Katherine Pickett, Editor (she/her)
@popediting.bsky.social
I help writers achieve their dreams of publication. Owner of POP Editorial Services LLC. Award-winning author, editor, writing coach, workshop leader, avid cyclist, amateur painter. #Resist
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Happy Holidays, everyone. POP Editorial Services LLC will be closed from December 24 through December 29.
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Sale?? Don't miss out!
Full mega sale runs Dec 26-27, but you can start early by grabbing either of the Chronicles of Gam Gam books for $0.99! (I'm counting all sales while they're $0.99 toward the donation, so no need to wait!)
Full mega sale runs Dec 26-27, but you can start early by grabbing either of the Chronicles of Gam Gam books for $0.99! (I'm counting all sales while they're $0.99 toward the donation, so no need to wait!)
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sale?? Don't miss out!
Full mega sale runs Dec 26-27, but you can start early by grabbing either of the Chronicles of Gam Gam books for $0.99! (I'm counting all sales while they're $0.99 toward the donation, so no need to wait!)
Full mega sale runs Dec 26-27, but you can start early by grabbing either of the Chronicles of Gam Gam books for $0.99! (I'm counting all sales while they're $0.99 toward the donation, so no need to wait!)
Happy Holidays, everyone. POP Editorial Services LLC will be closed from December 24 through December 29.
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Happy Holidays, everyone. POP Editorial Services LLC will be closed from December 24 through December 29.
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archiveofourown.org/works/731593... Just a reminder that my lil gay epistolary scifi novel Cold Morning updates every sunday and is now up to 9 chapters.
If folks want to have a read of it and give some feedback I'd be super grateful :)
#Writing #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
If folks want to have a read of it and give some feedback I'd be super grateful :)
#Writing #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
Cold Morning - Chapter 1 - Bolt451 - Original Work [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
archiveofourown.org/works/731593... Just a reminder that my lil gay epistolary scifi novel Cold Morning updates every sunday and is now up to 9 chapters.
If folks want to have a read of it and give some feedback I'd be super grateful :)
#Writing #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
If folks want to have a read of it and give some feedback I'd be super grateful :)
#Writing #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters
Free Women in Publishing Summit community zoom event to network with authors, editors, and other publishing pros! Join me there on January 6 at 2:00 PM ET with this link: kped24--writepublishsell.thrivecart.com/2026-wip-con...
#publishing #books #wip2026
#publishing #books #wip2026
Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
kped24--writepublishsell.thrivecart.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Free Women in Publishing Summit community zoom event to network with authors, editors, and other publishing pros! Join me there on January 6 at 2:00 PM ET with this link: kped24--writepublishsell.thrivecart.com/2026-wip-con...
#publishing #books #wip2026
#publishing #books #wip2026
If you question whether your #editor is going to be worth her fees, request a sample edit before you hire her. This will give you an idea of what kind of changes your editor will make, and you can decide for yourself if it is worth the expense.
popediting.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/w...
#Writing
popediting.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/w...
#Writing
Why Does Editing Cost So Much? (Part 1)
Updated December 9, 2025. Originally published September 30, 2013. “If there’s only one thing you’re able to spend money on, it should be hiring an editor.” –Arielle …
popediting.wordpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you question whether your #editor is going to be worth her fees, request a sample edit before you hire her. This will give you an idea of what kind of changes your editor will make, and you can decide for yourself if it is worth the expense.
popediting.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/w...
#Writing
popediting.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/w...
#Writing
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Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Does your character have an education?
Is there formal education where they are? Or were they trained in specific skills in other ways?
What was their education like? Did they enjoy it?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Does your character have an education?
Is there formal education where they are? Or were they trained in specific skills in other ways?
What was their education like? Did they enjoy it?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Does your character have an education?
Is there formal education where they are? Or were they trained in specific skills in other ways?
What was their education like? Did they enjoy it?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Does your character have an education?
Is there formal education where they are? Or were they trained in specific skills in other ways?
What was their education like? Did they enjoy it?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
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I am so very excited to announce that I have signed a book contract with SFWP! My debut novel, GRIEF CAMP, will be published in fall 2027!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am so very excited to announce that I have signed a book contract with SFWP! My debut novel, GRIEF CAMP, will be published in fall 2027!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
Greta Thunberg arrested. Her sign reads "I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greta Thunberg arrested over Palestine Action placard
Greta Thunberg is arrested in central London on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Greta Thunberg arrested. Her sign reads "I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#3GoodThings #Today
1. Editing the memoir of a woman who survived 10 years in a Gulag and 20 years in exile
2. The last of my Christmas packages are arriving
3. These delicious salmon taco bowls for dinner (www.ambitiouskitchen.com/salmon-taco-...)
#gratitude #thankful
1. Editing the memoir of a woman who survived 10 years in a Gulag and 20 years in exile
2. The last of my Christmas packages are arriving
3. These delicious salmon taco bowls for dinner (www.ambitiouskitchen.com/salmon-taco-...)
#gratitude #thankful
Damn Good Healthy Salmon Taco Bowls For Two | Ambitious Kitchen
Salmon taco bowls with taco-seasoned baked salmon & homemade sofrito rice. Add your favorite toppings & enjoy a meal prep dinner for two!
www.ambitiouskitchen.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
#3GoodThings #Today
1. Editing the memoir of a woman who survived 10 years in a Gulag and 20 years in exile
2. The last of my Christmas packages are arriving
3. These delicious salmon taco bowls for dinner (www.ambitiouskitchen.com/salmon-taco-...)
#gratitude #thankful
1. Editing the memoir of a woman who survived 10 years in a Gulag and 20 years in exile
2. The last of my Christmas packages are arriving
3. These delicious salmon taco bowls for dinner (www.ambitiouskitchen.com/salmon-taco-...)
#gratitude #thankful
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Murder Under A Cold Moon will go back to its regular price at the end of December. Get it now for 99 cents!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXV3J1N
"Fans of historical mysteries will gobble this up!" --Kings River Life Magazine
#booksky #cozymysterybooks #booksky99cents #abigailkeam #bookskysale
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXV3J1N
"Fans of historical mysteries will gobble this up!" --Kings River Life Magazine
#booksky #cozymysterybooks #booksky99cents #abigailkeam #bookskysale
December 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Murder Under A Cold Moon will go back to its regular price at the end of December. Get it now for 99 cents!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXV3J1N
"Fans of historical mysteries will gobble this up!" --Kings River Life Magazine
#booksky #cozymysterybooks #booksky99cents #abigailkeam #bookskysale
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXV3J1N
"Fans of historical mysteries will gobble this up!" --Kings River Life Magazine
#booksky #cozymysterybooks #booksky99cents #abigailkeam #bookskysale
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As a fantasy author, I don’t want my name in lights.
I want it in the liminal spaces. In dreams. In déjà vu tickling the back of your mind. Whispered in the trees. Murmured in the warm fog of a book hangover. Plinking against the glass on the perfect rainy day.
#booksky
I want it in the liminal spaces. In dreams. In déjà vu tickling the back of your mind. Whispered in the trees. Murmured in the warm fog of a book hangover. Plinking against the glass on the perfect rainy day.
#booksky
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As a fantasy author, I don’t want my name in lights.
I want it in the liminal spaces. In dreams. In déjà vu tickling the back of your mind. Whispered in the trees. Murmured in the warm fog of a book hangover. Plinking against the glass on the perfect rainy day.
#booksky
I want it in the liminal spaces. In dreams. In déjà vu tickling the back of your mind. Whispered in the trees. Murmured in the warm fog of a book hangover. Plinking against the glass on the perfect rainy day.
#booksky
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Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
Have you used BookBub's new Free Reads emails to promote your book? I wrote up my experience in my latest blog post.
"I had heard big things about BookBub — have been hearing big things for the past 10 years."
katherinepickettauthor.com/2025/12/22/n...
#writers #books #fiction
"I had heard big things about BookBub — have been hearing big things for the past 10 years."
katherinepickettauthor.com/2025/12/22/n...
#writers #books #fiction
No. 1 Bestseller on Amazon!
For two days, I was sitting on top of the world. This weekend Debra Lee Won’t Break became a number one bestseller on Amazon in the Contemporary Women’s Fiction category for free ebooks…
katherinepickettauthor.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Have you used BookBub's new Free Reads emails to promote your book? I wrote up my experience in my latest blog post.
"I had heard big things about BookBub — have been hearing big things for the past 10 years."
katherinepickettauthor.com/2025/12/22/n...
#writers #books #fiction
"I had heard big things about BookBub — have been hearing big things for the past 10 years."
katherinepickettauthor.com/2025/12/22/n...
#writers #books #fiction
I ran a giveaway for my novel, Debra Lee Won't Break, over the weekend. Find out what worked, what didn't, and what remains to be seen.
katherinepickettauthor.com/2025/12/22/n...
#writersky #indiepub #books #fiction
katherinepickettauthor.com/2025/12/22/n...
#writersky #indiepub #books #fiction
No. 1 Bestseller on Amazon!
For two days, I was sitting on top of the world. This weekend Debra Lee Won’t Break became a number one bestseller on Amazon in the Contemporary Women’s Fiction category for free ebooks…
katherinepickettauthor.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I ran a giveaway for my novel, Debra Lee Won't Break, over the weekend. Find out what worked, what didn't, and what remains to be seen.
katherinepickettauthor.com/2025/12/22/n...
#writersky #indiepub #books #fiction
katherinepickettauthor.com/2025/12/22/n...
#writersky #indiepub #books #fiction
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Calls to boycott CBS/Paramount intensify after CBS spiked a 60 Minutes segment critical of the Trump regime hours before airtime…
#BoycottCBS
#BoycottCBS
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Calls to boycott CBS/Paramount intensify after CBS spiked a 60 Minutes segment critical of the Trump regime hours before airtime…
#BoycottCBS
#BoycottCBS
Reposted by Katherine Pickett, Editor (she/her)
Cattails in the winter wind in Minnesota 💦
❄️❄️
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Winter
#Nature
#Minnesota
❄️❄️
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Winter
#Nature
#Minnesota
December 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Cattails in the winter wind in Minnesota 💦
❄️❄️
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Winter
#Nature
#Minnesota
❄️❄️
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Winter
#Nature
#Minnesota
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J.P. Reedman, Author
@jpreedman.bsky.social
mybook.to/Dangereuse
.99 sale! Dangereuse was Eleanor of Aquitaine's grandmother. Her real name is unknown but her reputation gave her a new name that lasted! She left her husband & children to live 'in sin' with the Troubadour lord of Aquitaine.
@jpreedman.bsky.social
mybook.to/Dangereuse
.99 sale! Dangereuse was Eleanor of Aquitaine's grandmother. Her real name is unknown but her reputation gave her a new name that lasted! She left her husband & children to live 'in sin' with the Troubadour lord of Aquitaine.
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
J.P. Reedman, Author
@jpreedman.bsky.social
mybook.to/Dangereuse
.99 sale! Dangereuse was Eleanor of Aquitaine's grandmother. Her real name is unknown but her reputation gave her a new name that lasted! She left her husband & children to live 'in sin' with the Troubadour lord of Aquitaine.
@jpreedman.bsky.social
mybook.to/Dangereuse
.99 sale! Dangereuse was Eleanor of Aquitaine's grandmother. Her real name is unknown but her reputation gave her a new name that lasted! She left her husband & children to live 'in sin' with the Troubadour lord of Aquitaine.
Reposted by Katherine Pickett, Editor (she/her)
My top five favourite words to pronounce like they’re Greek philosophers…
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My top five favourite words to pronounce like they’re Greek philosophers…
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
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Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
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If I ever get included in any Starter Packs on here…👀 please for the love of God let it be 😩💖
#BlackArtist
#Yuri
#GL
#Lesbian
#IndieComicArtist
#Author
#SapphicArtist
#LGBTQ
Any of those! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
#BlackArtist
#Yuri
#GL
#Lesbian
#IndieComicArtist
#Author
#SapphicArtist
#LGBTQ
Any of those! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
a cartoon of spongebob holding a spatula and wearing a hat
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob holding a spatula and wearing a hat
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2024 at 11:56 AM
If I ever get included in any Starter Packs on here…👀 please for the love of God let it be 😩💖
#BlackArtist
#Yuri
#GL
#Lesbian
#IndieComicArtist
#Author
#SapphicArtist
#LGBTQ
Any of those! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
#BlackArtist
#Yuri
#GL
#Lesbian
#IndieComicArtist
#Author
#SapphicArtist
#LGBTQ
Any of those! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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I have enough people to post the #Resistance , #Authors & #Teachers starter packs
I'll be posting them later tonight after 9 PM EST
If you're: #BlueCrew, #Antifa, #BlueWave 🗽💙🌊
If you're: #Author #Writer #Poetry
If you're: #Teacher ( #K12 #SPED #ESL etc)
LAST CALL to be included in ANY OR ALL
I'll be posting them later tonight after 9 PM EST
If you're: #BlueCrew, #Antifa, #BlueWave 🗽💙🌊
If you're: #Author #Writer #Poetry
If you're: #Teacher ( #K12 #SPED #ESL etc)
LAST CALL to be included in ANY OR ALL
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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We live in the dumbest timeline.
It's like a story from the Old Testament.
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
It's like a story from the Old Testament.
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
20 more measles cases found in Rockland County, New York, as health leaders urge getting vaccinated
A spike in measles cases in Rockland County has New York health officials urging families to get vaccinated.
www.cbsnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We live in the dumbest timeline.
It's like a story from the Old Testament.
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
It's like a story from the Old Testament.
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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🎅#SantaClaus
International Man of Mystery… 🇧🇷
International Man of Mystery… 🇧🇷
December 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🎅#SantaClaus
International Man of Mystery… 🇧🇷
International Man of Mystery… 🇧🇷
Debra Lee Won't Break is number 12 is the Free Kindle store! Sale ends in just a few hours. Grab your free ebook anywhere ebooks are sold.
katherinepickettauthor.com/books/
katherinepickettauthor.com/books/
December 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Debra Lee Won't Break is number 12 is the Free Kindle store! Sale ends in just a few hours. Grab your free ebook anywhere ebooks are sold.
katherinepickettauthor.com/books/
katherinepickettauthor.com/books/