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I like big dogs | Open to full-time and freelance editorial work (referrals deeply appreciated) | EFA & SCBWI Member | She/her | https://linktr.ee/BookshopLeslie

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BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · Jun 11

Looking for a professional beta read, developmental edit, or copy edit? Not sure exactly what your manuscript needs? Reach out here or through my website for a free consultation. Custom services & prices available. bit.ly/49epKAQ

#AmWriting #AuthorSky #KidLit #MGlit #YAlit #PictureBooks

Header image from my website: Leslie Hawkins Editorial Services in upper left, below that clip art (paid for) of an open laptop in front of a big stack of books; right half of screen lists available services on illustrations of paper notes on a memo board (Beta Read, Manuscript Assessment, Copy Edit, Line Edit, Developmental Edit)

Soft hues of brown, sage, and pink

My editorial assistant (StetPet), a Goldendoodle named Callie, is looking up at the camera from a gray dog bed on the floor of my office. Her tools (a squeaky plush doughnut and a brown raccoon chewy) are laid out in front of her.

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BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 19h

So we’re all agreed that the new ____ on High Potential had something to do with _____’s disappearance, right? I love the show, but I can’t help thinking that this particular arc was lifted right out of an older police series.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 22h

New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.

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BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 1d

Running a special on picture book manuscript assessments:
$10 for 7-day turnaround
$20 for 2-day turnaround
#KidLit #PictureBooks

bit.ly/42ZXosu

Image of me (white lady with silver-gray hair) in front of a wooden bookcase full of books next to this text

Picture Book Manuscript Assessment 2 - 7 Days $10 - $20
Leslie Hawkins Editorial Services

and logos of SCBWI and EFA Editorial Freelancers Association

BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 1d

Running a special on picture book manuscript assessments:
$10 for 7-day turnaround
$20 for 2-day turnaround
#KidLit #PictureBooks

bit.ly/42ZXosu

BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 1d

Right?! I was trying to join an online seminar. I had to watch a You Tube video to learn where the fiendish little thingy was.

BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve had this laptop for three or four years and never knew there was a built-in 📷 shutter guard

🤦‍♀️

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 2d

I'm trying to use Bluesky to sell tickets to my comedy special taping. Don't make me promote on Twitter. I'd rather have an empty house. But it'd be so much nicer if it were full.

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𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝕸𝖆𝖍𝖑𝖊𝖗 @heathermahler.bsky.social · 3d

Happy National Black Cat Day! 🐈‍⬛

Orange background illustration of a black cat, sporting a star and moon witchy hat, a vest with patches, bandana around their neck, a pair of jeans with a rip and the left knee and some fancy shoes. Text written on the right saying. “ National black cat day. “

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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 9d

Student journalists in Appalachia! 🚨 PAID writing opportunity before end of the semester: 100 Days in Appalachia is assembling a series of dispatches on the biggest issues facing campuses. Pieces are short, not as heavy a lift reporting-wise. Email [email protected] & I'll share info.

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BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 5d

When I see “might want children” on a 50yo dude’s dating profile

Screenshot from @ opheliehocquard on Instagram

POV : Parisian friend meets your new man. (She has just asked a man if he wants children and he has replied that he’s not sure.)

“ Do you plan on deciding when you’re 80 or ? “

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 5d

Halloween trick or treating is a great opportunity to hand out know your rights booklets and zines in your community. www.nyic.org/resources-tr...

Community Resources for Immigrant NYers - NYC, Long Island, New York State | New York Immigration Coalition - Revision

New York State Community Toolkit Know Your Rights Immigrants & NY Know Your Rights Wallet Cards Know Your Rights with CBP Know Your Rights Guide Know Your Rights Curriculum Know Your Rights Roleplayin...

www.nyic.org

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Blue Ridge Public Radio @blueridgepublic.bsky.social · 7d

North Carolina has a new Congressional map, barring likely legal challenges.

The N.C. House of Representatives voted in favor of a new map that shifts about 500K people in eastern N.C. to give the GOP an advantage in the 1st District.

www.bpr.org/2025-10-22/n...

NC Republicans pass new Congressional map. It's meant to help them pick up a seat.

The N.C. House of Representatives voted to approve the new map Wednesday. It redraws the state's 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts to give Republicans a clear advantage in both seats.

www.bpr.org

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Ms. Emily Pollifax Carstairs @bets2.bsky.social · 7d

Good idea. Have heard it before. I wonder if something similar will happen.

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 7d

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BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 7d

Is it time for bed yet?

#DogsOfBluesky

Callie, a blonde Goldendoodle, looks up at the camera with her face smushed between two pillows

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St. Simeon the Pumpkin Spice Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 8d

Dear Journalists,

You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.

XOXO,
Simeon

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 8d

I’d love it if the next big thing in publishing is people buying lots of books.

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BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 8d

I’m so delighted to come across this! Mr. Thompson was my 10th grade English teacher, and it’s impossible to overstate how revolutionary his approach to teaching grammar felt from the first day of class. More snacks, please! #Edusky

scooby doo is a cartoon dog with a blue collar and his tongue out .

Alt: Scooby Doo opening his mouth to catch a snack thrown to him

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 8d

WBEZ/Sun-Times are crowd-sourcing a map of ICE raids.

Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.

The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.

interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 8d

What does it cost to hire a freelance editor?

It depends on the kind of book you need edited and what kind of editing you want done. The Editorial Freelancers Association has a calculator (rates for 2024 rolled over to 2025).

www.the-efa.org/rates/

#LianaEdits #Publishing #PubTip

Editorial Rates

About these rates The median rate ranges in the 2024 rate chart below are based on data from a survey administered to EFA members from November 2023 through mid-January 2024. One thousand respondent...

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BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 9d

Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness

BookshopDeadly 🪦👻 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social · 9d

The powder from Pixy Stix!

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Indivisible Asheville/WNC @indivisibleavl.bsky.social · 9d

Aerial footage of No Kings protest in Asheville this weekend

📷 Justin Mitchell

#nokings #nokingsinamerica #politics #Asheville #ashevillenc

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 10d

If you're in Alabama and can, the state library discrimination services are holding a public hearing tomorrow about banning all "trans" books from those under 18 in libraries state-wide.

gulfcoastmedia.com/stories/apls...

APLS to hold public hearing on proposed transgender book ban - Gulf Coast Media

The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) will hold a public hearing on Oct. 21 in Montgomery on a proposed state code change that would ban transgender materials for minors. If approved, the …

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