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Brittany: www.wordcat-editorial.com/@meowdle (IG)/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bdowdle/;  Linda: https://www.theinsightfuleditor.com/@lindaruggerieditor (IG)/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-ruggeri-editor/@LindaRuggeri (Twitter) Networking for Freelance Editors: Practical Strategies for Networking Success www.networkingforeditors.com Editorial Freelancers Association Diversity Initiative: https://www.the-efa.org/diversity-initiative/ Camel text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case Free screen readers: https://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/ How to use Word’s Read Aloud function: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/listen-to-your-word-documents-5a2de7f3-1ef4-4795-b24e-64fc2731b001 Mythcreants.com editing services: https://mythcreants.com/services/  SWOT analysis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis EFA Rates Chart: https://www.the-efa.org/rates/ ACES: https://aceseditors.org/ PEN: https://pensite.org/ CIEP: https://www.ciep.uk/ Conscious Style Guide: https://consciousstyleguide.com/ Crystal Shelley, Rabbit with a Red Pen: https://www.rabbitwitharedpen.com/ Conscious Language Toolkit for Writers: https://www.rabbitwitharedpen.com/conscious-language-toolkit-for-writers Conscious Language Toolkit for Editors: https://www.rabbitwitharedpen.com/conscious-language-toolkit-for-editors Ebonye Gussine Wilkins: https://egwmedia.com/ Sensitivity Reads: A Guide for Professional Editors: https://www.lulu.com/shop/ebonye-gussine-wilkins-and-lourdes-venard/sensitivity-reads-a-guide-for-professional-editors/ Respectul Querying with Nuance: https://www.the-efa.org/booklets/respectful-querying-nuance/ TextExpander: https://textexpander.com/ The Editing Podcast: https://www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/podcast.html

Brittany: www.wordcat-editorial.com/@meowdle (IG)/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bdowdle/;  Linda: https://www.theinsightfuleditor.com/@lindaruggerieditor (IG)/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-ruggeri-editor/@LindaRuggeri (Twitter) Networking for Freelance Editors: Practical Strategies for Networking Success www.networkingforeditors.com Google Ngram Viewer: https://books.google.com/ngrams Madeleine Vasaly, editor/proofreader: https://www.madeleinevasaly.com/ Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA): https://www.the-efa.org/ Professional Editors Network: https://pensite.org/ ACES: https://aceseditors.org/ Northwest Editors Guild: https://www.edsguild.org/ Patricia Collins: http://www.keen-eye-copyediting.com/about/ Marinade recipe: olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, lemon pepper, salt, pepper, honey. Linda recommends adding grated ginger and pineapple juice or brown sugar.  Maillard reaction

@JustinKey_MD on Twitter and Instagram JustinCKey.com Clarion West: https://www.clarionwest.org/ Escape Pod, “Balancing the Equation”: https://escapepod.org/2021/01/21/escape-pod-768-balancing-the-equation/ Realm, Spider King: https://www.realm.fm/shows/spider-king Meetup.com Marcus McLaughlin Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/ Charlie Finlay: https://www.ccfinlay.com/ “One Hand in the Coffin,” Strange Horizons: http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/one-hand-in-the-coffin/ “The Perfection of Theresa Watkins,” tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2020/09/23/the-perfection-of-theresa-watkins-justin-c-key/ Cadwell Turnbull, No Gods, No Monsters Many Worlds Collective: https://manyworldsproject.com/the-collective/ Nicole Glover: https://nicole-glover.com/ Karen Lord: https://twitter.com/drkarenlord Sheree Renée Thomas, editor, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: https://www.shereereneethomas.com/magazine-of-fantasy-science-fiction-1 Rebecca Campbell, “The Language Birds Speak,” Clarkeworld: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/campbell_11_21/ Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun: https://rebeccaroanhorse.com/

@emteehall on twitter @maggietokudahall on ig and tiktok The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea Squad Love in the Library: https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308 prettyokmaggie.com Martha Mahalick, editor at Harper Collins: https://twitter.com/marthamihalick Interview with We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-maggie-tokuda-hall-the-mermaid-the-witch-and-the-sea/ Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11233988-i-want-my-hat-back Yas Imamura: https://yasimamura.tumblr.com/ Kate DiCamillo: https://www.katedicamillostoriesconnectus.com/ Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57693472 Robyn Schneider, The Other Merlin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56631877-the-other-merlin Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56179360 Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55711617 T. Kingfisher: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7367300.T_Kingfisher Tananarive Due: https://www.tananarivedue.com/

https://www.erindealey.com/ @erindealey on Twitter and Instagram https://www.facebook.com/erin.dealey  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/erindealey/_saved/  Peter Easter Frog Dear Earth…from Your Friends in Room 5 K is for Kindergarten  Snow Globe Wishes Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI): https://www.scbwi.org/ Caitlyn Dlouhy Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8036440-interrupting-chicken Tamar Mays Melissa Stewart: https://www.melissa-stewart.com/ Sarah Scheerger, Operation Frog Effect, Mitzvah Pizza: https://www.sarahlynnbooks.com/ Ernesto Cisneros, Efran Divided, Falling Short: https://www.ernestocisneros.com/ Patricia Newman, Planet Ocean: https://www.patriciamnewman.com/ Lori Mortensen, Arlo Draws an Octopus: https://www.lorimortensen.com/ Bitsy Kemper: https://bitsykemper.wordpress.com/ 2021derfuls: https://twitter.com/2021derfuls

@hilaryzaid paperiswhite.com tabula rasa=clean slate Dennis Schmitz, Poet Laureate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Schmitz Raymond Carver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Carver Anna Lena Phillips Bell at Ecotone: https://annalenaphillipsbell.net/ Alexander Chee: https://www.alexanderchee.net/bio Jess Walter: https://www.jesswalter.com/ Steve Yarbrough: https://www.steveyarbrough.net/ Jill McCorkle: https://www.jillmccorkle.com/ Tin House Sewanee Utne Reader Yona Zeldis McDonough: http://yonazeldismcdonough.ipage.com/ “Even in Dreams, She Leaves Me Every Time”: https://lilith.org/articles/even-in-dreams-she-leaves-me-every-time/ Morgan Parker: http://www.morgan-parker.com/ Day One New York Times Article about the Bad Art Friend: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html Squaw Valley Rob Spillman, Tin House editor: https://tinhouse.com/author/rob-spillman/ YZ Chin, Edge Case: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55782263 AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs): https://www.awpwriter.org/ Pat Dobie, Fiction Editing: A Writer’s Roadmap: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49318090 Sarah Cypher, freelance editor and writer of the forthcoming The Skin and Its Girl: https://www.sarahcypher.com/

@oludaraadeeyo https://www.oludaraadeeyo.com/ Self-Care for Black Women: 150 Ways to Radically Accept and Prioritize Your Mind, Body, and Soul: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Self-Care-for-Black-Women/Oludara-Adeeyo/9781507217313 Michelle Ruiz, freelance editor and Vogue.com contributing editor African American Vernacular English (AAVE) Erykah Badu: “I’m an artist, and I’m sensitive about my shit.” Emilia Benton, freelance journalist: https://twitter.com/emmiemarieb?lang=en Carla Benton, senior production editor at MacMillan: https://twitter.com/cnbenton1 “How to Talk to Your Loved Ones About Social Justice,” Women’s Health magazine article by Amelia Benton that cites Dara as the expert: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a34671688/how-to-talk-social-justice/ The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55711688-the-other-black-girl

@melisscaru on Twitter, melissacaruso.net Swords and Fire trilogy: The Tethered Mage, The Defiant Heir, and The Unbound Empire Rooks and Ruin trilogy: The Obsidian Tower, The Quicksilver Court in 2021, and TBA 2022 Gemmell Morningstar Award Lupa the puppy: https://twitter.com/melisscaru/status/1420756301324369923/photo/1 Lindsey Hall, senior editor at Tor: https://twitter.com/lindseyhall17 Sarah Guan, editor at Erewhon Books: https://twitter.com/Sarah_Guan Nivia Evans, senior editor at Orbit: https://twitter.com/NiviaEvans Kelley Frodel, copy editor: https://www.kelleyfrodel.com/ The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51340378-the-mask-of-mirrors City of Lies by Sam Hawke: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36225135-city-of-lies The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41952489 The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50523477-the-jasmine-throne Empire of Sand: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39714124-empire-of-sand

www.sarahnicolas.com  http://www.twitter.com/sarah_nicolas  http://www.youtube.com/sarahnicolasya http://www.instagram.com/presidentsarah Queries, Qualms, & Quirks: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/queries-qualms-quirks/id1554435058 Pitch Wars versus PitMad: https://youtu.be/mwH_Vu-UduU Leigh Mar: http://pitchwars.org/mentor-profile/leigh-mar/ Minorities in Publishing podcast by Jenn Baker: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minorities-in-publishing/id913317556

Twitter: @JoniSensel Instagram: @InspiritedJoni JoniSensel.com Facebook: joni.sensel Feeling Fate: A Memoir of love, Intuition, and Spirit, April 2022 Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: https://www.scbwi.org/ Brenda Winter Hansen: https://www.winterhansen.com/ The Garbage Monster: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827536.The_Garbage_Monster

@AKDobbin on Twitter The Hero Next Door: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42790794 Totally Middle School: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38398196-totally-middle-school Linda Sue Park, https://lindasuepark.com/ Conscious Style Guide: https://consciousstyleguide.com/ Karen Yin: https://karenyin.com/ or @KarenYin on Twitter NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45916267-everything-sad-is-untrue Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55959425-year-of-the-reaper Betsy Cornwell’s Old Knitting Factory project: http://www.betsycornwell.com/the-old-knitting-factory/ We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/

@SkyeKilaen Planet Jinxatron: https://planetjinxatron.com/ https://skyewritesromance.com/ https://www.goodreads.com/skyekilaen Tell Me Anything: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55691821-tell-me-anything Three-act structure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-act_structure DNF: Did Not Finish LGBTQReads.com Women of Color in Romance: http://www.wocinromance.com/about-us/ #QueerAuthorsNeedBetas

http://www.alanbrennert.com https://www.facebook.com/AlanBrennertAuthor Robert Crais: https://www.robertcrais.com/ Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen: http://sarahbirdbooks.com/books/ Cathay Williams: https://www.nps.gov/people/cwilliams.htm Carter Scholz, The Amount to Carry: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1448233.The_Amount_to_Carry Jonathan Lethem: https://jonathanlethem.com/ Kafka Americana: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146861.Kafka_Americana

@mrs_hanni on Twitter, or mrshanni.com The Bloom series, Change the Conversation, and other works by Samantha: https://mrshanni.com/books-resources/ Krissi Dallas, Phantom Island series: https://krissidallas.com/

@MissDahlELama on Twitter and Instagram dahliaadler.com Buzzfeed LGBTQ Reads Tessera Editorial: https://www.tesseraeditorial.com/ Farrah Penn, copy editor at Buzzfeed Rachel Strolle, helps with Dahlia’s blog Don’t Hate the Player, Alexis Nedd: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54860246-don-t-hate-the-player Candice Montgomery: Home and Away and By Any Means Necessary, https://www.candicemontgomery.com/books Eric Smith: You Can Go Your Own Way, Don’t Read the Comments, @ericsmithrocks on Twitter Episode 6: “The Why in YA” (Feat. Eric Smith): https://www.arieledits.com/edit-your-darlings/episode-6-eric-smith Anna-Marie McLemore: The Mirror Season, Lake Lore, contributor to This Way Madness Lies, http://author.annamariemclemore.com/p/welcome.html Katherine Locke: Second Position, Girl with the Red Balloon, Spy with the Red Balloon, What Are Your Words, https://www.katherinelockebooks.com/ Mark Oshiro: The Insiders, https://www.markoshiro.com/about/ Love and Other Natural Disasters: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49553169 Steven Rowley: The Guncle, https://www.stevenrowley.com/the-guncle Leah Johnson: Rise to the Sun, You Should See Me in a Crown, https://www.byleahjohnson.com/ Marieke Nijkamp: Even If We Break, http://www.mariekenijkamp.com/musings/even-if-we-break/ Maggie Hall: The Conspiracy of Us trilogy, https://www.goodreads.com/series/144714-the-conspiracy-of-us

Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators Carole Boston Weatherford: https://cbweatherford.com/ The Spirit of the Wild West (by Lisa) Dori Hillistad Butler, https://www.kidswriter.com/ Kevan Atteberry https://www.kevanatteberry.com/ Anne of Green Gables Weatherford’s R-E-S-P-E-C-T https://cbweatherford.com/books/r-e-s-p-e-c-t-aretha-franklin/ and Beauty Mark https://cbweatherford.com/books/marilynmonroe/ Heather Montgomery: https://heatherlmontgomery.com/ Don Tate: https://dontate.com/ Candace Fleming: https://www.candacefleming.com/ Steve Scheinkin: http://stevesheinkin.com/books/ Wendy Wahman: https://www.wendywahman.com/ Laurie Thompson: https://lauriethompson.com/ Clare Hodgson Meeker: https://www.claremeeker.com/ Dana Sullivan and the Dead Max series: http://www.danajsullivan.com/

Episode 6: “The Why in YA” (Feat. Eric Smith) I Hope You Get This Message Odyssey Writing Workshop RF Kuang, The Poppy War Linden Lewis, The First Sister Josh Johnson, The Forever Sea Alex Cooper, editor at Harper It All Comes Back to You Priya Ayyar, audiobook narrator Cat Quest (Switch Game) Joan He, The Ones We Were Meant to Find: https://www.joanhewrites.com/ Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns, 2022 Tashie Bhuiyan, Counting Down With You Bonus: The best ARC unboxing video I’ve ever seen: https://twitter.com/tashiebhuiyan/status/1325497958306111488?s=20

@SGDSingh, sgdsingh.com Infernal Guard series: Emergence, Descent, Severance, and Forsaken: https://www.goodreads.com/series/221246-the-infernal-guard Exiled to Freedom: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39970806-exiled-to-freedom Dracula Retold: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43809704-dracula-retold In the Heart of Babylon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48565486-in-the-heart-of-babylon BTS (aka the Bangtan Boys): https://ibighit.com/bts/eng/ Beth Jusino: https://bethjusino.com/ EYD Episode 2 Featuring Beth Jusino: https://www.arieledits.com/edit-your-darlings/2020/11/30/episode-2-beth-jusino Northwest Editors Guild: https://www.edsguild.org/ Webcomic about typo flies after publishing: https://www.pikkoshouse.com/2021/01/22/simplemarkup173/ The Hate U Give: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075671-the-hate-u-give The Hunger Games Looking for Alaska: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99561.Looking_for_Alaska Everything, Everything: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18692431-everything-everything Sookie Stackhouse novels: https://www.goodreads.com/series/42636-sookie-stackhouse Stephen King Candace Robinson: https://authorcandacerobinson.wordpress.com/ Faeries of Oz, Tin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48931438-tin LaTresa Payne: https://twitter.com/kisslelestweets Snatched: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56772743-snatched Stuart James: https://www.stuartjamesthrillers.com/ Apartment Six: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50651159-apartment-six

@wordamour on twitter, Stephanie Vanderslice on FB, stephanie.vanderslice on Instagram, www.stephanievanderslice.com (needs updating but I'm trying to get to that). The Geek’s Guide to the Writing Life The Lost Son Dairy Hollow Writer’s Colony in Eureka Springs, AR: https://www.writerscolony.org/ John Vanderslice Story Studio Chicago In a Year program: https://www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-writing-programs-at-storystudio-chicago Rebecca Makkai: http://rebeccamakkai.com/ The Great Believers: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45304101-the-great-believers The Hundred-Year House: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693644-the-hundred-year-house M Shelly Conner, “everyman”: http://mshellyconner.com/

@allechall1; Facebook: Alle C. Hall, Writer; site: About Childhood: Answers for Writers, Parents, and Former Children. (allehall.wordpress.com) Tom Jenks of Narrative Magazine: https://tomjenks.com/about-tom-jenks Ploughshares: https://www.pshares.org/ Prairie Schooner: https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/ Richard Hugo House: https://hugohouse.org/ Toad Suck Review: https://uca.edu/news/legendary-uca-publication-to-relaunch-as-toad-suck-editions/ Susan Shapiro (https://twitter.com/Susanshapironet), The Forgiveness Tour and The Byline Bible: https://www.susanshapiro.net/index.html