Lee Burton - Author | Editor
@leeburton.bsky.social
ottur | edtur | CanCon. Words is great. I try to use good ones, in the optimal order. My lovely books: -> https://linktr.ee/leeburton.author My editing service -> https://www.oceansedgeediting.com/
#HazelTheInternKitty 's advice to authors is Maybe at least do a spell check on your own book before you send it to an editor, especially if you're paying by the hour. Self-edits is the most satisfying part of writing. #amediting #amwriting #writingcommunity #CatsOfBluesky #HotTakes #Meow
On the latest throwback I revisit the series on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). I also share some new thoughts on Thor Heyerdahl and respond to some feedback from a Polynesian listener! Enjoy! art19.com/shows/our-fa...
Crave streaming network here in Canada will just throw French titles into the middle of searches. Movie might be in English. Sometimes covers are in English but the movies themselves are seulement en Francais. Who knows? Step right up. Spin the wheel. Also, guys, this is subtext made explicit.
Watching the newest Salem's Lot movie, and it feels like a prime example of the Netflix-ization of movies. There's some okay shots, but the dialogue and other choices are just ... artless.
Please please please please please please please please please do not add MZB to your fantasy rec lists. Do you want me to scrub my eyes out? Ew. Ugh. brb brain bleach needed. I am BEGGING you guys to read ANY article or review. It takes five seconds not to inflict her on us.
I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️
Proud to have edited this.
Somewhat Grumpy Press 🇨🇦@somewhatgrumpypress.com · yesterdayAnother great review for Thumbin' the Rock: "I enjoyed this trip across Newfoundland from the perspective of two hitchhiking older women. Their adventures made me laugh out loud. I will never think of a yoga mat in the same way again!" www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... #booksky
Act now, & for only 20 installments of 2000 words apiece, you too can enjoy this gripping & emotional #fantasy story - about a young boy grappling with a power that has turned his world upside down - in the comfort of your own home. Don't wait, read The Lion today. leeburton.ca/speaker-seri... 💙📚
Bookish pet peeve: ebook sales that are in the US only. Like ... I'd be happy to give you the local equivalent of our funny-looking money. #reading #writingcommunity
A bunch of people ran inside the cabin b/c the mosquitos outside were terrible. The people inside relaxed. Then the mosquitos complained that it was unfair they couldn't pester the people and the owner of the cabin is suggesting maybe they should open all the windows to be fair.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d agoI don't really have an objection to the CEO saying Bluesky is open to all; it's kind of his job to do that. But as others have pointed out, the design of the site means it's harder for trolls/bots/chuds *and also* influencers/hypebeasts to get traction. The "bubble" here is actually normal humans.
Today is also the exact date of Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains." Just a popular day to end the world?
CineCalendar@cinecalendar.bsky.social · 2d agoAug 4th 1997 - Skynet, the world's first Automated Defense Network, was activated. 📽️📅 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
I haven't run into this yet. Anyone else seeing algospeak in books now?
Lee Burton - Author | Editor@leeburton.bsky.social · 2d agoI find it an odd trend that many UP and romantasy authors will shy away from words like "kill" and "murder." Honest question: is there some sorta strike-against for using algorithmically verboten terms even in books? #booksky #writingcommunity
I find it an odd trend that many UP and romantasy authors will shy away from words like "kill" and "murder." Honest question: is there some sorta strike-against for using algorithmically verboten terms even in books? #booksky #writingcommunity
Make more art. I don’t care if you think it’s bad. I don’t care if you’ve been drawing for 20 years or 20 minutes. I don’t care if you choose to share it or keep it to yourself. I don’t even care if it’s literally just scribbling on paper in anger. Just make art. Don’t let anything stop you.
I think it was a serious oversight on behalf of Hello Fresh not to take into account how badly the previous tenants screwed up my stove elements.
I would love to get A Light for the Dead to Follow up to 100 sales at last (it's been out a year and I'm still at 62), so if you like epic fantasy novellas full of magic and romance, maybe check it out! 💫
Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 5d ago🗡️ fantasy novella ⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals 🏹 gallant knights 👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom 🌲 enchanted plants and forests 🥀 romance and friendship 🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ #booksky ]
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The Perfect Heist is out! Follow Ada and Eliot as they try to steal a historical diamond and outwit crime bosses on a Greek holiday island. www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3RC5PHM books2read.com/u/3GBA7L www.susannashore.com/perfectheist.html #newbook #crimefiction #booksky
Act now, & for only 20 installments of 2000 words apiece, you too can enjoy this gripping & emotional #fantasy story - about a young boy grappling with a power that has turned his world upside down - in the comfort of your own home. Don't wait, read The Lion today. leeburton.ca/speaker-seri... 💙📚
Hi! I'm Rebecca (Becca/Indie). I'm currently working on the sequel to The Wish and the Demon, as well as my unpublished epic fantasy series that's just getting chonkier and chonkier. 🥰 Join my Discord! And add me on Goodreads! 🤗 (All links in my profile.) [ #FantasyIndiesAugust ]
Ocean's Edge is now booking dev & copy & line edits for August & the autumn. Recently updated my client library with more books I've worked on in 2026. ✦ Invoices are in CAD. Prices on webpage. ✦ Browse, and/or get in touch with any questions you may have. #amediting #editors #writingcommunity
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Lee Burton - Author | Editor@leeburton.bsky.social · 2mo agoOcean's Edge Editing has openings for both dev edits and copy & line edits for July and August. Get in touch and kick some tires and see if we'd be a good fit to work together. Editing #indies since 2012. Friendly inquiries always encouraged. www.oceansedgeediting.com #editors #books #amwriting
New album "Dark Matter" out now on all streaming platforms! Get the lossless version from bandcamp or stream from your favorite service. 🎧 Get the vinyl + t-shirt from Neuropa Records → neuroparecords.com #synth #synthwave #metal #spacesynth #newmusic #music #neuroparecords #dynatron #darkmatter
Anybody else suddenly have an IMDB account because Amazon made one for them automatically? Or does Amazon just really want my movie rankings in particular?
This is the kinda news I can't really engage with and still function as a person.
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · last wk.Anthropic shredding millions of rare books should be a crime. It’s also a perfect encapsulation of what utter shit generative AI is and how it fundamentally makes the world worse.
