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Freelance editor, writer, reader | 25 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ they/she, nonbinary, AuDHD Leftist, Free 🇵🇸 No AI🚫 Need an Editor? | Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Sci-Fi | line editing, copyediting & proofreading: ottersediting.com 🦦✍️

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 08/09/2026
🍂 Fall editing spots almost full!🍁 Are you a queer, neurodivergent, or disabled author who needs an editor that understands you? Have a novella, novelette, or short story ready for editing? Website: ottersediting.com Intake Form: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
Otters Editing Booking slots! I have 1 available spot in Sept and Oct for a short story, poem, or novelette. And 2 spots in Nov. I edit fantasy, LGBTQ+ fiction, and Sci-Fi. I offer line edits, copyedits, proofreading, and MS Evals.  You can email me: stephmcollinedits@proton.me or DM me. The graphic is a light yellow/tan with a yellow fall leaf and a pumpkin in the corner. There's also an LGBTQ+ flag in the middle and a blue open book with a pen at the top.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 07/09/2026
#Septversary Day 7: Self-Promo Day! Link your books, stories, comics, blogs, or services! Repost others' self-promo posts! #WritingCommunity
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! 

Day 7: Self-Promo Day!

Link your books, stories, comics, blogs, or services! Repost others' self-promo posts! 

Use the #Septversary in your posts. Remember to interact and have fun!

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 06/09/2026
The vibes today are 🥰 It's raining. I have a fake candle, coffee, and I'm editing! 📚
A fake wooden desk with a mug of coffee in white and blue, a fake light up candle and my computer with a pink keyboard cover.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 06/09/2026
#Septversary Day 6: Passionate about work What does your character do for work? Are they passionate about it? Do they hate it? Maybe somewhere in between? #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! 

Day 6: Passionate about work

What does your character do for work? Are they passionate about it? Do they hate it?


Use the #Septversary in your posts. Remember to interact and have fun!

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 05/09/2026
#Septversary Day 5: Asking for Help Is your character okay asking for help from others? Or do they struggle with it? Pick any character(s) you'd like! #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! 

Day 5: Asking for Help

Is your character okay asking for help from others? Or do they struggle with it? 

Use the #Septversary in your posts. Remember to interact and have fun!

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 04/09/2026
Okay fine I did the map thing Only issue is that I've never lived in Nevada 😂😂 (It said I was closest to Nevada). I'm from SoCal near Los Angeles so at least that does show up!
The mydialect map, redest is the southwest states, CA and AZ, bluest is the South and Northeast
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 04/09/2026
#Septversary Day 4: Empathy Which one of your characters is the most empathetic? What about the least? #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! 

Day 4: Empathy

Which one of your characters is the most empathetic? What about the least?

Use the #Septversary in your posts. Remember to interact and have fun!

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 03/09/2026
#Septversary Day 3: Collaboration Are your characters good at collaborating or working together? What challenges do they face that they need to work together on? #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! 

Day 3: Collaboration

Are your characters good at collaborating or working together? What challenges do they face that they need to work together on?

Use the #Septversary in your posts. Remember to interact and have fun!

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 02/09/2026
#Septversary Day 2: Being Myself Does your character believe in being themselves? Do they want to but can't because of the world or a situation? #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! 



Use the #Septversary in your posts. Remember to interact and have fun!

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 01/09/2026
Welcome to #Septversary Day 1: Community! Is community important in your WIP? How can community help (or hurt) in your world? Feel free to interpret as generally or specifically as you'd like! Use the tag and interact with others! #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! 

Day 1: Community!

Is community important in your WIP? How can community help (or hurt) in your world?


Use the #Septversary in your posts. Remember to interact and have fun!

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 31/08/2026
#Septversary Hype & Introductions! The prompt game starts tomorrow, Sept 1st! In preparation for the event, use this hype space to introduce yourself and your WIP! Posts go up at 12am EST but feel free to answer whenever you can! #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! Day 1: Community. Day 2: Being Myself. Day 3: Collaboration. Day 4: Empathy. Day 5: Asking for help. Day 6: Passionate about Work. Day 7: Self-Promo. The questions are themed but about your characters & world!
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 24/08/2026
Remember that special upcoming announcement? 👀 Here it is! Happy Anniversary to Otters Editing! 🎉 This September, my editing business turns 1 year old. To celebrate, I'm hosting a week long writing prompt game! #Septversary Sept 1st - Sept 7th. Posts go up 12am EST! Save & Share this post!
Septversary: Writing Prompt Game. Celebrating Otters Editing 1 Year Anniversary! Day 1: Community. Day 2: Being Myself. Day 3: Collaboration. Day 4: Empathy. Day 5: Asking for help. Day 6: Passionate about Work. Day 7: Self-Promo. The questions are themed but about your characters & world!
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 21/08/2026
#WIPSnips From the first chapter of AnimalsWIP! Wine is used in the Familiarity ceremony: a religious ritual to summon the gods and receive your final animal form on your 17th birthday. It is also a transition from childhood to adulthood.
Mr. Davis dips the feather of the Avian goddess in the goblet of wine, joining in the chant. He stirs it a total of six times with the feather. As their chant rises in volume, he hands Ricardo the drink.
Ricardo accepts it, walks over to the statue of the Avian goddess behind the alter, and tips the entire goblet back, gulping down the wine. 
The chant ends. Silence fills the chapel. I wait. Please. Answer him, my lady, I pray. 
A white light spills over the statue, gathering around Ricardo like a bright cloud. His body levitates, gravity’s hold on him disappearing. A breeze rustles the pages of The Animah, blowing past me.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 21/08/2026
Seeing myself on so many peoples Bubbel.blue made me want to do one! 💜 So many authors & editors on here!
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 19/08/2026
#WIPSnips From Dark Academia WIP! Lila is a Gen Z college student in our world, trying to forget the daily horrors at a frat party. It's not going well...
Forget that her college degree was pointless. Forget that the world was crumbling around her. Forget that she will never have the life her parents or grandparents did. 
Lila opened a second can, leaning against the counter and willing the alcohol to kick in. A girl with dark curly hair chatted with two other girls nearby. Lila could barely hear them over the music, but she strained her ears. Maybe she could join in, be less awkward and make friends. 
“—might not afford these parties anymore.” 
“Really?” 
“Yeah, they say to go all out now. We probably won’t get another chance.”
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 18/08/2026
#WIPSnips (I want to start sharing these again!) From AnimalsWIP! Raquel struggles with sensory overwhelm in a big city. She's from the countryside, not used to city bustle.
Roads upon roads, paved, with hundreds—no thousands—of familiar forms and human forms pass us. The magic power of all six of the gods hums, vibrating the air around my skin. The noises, wagon wheels, animal noise, chatter. 
As breathtaking as it is, I force my eyes back inside the dark cover of the wagon. That does nothing for all the magic and noise. It pounds with my heart, in my ears. 
A piercing headache forms at my temple, and I press a hand to it, groaning. 
Sam, sitting in the back this time on his break, studies me. I can feel the eyes of Sam’s other recruit, Marco, staring at me. It doesn’t help. 
The magic buzz turns from amazing to itchy, like sweat and dirt irritating my skin, and I let out a frustrated noise. I curl my legs closer to my body.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 10/08/2026
Here have another lizard! 🦎
A gray lizard half in the shadows on the wall
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 02/08/2026
#SundaySnips Anyone want two queer women at a college party, getting out of the pool dripping wet? 😏 (From Dark Fantasy WIP)
Vye pushed herself out of the pool, sitting on the deck. Water dripped off her skin, her already tight dress soaked and even tighter on her body, showcasing her curves perfectly. 
“Oh, well … I …” Lila’s tongue stayed stuck in her throat. She forced her eyes away from Vye’s body, knowing she’d been staring. 
“But enough about that! We’re at a once in a lifetime party!” Vye’s voice returned to its carefree tone. 
Lila struggled to pull herself onto the pool deck, but Vye gripped her forearm, hands steady. With Vye’s help, she laid on her stomach, the warm ground against her skin. She laughed breathlessly. “We are, aren’t we.”
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 01/08/2026
#QueerWritersChat Q3 Yes! I also edit fantasy! It's my favorite genre of all time! Here's some fun Storygraph reading stats from last year about my most read genres!
My genres from Storygraph, with 20 books labeled as fantasy (ranked 1) and about 16 books labeled LGBTQ+ (ranked 2) and 14 books labeled Young Adult (ranked 3). Other genres under 5 books: Middle Grade, Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Dystopian, Thriller. And Literary
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 31/07/2026
Clear winner! #3 is the Dark Fantasy WIP with Lila and Vye! The power of the internet somehow knew I hadn't written this one in a while so it'll be nice to return to it!
1 = AnimalsWIP, 2 = Middle Grade WIP, 3 = Dark Fantasy WIP
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 30/07/2026
I don't think I have to wait long 😅 I put this hold in awhile ago so I could have it shortly after the first one
Screenshot of Libby, on hold for Harrow the Ninth audiobook with about 2 weeks (or less) remaining
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 29/07/2026
Here's my main bookshelf! I don't have strict organizing system. But I do try to put series together and prioritize BIPOC authors at the top, classical literature books & manga at the bottom. If you couldn't tell, I like fantasy and LGBTQ+ books!
A dark bookshelf with colorful fantasy and LGBTQ+ books. There's a gray carpet and a purple wall behind it.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 13/07/2026
Considering hiring me as your editor? See what others have said about working with me! 🤝 I work with you and support you 🫂 ottersediting.com
What did you (author) value the most when working with me (editor)? Author's answer: "Out of the stories Steph has edited, I've valued the stylistic feedback and edits in my writing style, but I value most the kind and supportive tone. They're very nice to work with." Author left a 5 star book rating of my services
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 13/07/2026
The Touranimal: 10 games, 10 teams, 100 players. A great sporting event showcasing the gift the gods gave humanity: the ability to transform into animals. But the games are rigged, a system where the wealthy class nobles always win, and the working class fight for last place. #BluePit #W #F #YA
A collection of images to get the vibes if AnimalsWIP: a blue dolphin, a back and white bird, a grey wolf, a clownfish, a green snake and a black beetle surround the text "AnimalsWIP" at the bottom there's a maze, stadium, and finish line.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 13/07/2026
ANIMORPHS X HUNGER GAMES What if you could transform into animals and compete in the Olympics? This book follows two teens, Raquel and Nina, as they struggle to win a rigged tournament where the rich, noble class always win, and the working class commoners always lose. #BluePit #F #W #YA
A collection of images to get the vibes if AnimalsWIP: a blue dolphin, a back and white bird, a grey wolf, a clownfish, a green snake and a black beetle surround the text "AnimalsWIP" at the bottom there's a maze, stadium, and finish line.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 09/07/2026
#SummerOfStories 9 Using Vye's fit at the frat party! She has a great fashion sense in general and will be seen in amazing outfits during the book.
Lila's gaze landed on a tall woman with dark black hair streaked with bright pink dye. Her dress was gorgeous: a slick tight black dress with red straps and frills. On her feet were a pair of dark red heels.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 08/07/2026
Here's a picture!! I don't remember where I got it. I think it was a gift from an aquarium or zoo.
A puffin plushie sitting on a pink blanket
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 06/07/2026
Open fall editing spots! I'm a Gen Z college grad who couldn't find a job, so I started my own business doing what I love! Some things about my editing process: -I'm an empathetic editor -I do not use AI or edit AI generated books -I focus on collaboration ottersediting.com
Otters Editing booking spots! I have 1 spot in August, 3 in September, and 3 in October. I edit fantasy, LGBTQ+ fiction, and Sci-fi. Line editing, copyediting, proofreading. To book email stephmcollinedits@proton.me or DM me here on Bluesky. The graphic has a yellow fall leaf and an orange pumpkin for fall, and a LGBTQ+ pride flag.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 01/07/2026
June was a huge month! I did sooo much editing for clients 🎉 I logged 70 hours of editing this month between 3 different projects 🦦✍️ July should be an easier month! Authors and editors, how did your June go? What are you working on in July?
My June Wrap Up! This month I line edited a LGBTQ+ fiction short story, finished line edits for an 80k YA fantasy book. Started a copyedit for a Gothic fantasy novella. Had a featured guest blog post for Editors Canada. Wrote 2k and worked on my WIPS. Drafted 3 blogs. Read a book and bought several indie books!
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 16/06/2026
Awwww thank you! It reminds me that I took photos of turtles at my brother's college!
Yellow and brown turtle swimming in a dark green pond with another turtle on a rock behind it. Dark brown turtle swimming in a green pond next to some red bricks
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 07/06/2026
#LGBTQWriteAThon I don't have the word lovers (only darling), but I will share a snip from Lila and Vye's kiss that I talked about yesterday. Girls kissing!
"Hm, thank you, you're not bad yourself, darling," Vye said in a low voice. She stepped closer. "Can I kiss you, Lila?" Lila blinked but nodded. "Yes," she whispered. "Please."
Vye's lips were softer than Lila expected. So was the kiss itself. Vye did not take, she gave. She gave Lila a distraction, a bliss in the the warm mouth of hers. A wet tongue brushed against hers slowly, and Lila shuddered.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 02/06/2026
Fall Editing Spots! 🎃 Publishing a book this winter or early next year? I edit fantasy, LGBTQ+ and sci-fi novellas, short stories, and books. I also edit poetry! I care about you & your book so I collaborate with you 🤝 I do NOT edit AI books or use AI in my business. #editing ottersediting.com
Otters Editing booking spots! I have 1 spot in August, 3 in September, and 3 in October. I edit fantasy, LGBTQ+ fiction, and Sci-fi. Line editing, copyediting, proofreading. To book email stephmcollinedits@proton.me or DM me here on Bluesky. The graphic has a yellow fall leaf and an orange pumpkin for fall, and a LGBTQ+ pride flag.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 01/06/2026
May is over! Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Here's what I did in May. I accomplished a lot despite getting sick & having chronic illness flare up because of that. I'm so thankful to all of you as well. Your support has helped me more than you know 💜🥺 #editing
May Wrap-Up! Here's what I did in the month of May: line edited 2 short stories, edited 4 poems, working on line edits for an 80k YA fantasy, booked clients through August, wrote 3 blogs including a guest blog, started writing a new Fantasy WIP, read 3 books including ARCs. Graphic is yellow and blue with a pink butterfly and yellow sun decorations
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 04/05/2026
New Pin! Want to work with a freelance editor that cares about you & your book? I have open spots in July, August, and Sept! I edit fantasy, LGBTQ+ fiction, sci-fi for short stories, novellas, and books. I do NOT edit AI books or use AI in my business. #editing ottersediting.com
Otters Editing Booking: I have available editing spots open! July, 1 Slot. August, 3 slots. September, 3 slots. I do line editing, copyediting, and proofreading. To book, you can DM me here on Bluesky or email stephmcollinedits@proton.me. The graphic has a pride flag and an otter at the bottom!
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 01/05/2026
How is April over already? Aaa! Here's what I did last month! I accomplished a lot, even though I took the last week of April off after the conference. May seems to be a fairly normal month coming up. I'm excited for my next editing projects, reading more books, and writing more! 🥰
April Wrap-Up Graphic. I line edited 3 short stories and 10 poems. I went to the ACES editing conference. I wrote a poem for Poetry Month. I wrote 3k words on AnimalsWIP, posted 2 blogs, and read 2 books. The graphic has pink, yellow, and purple flowers, and some green leaves at the bottom for spring
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 21/04/2026
It's my 25th birthday! 🥳🎉 Despite being a queer, neurodivergent Gen Z in such a rough time, I'm still alive 💜 My only ask is that you support my freelance editing business so I can build a life & career for myself. Hire me as your editor, repost, share my website, read my blogs! Anything helps!
A person with purple glasses and blue hair standing in front of the window and some trees
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 08/04/2026
My values as a freelance editor: Editing is collaborative & creative You deserve an empathetic editor who cares about you & your story No generative AI If you think I'd be a good fit for you, I have editing spots open in June, July, and August! Let's make your writing otterly amazing 🦦✍️ #editing
Otters Editing Booking spots! I have available spots in June, July, and August! My speciality genres are fantasy, LGBTQ+ fiction, sci-fi. I do line edits, copyedits and proofreading, as well as manuscript evaluations! You can email me at stephmcollinedits at proton dot me or DM me here on Bluesky
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 06/04/2026
Happy Asexual Awareness Day! I'm gray ace. Took me a while to figure this out since I'm sex favorable. I recently read Kiss Me Maybe by Gabriella Gamez about an asexual lesbian, and I related so much to the MC and her experience and exploration of her sexuality 📚💙 🌶️📚
The cover of Kiss Me Maybe by Gabriella Gamez, featuring two girls, the main characters wearing white clothes about to kiss
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 04/04/2026
#QueerWritersChat Q4 CW for panic attack description Poor Raquel...
My hands shake. Why am I so useless when it comes to anything other than the Touranimal. The room shifts under me and I stumble. Pa snaps at me. "Get to work!" His words echo in my head. My throat closes, sucking in air that never reaches my lungs as my heart races. I can't breathe, can't think, can't hear. Someone is screaming. The kitchen sways back and forth. Ricardo rushes over to me from the other room, but doesn't touch me. Instead, he speaks in a low, calm voice. "I'll take care of supper."
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 01/04/2026
Happy Spring! Here's my March Wrap-Up as an editor! I accomplished so much honestly. A lot of editing for clients as well as progress on my own writing of AnimalsWIP. April is a slower month for editing, but still a massive month. It's my birthday month! And I'm heading to an editing conference.
March Wrap Up! The graphic has a lucky clover and rainbow on it. In March, I line edited ~20k novelette, 6 short stories for an anthology, 6 poems for an anthology, designed my business cards, wrote 4k on AnimalsWIP, published 2 blog posts and read 2 books!
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 17/03/2026
This week is #TransRightsReadathon and I'll be reading Magica Riot by @magicariot.com I'm super excited and so glad it's available through my public library on Hoopla! Supporting trans authors and my library 🏳️‍⚧️📚
Screenshot from Hoopla of my current Trans Rights Readathon read, Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 02/03/2026
Why did the shortest month feel so long? 😅 Here's what I did as a freelance editor in Feb: I accomplished a lot! I was very busy, and my schedule isn't slowing down soon. I have two big projects in March that I'm super excited for! How did your month go? Any goals for March? #editing #writing
My Feb Wrap Up! I finished and submitted line edits for a 78k book, proofread a 45k book, line edited a 5k short story, booked clients through May, wrote 5k words on AnimalsWIP, posted 2 blogs and read 2 books. The graphic has a bunch of pink and purple hearts and a red rose that is Valentines themed.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 01/03/2026
I visited New Mexico for the first time last summer, and it was very pretty! I did not get sunset pictures, but it was monsoon season so there were lots of clouds/thunderstorms!
A picture of tall red rocks, blue sky with wispy clouds and small green treesA picture of the thunderclouds over some mountains while standing under a tree by a river
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 23/02/2026
Updated Pin: I'm booking out editing spots for June and July! I've also added a tab column on my website: ottersediting.com that tells you my availability! Need an empathetic editor who cares about you & your story and doesn't use AI? I edit Fantasy, LGBTQ+, and Sci-Fi stories! #editing #writing
Otters Editing Book. I'm available in June and July. June has two spots left and July has 3 spots left. My specialty genres are Fantasy, LGBTQ+, and Sci-Fi. To book please email stephmcollinedits@proton.me or DM me here on Bluesky. The graphic has a smiling sun and a sandy beach with an umbrella.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 14/02/2026
A Valentines Date with your Book! Show your book some love by hiring a human editor! 💜 Get to know your date (book) first! This helps you find the right editor. If you have an LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Romance short story, novella or book, I may be the perfect Valentines Date for your book! 💞 ottersediting.com
A date with your book! Get to know your date. Know the genre and themes, word count, publishing goals, what editing you need, and what your budget is. Find an editor that's a good Valentine for your book!
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 10/02/2026
If you're thinking about self-publishing your book, you'll want to hire an editor. How about an empathetic editor who cares about you & your writing and doesn't use AI. I edit LGBTQ+ fiction, fantasy, and sci-fi short stories, novellas, and books! ottersediting.com #editing #writing
Otters Editing Summer Booking. I have spots available in May, June and July. I edit fantasy, LGBTQ+ fiction and Sci-fi. You can email me stephmcollinedits at proton dot me or DM me here on Bluesky. Graphic has a little table for slots, a smiling sun, and a beach sticker with an umbrella in the sand.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 08/02/2026
In the spirit of this, I'm currently reading Tempest Take Me Home by @cknightwrites.bsky.social on Hoopla. A reminder that libraries support indie authors too! 💜
Screenshot of my current borrow on Hoopla, Tempest Take Me Home by Charlie Knight
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 06/02/2026
Yes, I do have an editing philosophy. Why? This way you know exactly what you're getting when you choose me as your editor. My values I run my freelance editing business on: Collaboration, No AI, Empathy & Respect, Flexibility, and Timely manner. #editing #writing
My editing philosophy. Collaboration: the author editor relationship is a conversation of trust. Anti-AI: fuck AI I will never use it in my editing process. Empathy and respect: I'm nonbinary & neurodivergent, be kind, we are human. Flexible: I work on a flexible schedule, not 9-5. On Time: I strive to submit edits to you on time.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 04/02/2026
Excited to announce I'm fully booked out until May! Now booking spots for summer. Want to make a splash by releasing your book before the end of 2026? Need an editor who hates AI? I edit LGBTQ+ fiction, fantasy, and sci-fi short stories, novellas, and books! ottersediting.com #editor #writing
Otters Editing is Booking for Summer 2026. Spots open in May, June, and July. I edit Fantasy, LGBTQ+ fiction, ans sci-fi. I offer line edits, copyedits and proofreading. You can email me at stephmcollinedits at proton dot me. Or DM me here on Bluesky! The graphic has a sun and a beach illustration.
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 02/02/2026
Happy February! Here's my January wrap-up. I'm proud of everything I accomplished this month. Editing your stories keeps me going in these rough times. They bring me joy. I can't wait to dive into February's projects! What do you hope to achieve this month? #editing #writing
Otters Editing Jan Wrap Up! What I did this month: completed 1st pass line edit for a book, completed short story proofread, completed short story line edit, got my first social media coaching client, published a blog post, published a poem, read a book. The Graphic has snowflakes and a snowman on it for winter.
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