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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 3h

Good reminders here to celebrate your wins. But yes, I did mostly click on the article thanks to the cute cover image of a bunny and chicks. 🐥
#freelancelife #worklife
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Feeling out of place? How to beat impostor syndrome

Do you struggle to take a compliment? Cringe at your own achievements? From celebrating your wins to embracing your failures, these top tips will help you banish self-doubt

www.theguardian.com

Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 2d

A beautiful and personal tribute to Jane Goodall by @katharinehayhoe.com

#climate #hope

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 3d

This week, we lost one of the world’s greatest advocates for people and nature. Even in her final days, Dr. Jane Goodall was urging us not to give up, and now her legacy lives on through the countless voices she inspired.

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Jane Goodall's final lesson

Honoring Jane Goodall's life, Pope Leo's first climate address, and finding hope in action

www.talkingclimate.ca

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s a list from Hachette for Banned Books Week. #ReadBannedBooks

www.hachettebookgroup.com/book-list/ba...

Banned Books Week: 10 Banned & Challenged Crime Fiction Books

Whether it’s buying a new book, reading an old classic, or just appreciating all these amazing books. Discover crime fiction titles that have been banned or challenged over the years—and show…

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 5d

Also read by Harrow: The Once and Future Witches. Another great October read!

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 5d

The third book is The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds by Jennifer Moorman. The North Woods has a fascinating structure—the story skips ahead years and generations and is interspersed with songs, photos, and other short pieces. I like being with characters longer though.

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 19d

Posting my latest pile of #books on this quiet Sunday morning. I’d like to challenge you to post yours too:

#BlueBrewBooks #BookSky #EastCoastKin

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 5d

My October reads: The Ten Thousand Doors of January is also in my stack. Aiming to be an Alix E. Harrow completist.
#BlueBrewBooks

Book stack. Just finished: NORTH WOODS; currently reading: THE VANISHING OF JOSEPHINE REYNOLDS; up next: THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 6d

I made another attempt at providing some insight into the journals process

(To prevent procrastination, I didn’t proofread it. So don’t judge it too harshly)

open.substack.com/pub/onisillo...

Rejection doesn't mean your paper was bad

It's disappointing, but try to not take it personally.

open.substack.com

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 6d

Spicy maple—yum! ☕️ 🍂

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ANJEC @anjec.bsky.social · 8d

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 9d

What’s your sign?

I’d rather be hiking, finding that lost peak. Image shows a rocky trail with a sign reading “Lost Peak 7834 FT” with a large arrow.

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 11d

My favorite reads always have a strong sense of place. #amwriting #booksky

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 11d

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 4783: Place affects every aspect of a story. It shapes your characters, their relationships, their habits, their clothing, their culture, their food. Try thinking of place as a character, and count all the ways you can make your human characters interact with it.

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David Abrams @imdavidabrams.bsky.social · 12d

Speaking of #SundaySentence, nearly every one of the sentences in this brilliant piece by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is worthy of the hashtag. Read it and weep through the laughter.

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12d

My dearest wife,

It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.

Letter from the Portland War Front (humor about something deadly serious)

My dearest wife, It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee ...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 11d

I just started this today!

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 11d

I’m so looking forward to this one

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 12d

“The buds on the peony were filling now, like tight green scoops of ice cream with a hint of raspberry peeking through.”—THE PLACE OF TIDES, by James Rebanks

#SundaySentence

The cover of THE PLACE OF TIDES by James Rebanks shows a photograph of the setting: the islands of Norway’s arctic coast near Vega.

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 12d

Yes

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks! Happened to be in the right spot at the right time.

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 12d

Sometimes #TheRoad comes with rainbows.

#BlueSkyArtShow

A motorcycle drives over the historic Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, Florida. A full rainbow in the sky straddles the bridge. (Captured on my iPhone from the front seat)

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 14d

An excellent source on using language consciously: The Conscious Language Newsletter

#language #amediting

mail.consciousstyleguide.com/p/conscious-...

The Conscious Language Newsletter: September 2025

Advanced methods for detecting AI-generated fakes.

mail.consciousstyleguide.com

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 14d

Reading for empathy: John Alba Cutler, a faculty member at UC Berkeley, recommends 3 books to better understand the experience of undocumented people
#booksky

www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

Perspective: Can you still recognize dehumanizing language when you hear it?

Even more than discarding certain ways of speaking, learning people’s full stories is what opens up the floodgates of empathy so missing in America today.

www.deseret.com

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 14d

Yes, it’s true. Sometimes I can remember the cover (for a print book) or the narrator (for an audiobook) better than the title

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 14d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. Books I’m currently reading
2. Books I just finished reading
3. Books I’m going to read next
#booksky

JuliaEdits @juliaedits.bsky.social · 14d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:
1. What the hell happened to RWA.
2. Editing fiction, & how it differs from editing nonfiction.
3. What the romance genre is doing now + bangers of yore.

(I know this is all ridiculously on-brand for me but there you go.)
#Romancelandia

Angri Bundel @anibundel.bsky.social · 14d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:
1. British shows on streaming and where to find them.
2. The rise in popularity of political pantos in the 21st century
3. Star Trek & Doctor Who as cultural bellwethers of their respective countries.

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ACOG @acog.org · 14d

Introducing Every Stage Health, your go-to online resource for evidence-based patient health information you can trust. From puberty to menopause and beyond, get the expert answers you need at EveryStageHealth.org.

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Jennifer Holmes @jenmededit.bsky.social · 14d

I like Box. Is that a safe option?

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