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Marco Palmieri

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Independent Developmental Editor. Knight Errant. Ronin. Helping storytellers is my passion. Previously: Realm Media • Tor Publishing Group • Simon & Schuster • DC Comics he/him mxpalmieri.com photography: https://www.instagram.com/the_megalopolitan

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Nov 9

Help for creators of imaginary worlds.

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Because even a god needs an editor.

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · 2d

Just regular everyday blueberries.

Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · 2d

Today my local grocery store is selling 6 ounces of blueberries for $9.99.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 2d

Trump claims prices are low and there is no inflation ahead of “the Holiday season”

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Aug 26

Everything is terrible, but this made my day.

(Reproduced with the author’s permission and edited for confidentiality.)

#freelance #editor #writingcommunity #amediting

Part 1 of a letter from a client:

Dear Marco,

A few years ago, you helped me with two books: Soul Binder and Owen Greenley and the Cape of Leaves. I learned a great deal from your developmental edits.

You opened my eyes, especially to character agency. I have since then kept working on the projects, working with critique groups, and by some wild luck, I was mentored by [two top executives at a major film studio]. It’s been quite a journey.

Part 2 of a letter from a client:

I also opened my own publishing company, and this May, I published Soul Binder. The second book in the series, Immortal Alchemy, will be released in September. Two other books are in the wings, one of which is Owen Greenley. All this has also led me to write screenplays and create book trailers with my son. It’s been great to work with him.

And here I am, grateful to you, Marco, because you helped me improve my craft. Your input was some of the most valuable in this effort.

With deep gratitude and best wishes,

Kit Danforth

Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Jun 29

Marquee sign outside a Brooklyn church reads, “Don’t oppress an immigrant. —Exodus 23.9”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · May 28

Conservative Guy Scared of Cities costume meme

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 29

Fritz Lang would like a word.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · Apr 28

If you start by sanctioning lawyers simply because they represent clients with whom you disagree

Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position

It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges

This is fascism-pure and simple

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 28

New in PN: Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation

"It’s not just that Dugan was arrested, but how she was arrested. The whole point was to cause a scene. There’s no allegation she was attempting to evade arrest, but the FBI still forced a sitting judge to do a perp walk at her place of work."

Arresting judges is a 5-alarm escalation

What would you say if you saw it in another country?

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 26

Felt weird. Might delete later.

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · Apr 25

"Furthermore, I expect the German legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them, but that they are here for the nation"

Hitler, 1942

Doesn't sound much different, does it?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 25

Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 24

Share a movie scene that lives rent-free in your head.

Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 23

a man wearing glasses and a sweater says blasphemer in yellow letters

Alt: a man wearing glasses and a sweater says blasphemer in yellow letters

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 23

a boy sitting at a table with a candle and says you 're killing me smalls

Alt: a boy sitting at a table with a candle and says you 're killing me smalls

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 23

Pretty sure this was settled as heresy by Emperor Constantine during the First Council of Nicaea, in Anno Domino’s 325.

Andrew Joyce @andrewjoyce.bsky.social · Apr 23

I would like to know more about Cardinal Pizzaballa and what his take is on church doctrine: RE: pineapples on a large pie

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 23

choose your fighter

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 23

I was just mistaken for mobster Alphonse Persico by an ex-cop. “I saw you from the side and thought, oh man, Allie Boy got out!”

Don’t ever ask me about my business.

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 20

It goes without saying that my applause is more sincere than Avon's.

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 20

a man wearing a red leather jacket and black turtleneck

Alt: a man wearing a red leather jacket and black turtleneck

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 20

With so many folks excited for Andor Season 2 kicking off in just a couple of days, this is your periodic reminder that writer-director Tony Gilroy's underrated Michael Clayton (2007; George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton) is a fucking masterpiece, and you should all watch it.

Still from Michael Clayton: George Clooney stares at a wall on which has been scrawled "Make believe it's not just madness."

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 13

I had one about the labyrinth, but it’s a bit convoluted.

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Apr 13

If push comes to shove, I have one about Sisyphus

Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · Apr 13

I had a joke about Ariadne but

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 12

I know it’s not a competition, but he really is the worst Marco.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 12

“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new order on supporting employees of Christian faith.”

State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’

“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.

www.politico.com

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Apr 12

NICK CAVE DOTH ORDER COFFEE:

Some oat milke plese from a sustaynable brande
Please put the latte yn my red righte hande

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 11

This is so fucked up.

Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · Apr 11

Trump requiring Americans present a $165 passport to vote isn't a poll tax.

It's a Democracy Tariff.

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Beyond The Mac Rainbow @macrogers.bsky.social · Apr 10

A big (and possibly unsolvable) problem in for audio dramas getting more popular is that the better your show is - the more carefully-honed the script, the more intricate the design - the harder it is for listeners to sporadically zone out, which I suspect is one of the attractions of chat podcasts.

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 10

bring me harry potter

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 9

one of the most accurate memes out there

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Apr 8

lol okay boomer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 8

Trump: "One thing I learned about the coal miners -- that's what they want to do. You could give them a penthouse on 5th Avenue and a different kind of a job and they'd be unhappy. They want to mine coal. She was gonna put them in a high tech industry where you make little cell phones and things."