressed women got on the 7 in Queens & sat near me. I was reading so did not pay much attention.

As we pulled out of Times Square, I packed away my magazine & glasses as 1 woman said, "we just get off at Grand Central."

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, I have simple tastes and a tiny budget.

Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 9h

Whitefish salad absolutely needs to be eaten on pumpernickel or rye or even a good brown bread. Something with flavor.

Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 9h

Lox is too expensive for me these days, but when I could afford it, I'd have that instead of the tomato.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 9h

Poppy seed or onion (if the onions aren't burnt little flavorless nubs), scallion cream cheese, sliced tomato.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 9h

I got it, but it was a half-guess on my part.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 12h

She sounds wonderful. Thank you for sharing her with us.

Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 12h

This is me. I always ask for simple, practical things, when I ask for anything. People laugh at me.

Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 12h

Oh goodness, I just read that novel! The cookbook was a striking detail.

May her memory be a blessing.

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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 12h

Georges Braque, Glass and Plate of Apples, 1925
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1113301

date inscribed
Presented by Paul Rosenberg 1926

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 12h

Met some of my dearest friends that way, many of whom I have had the joy of seeing irl once or twice.

Reconnected with a significant number of the women I knew in HS & made new friendships there.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 12h

8/12 here as well, 373 points, thanks to several guesses. Agree about the Bondi Q. Only got the website one because acquaintances were talking about their kids.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 12h

Oh, ouch! Off to take my own licks, I'm sure....

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saraofwhimsy @saraofwhimsy.bsky.social · 16h

For the morning crowd:

saraofwhimsy @saraofwhimsy.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween sale!

Get 20% off the Halloween collection in the shop! That means crows, some gremlins, ghosties of all sorts, and even some griffins!

Also, little bonus ghosts will be added to the first ten orders! Discount appears in cart - through 10/13. #bsnm 🧶
whimsystation.com/collections/...

A decorative box with a ghost on the top surrounded by purple flowers, a pumpkin, and swirls. The bottom has more swirls of clay, tiny ghosts, and stars

Three hand painted pendants with silhouettes of trees and little figures in witch hats walking between them

A hand holding a shimmery polymer clay crow brushed with blue chameleon powder with rhinestone accents

Pumpkin is an adorable polymer clay griffin that is sitting in a pumpkin! Made with green, purple, orange, and sparkly black, Pumpkin has about 161 glowing feathers - each one cut and textured by hand.

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 1d

Moral clarity is such a refreshing change of pace

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1d

Good for them

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Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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RevDaniel 🇨🇦 @revdaniel.bsky.social · 18h

Nobel Peace Prize goes to lMaria Corina Machado opposition leader to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro widely believed to have stolen the election in 2024.

Prize committee states "When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist”.

Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize | CBC News

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, it was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

www.cbc.ca

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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