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Sarah Chorn

@sarahchorn.bsky.social

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Editor. Author. Gardener. Editing: www.sarahchornedits.com Books: https://a.co/d/1H7RXwk She/her

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · Nov 20

I have a bunch of new followers, so just a reminder that I edit books, and I have a whole webpage with testimonials and rates and stuff. 👇

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Sarah Chorn Editing

Visit the post for more.

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 6d

Today's library haul:

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger (<-- this one is writing research.)

What are you reading?

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 7d

Writing novels is very hard, and everyone who finishes writing one deserves praise and accolades purely for that accomplishment.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 7d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social · 11d

Interviewer @bethtabler.bsky.social was privileged to talk with @senlinyu.bsky.social , an author she’s been reading for years and greatly admires as a lover of the morally ambiguous.

INTERVIEW: with author SenLinYu

Author SenLinyu has been a semi-anonymous force in the speculative fiction fanfiction spaces for years, where they developed their dark and unflinching characterizations and lyrical prose to a rabid r...

www.grimdarkmagazine.com

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 14d

I think I've replaced my blood with diet dr. pepper a few years ago.

My favorite color is green.

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 17d

Right? I can't figure out how they managed to get her to wear a hat. 😅

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 17d

Clover had a Halloween themed play date today.

Red standard poodle wearing a witch’s hat

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 18d

You know, one of the worst parts of editing is that I’m constantly working on so many incredible things and I can’t talk about any of them. 🤣

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 19d

Best. Feeling. Ever.

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 19d

I sat down today and wrote 473 words in A Portrait in Shifting Light and I’m going to celebrate the shit out of that because it has taken me OVER A YEAR to be able to sit here and say, I really *finally* actually have words on a page again.

❤️❤️❤️

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you! Coloring people intimidates me a lot and I’ve never really attempted hair like this. I’m pleased by how it’s turning out.

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 20d

I have no idea what the hell im doing, how did you guess? 🤣

From Mythographic Dragonspell, using Pablo pencils.

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 20d

I've started writing my first article about how this year of diagnoses and then treating CPTSD has changed my relationship to my creativity & my understanding of my creative process.

It's... a hell of a thing to write. It's making me realize how *hard* I've worked this year and how far I've come.

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 23d

Today’s baking project(s). I had a can of pumpkin on hand so I used it.

Pumpkin spice bread with a crumble top and maple glaze (it’s not terribly pretty but it smells good) and pumpkin spice cookies.

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 23d

Clover wants to show off her new collar. It came with a matching leash. She feels very fancy, I assure you.

Black dog collar with colorful flowers of a red standard poodle.

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 24d

My weekend read.

I love the setting (historical Spain, complete with the inquisition), the lush prose, and attention to detail. I’m not sure where this is going, but I’m eager to find out. This one is proving hard to put down.

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo on a pebbled garden path.

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 27d

INTERNET, we have been having an argument in our house this morning.

DISCUSS.

A cartoon of two dogs, one with pants on all four legs, one with pants only on the back two.

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 28d

Today, I paused editing long enough to bake chocolate peanut butter banana bread.

Chocolate peanut butter banana bread on a white cutting board, on a marble counter.

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 28d

That cover is absolutely doing it for me. I’m seeing if my library has it! Thanks!

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · 28d

Alright, I'm putting various SFF books on hold at the library.

What should I add to my holds list?

Tell me what to read!

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · Sep 20

It has been a long week and I feel the need to read something that I can just sit back and enjoy. I need popcorn-adjacent.

I’ve also been told that this book is wonderful, so…

I guess I’m finding out!

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · Sep 19

You are braver than I am.

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · Sep 17

Alright, well now you need to pogo/unicycle to a con that I happen to be attending someday because that would be intensely cool to see.

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · Sep 17

You could have even more fun with it and use pogo sticks instead of stilts.

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Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · Sep 15

My next read.

This won the Nebula Award this year so I knew I had to check it out. I’m not terribly far in yet but it’s an intensely unique concept and a marriage of macabre and cozy that truly delights me.

Someone you can build a nest in by John Wiswell

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · Sep 15

Aaaaaaand finished. First time I’ve read an entire book in 24 hours in YEARS.

HOLY SHIT IT WAS GOOD.

Sarah Chorn @sarahchorn.bsky.social · Sep 14

It’s been a minute since I’ve plowed through half a book in a day but here we are. I cannot put this one down.

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett