Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader
LightNews LightNews
banner
shydogs.bsky.social
Erica Peck | Editor, Writer, Reader
@shydogs.bsky.social
3.3K followers 4.5K following 1.6K posts
She/her
Romance reader 💙📚🌶️
HEA or GTFO ❤️
No AI 🚯
LGBTQ+ rights = human rights 🌈
Black Lives Matter
Freelance copyeditor (SFF & Romance): ericapeckedits.com
Short fiction: soundcheckingthevoid.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
shydogs.bsky.social
This one’s too easy
Movie poster for The House with a Clock in its Walls. Jack Black is at left wearing a dark blue waistcoat and holding a ball of orange light. Cate Blanchett stands at right in a purple suit, holding a purple-glowing magic wand. A young boy stands in the middle wearing a brown coat and gold goggles, holding an open book with golden light coming out of it. A big house with a clock tower in the center is in the background.
September 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
This is definitely the most wholesome MMF demon/priest/Depressed Guy smutty romance book I’ve ever read. Includes cute cats, emotional intelligence, and Star Wars references. Unexpectedly good. Maybe check it out if that sounds like your thing. 💙📚🌶️ #PNR #Romancelandia
The cover of Love & Other Atrocities by Rae Linehan.
September 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
If you have young children and you’re struggling because parenting is hard, take heart in the knowledge that someday they will be old enough to bring you ice cream
A red bowl on my lap with dulce de leche ice cream in it
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
A friend is looking for ARC signups for his upcoming spicy #MM #UrbanFantasy duology. I've been hearing updates for months at our writing group's meetups & I'm really excited for this release! If this sounds like your cup of tea, sign up here: alexwoolfson.com/arc-sign-up
#UF🌶️💙📚
The cover for The Reluctant Incubus by Alex Woolfson: a young man of Filipino descent wearing a red collared shirt looks down at his cupped hands, which hold flames. The Golden Gate Bridge is in the background. Above the cover is the text "call for arc readers" and around it are arrows and various bits of text: New Adult MM Urban Fantasy; reluctant monster in hiding; forbidden monster romance; bound spirit boyfriend; virgin, touched-starved hero; vampire-fueled apocalypse; High action, slow burn, medium spice; cinnamon roll caught between a golden retriever and a "touch him and die." I’ve always been afraid of the monster inside me. Now I might have to finally unleash it. I was born an incubus, a literal soul-sucking sex demon. But I’ve deliberately never fed, so I don't have any powers. Still, that doesn't stop an arrogant fae prince from blackmailing me into stealing a magical watch from a creepy San Francisco mansion. Turns out, the artifact contains Collin, an all-knowing spirit with serious golden retriever vibes who looks like a cute twentysomething guy my age. If I can keep him from the fae, he swears we can be together—even physically—without anyone getting hurt. The wrinkle? He’s also being hunted by bloodthirsty vampires who need the watch to end the world. And my only ally? A smoking-hot monster slayer who's all "touch him and die" whenever I'm in danger but who would most certainly kill me if he ever discovered what I was. I’ve spent my whole life trying to be good—and okay, maybe dreaming of someone who could make me feel less alone. But to save Collin and stop the apocalypse, I'll have to feed. And once I taste a soul, there might be no coming back.
August 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Update: color
A beautiful sketch of a delightfully chubby robin-looking bird on a branch. Its belly is dark orange, its head is gray, and its wings and tail are blue.
August 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
I decided to outsource this challenge to a promising young local artist who happens to be my 12yo kid. Because if you can’t draw it yourself, the next best thing is to pay an artist.
Screenshot of text conversation between myself and my youngest spawn, in which I request a drawing of a bird A pencil sketch of a satisfyingly thicc songbird sitting on a branch
August 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Ope, looks like she changed the description
Book overview Asmodeus My life is nothing but a vast oasis of emptiness that I constantly try to fill. I'm not like the others. Never have been and never will be. All I'm waiting for is one moment, one action to set me on the path I know I must follow. So, when I'm gifted a servant soul—someone so plain and ordinary—I don't know what to do with him. But I find that he starts creeping under my skin, forcing me to realize things I've kept buried. Whether I like it or not. This is the third and final installment of the Devilry series which should not be read as a standalone. Please also note, this is a dark tragedy. Read at your own discretion.
July 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Is Wizards a deep enough cut for you?
A menacing masked figure all in red, armed with a futuristic rifle, slumps in a saddle on the back of a weird green round-bodied creature with chicken-looking legs, the stumpy suggestion of a vestigial tail, and a head like a cross between a dragon and a bad-tempered horse. Text at top reads “A Ralph Bakshi Film: Wizards.”
July 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
I like how this one came out. It looks like the K is bleeding. Just like our democracy.
A freshly baked pie with “No Kings spelled out in crust, embellished with flower and star shapes. There is a pool of red liquid beneath the K and the I.
July 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
Resisting tyranny is as American as apple pie
A freshly baked apple pie in a large, squarish ceramic dish with “Fuck Fascism” spelled out in crust, embellished with patriotic stars
July 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
Making pies for the 4th
An uncooked strawberry nectarine pie with “No Kings” spelled out in pie dough, embellished with simple flower and star shapes.
July 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
Being my friend should come with hazard pay
Messenger exchange between my friend Bronwyn and me (typos corrected in alt text). Me: I thought of a joke B: Uh oh Me: Why is a really great pun like being on a date with the Invisible Man? B: Why Me: You don’t see it coming Me: Big smile emoji B: But also [increasingly angry emojis] Me: Wacky smile emoji
June 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Now booking for November 2025 and beyond. My rates are going up in 2026, but anyone who books before the end of the year gets 2025 pricing.
Dark background with different shades of purple circles. Text is in white or purple bubbles. Erica Peck Edits: Let me overthink that for you. Services: Copyediting, line editing, proofreading, manuscript evaluations (romance only). Specializing in romance, fantasy, science fiction. Logo at bottom of a dragon flying out of a book in a spray of hearts and stars. ericapeckedits.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Look what came in the mail today!!! 🥰

(My story is in it! 🤩)
The cover of Chaotic Cupids: When Love Goes Awry, a short story anthology. The art on the cover is in shades of red and orange and black, and features two figures in silhouette inside a heart. One has horns, a tail, and a sword, and the other is larger and has wings.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
Hope things get better soon
A photograph of a bar of soap with the top part of a pump bottle stuck into the center of it. The caption at top reads “I can’t explain it with science but this is what writers block feels like”
June 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Just another reason Microsoft is terrible
A photo of my MS Word screen, showing 9 incredibly derpy emojis: cry, smile, melting, nerd glasses, eye roll, yikes, big smile, scream, and big laugh
June 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Had fun at the Bay Area Romance Writers booth at the Bay Area Book Festival this weekend with authors @gwenjodyauthor.bsky.social, @gailcarriger.bsky.social, Carolina Montague, and Nikhil Prabala 😀
Three people sit at a table covered by a white tablecloth with a repeating pattern of the round, pink Bay Area Romance Writers logo, and two people stand behind them. Seated, left to right, are Gwen Jody, Erica Peck, and Nikhil Prabala. Standing, left to right, are Carolina Montague and Gail Carriger. In the foreground is part of a stand-up display that reads “Are you a romance writer?”
June 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Hah, I suspected as much as soon as I read this bit:
A cropped version of one of the images from the email posted above, describing the addition to the Board of an investor named Ronjon Nag. The following text is highlighted in yellow: He is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University teaching AI, Genetics, Ethics, Longevity Science and Venture Capital.
May 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
I hate most pictures of me but this one is okay I guess, and it was on my way to LA to see the Pixies with my friend from college, which was a fun trip and a great show, and this picture reminds me of that.
A middle-aged red-haired woman with a blue shirt and a necklace with a round pendant is shown from a three-quarter angle, sitting on a plane next to a window
May 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
In case it helps, here are 3 diff symbols I noticed that repeat. The fake one doesn’t have anything repeated this closely, and the figures all have wonky hands (& one has 3 arms). But without the real one to compare to & no reason to be critical, I could def see a lot of people assuming it’s real.
A section of Egyptian papyrus with similar hieroglyphs circled in three different colors
May 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
His name is Winter and he is extremely chill and he is wearing a little vest and I would die for him 🥲
A small white rabbit wearing a grey tweed vest in a pet stroller
March 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
We did a thing
A cake on a plate, white frosting with rainbow sugar sprinkles. A masked feral child looms behind it, brandishing a knife.
March 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
shydogs.bsky.social
I am such a pushover
Two round chocolate cakes cool on racks on a white counter with an olive green backsplash
March 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
“Do I really need a #proofreader” Part 2

(Yes, you really do, unless your MC’s nipples like to mock people, I guess?)

💙📚🌶️
A fragment of a screenshot showing a short passage from a book. The first few words are redacted, and the rest read “slips a hand beneath the lace of the brassiere and pinches a taunt nipple.”
March 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
shydogs.bsky.social
Dinner was a battle last night, and the grease almost won
My pasty white forearm, decorated with ouchie red welts in a splash shape
March 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM