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It's me, Nico.

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More of a dog person than a people person. Filipino Philadelphian from Wisconsin. Cavite, Philippines. Poetry Editor @thedeadlands.com 💀 Associate Editor @psychopomp.bsky.social 💀

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · Jul 1

I've got openings for edits and sensitivity reads! Does your novel draft need whipping into shape? Do you want someone to give your manuscript the obsessive, expert, loving attention it deserves? Do you want way more information about how Filipino nicknaming works than you'll ever need? Hit me up!💌

Rate sheet for manuscript editing and consultation. Nicasio is an award-nominated writer and editor with years of experience in developmental editing, line editing, sensitivity reading, and cultural consultation. Every service includes a personalized reading list, and availability for follow-up over email or video call. Plus the possibility of more dog pictures.
Cultural Consult/Sensitivity Read - $200 for the first 50,000 words, $50 for each additional 10,000 words. Expert evaluation of characters, settings, and themes. Filipino and Filipino-American; transgender men; Philippines historical and modern.
Developmental Edit - $0.019 per word. Comprehensive critique of your full manuscript's plot, characters, themes, and pacing, with in-depth and detailed guidance on how to address problems.
Manuscript Evaluation - $200 plus, depending on length. High-level assessment of your full manuscript, tailored to your specific needs and concerns.
Get in touch. To receive a personalized quote, send a brief description of your project and needs to nicasio.reed@gmail.com
At the top of the page is a black and white photo of two dogs. They're sitting at the top of some outdoor stairs, looking down at a tropical garden. At the bottom is another black and white picture of one of those dogs- she's a black Lab mix, sitting prettily on a bench.

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 9h

oh, I'm already gonna ask my sister to bring one for the holidays 😅

It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 11h

idk when the moose calendar changed to shipping only in the US, but i am BEREFT. my wall will not be the same this year 😞

US residents should buy a moose calendar. what is even the point of US residence if not this www.adnstore.com/collections/...

2026 Moose Calendar

Discover the unique experience of living alongside moose in Southcentral Alaska. Our 2026 calendar showcases stunning moose photography from both wild and urban settings, featuring images from ADN sta...

www.adnstore.com

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 15h

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 16h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 18h

shopee link please 🙏

It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 18h

Experiencing this in SEA means that for the first little while after something starts to swell, I think, did I get a monster mosquito bite??

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 18h

Anyway, at the moment I have some bastard of a flu and also it hurts to walk and I would like off this ride, please

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 18h

Oh noooo I'm sorry you get this too! It sucks so much

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 18h

my immunologist is like, remember how two years ago we said nah, this isn't autoimmune, it's definitely primary immune deficiency? wellllll....🤪🤪🤪

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 18h

a wacky 🤪 thing my body seems to be up to: whenever I have a cold, flu, or other infection, my foot and hand joints begin to swell, heat up, itch, hurt, generally make an extra nuisance of themselves.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 21h

I think what's bothering me about all these statements I'm seeing from politicians that are variations of "Israeli hostages and Palestinians are returning to their homes, yay" is that Israelis are returning to their homes and Palestinians are returning to uninhabitable post apocalyptic rubble.

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 19h

😍 that looks increeeeedible

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 19h

I am obSESSED with the cover of Deadlands #40

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 1d

and the cover

Golden Maze by @carlydraws.bsky.social

$A fractured red sky, maze-like with golden fissures, surrounds a golden skull at the top of a long, golden path awaiting a lone figure.$

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 1d

Le Guin Prize winner Rebecca Campbell's debut collection is out this week!

Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”

Cover of Rebecca Campbell's THE OTHER SHORE, cover art by Kerry Padgin. “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.” - Andy Duncan, three-time World Fantasy Award Winner. Now available everywhere books are sold.

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E. Catherine Octobler @ecatherine.com · 1d

If you would like a book that is one part Annihilation, and one part Scooby Gang, seasoned with a dash of parasitic wasp behaviors, well this is it ⬇️

Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · Sep 2

I should probably remind people that I had a novel called GIRL IN THE CREEK come out about a month and a half ago. It got a star in the Library Journal! And look at this awesome blurb from @keithrosson.bsky.social:

Against a green background and just to the left of the cover for GIRL IN THE CREEK, a blurb: Dazzling. GIRL IN THE CREEK is unflinching eco-horror, steeped in the pitch-perfect setting of the rainswept Pacific Northwest. I devoured it even though it gutted me, and it solidifies that Wagner is an absolutely electrifying writer.
— Keith Rosson, author of FEVER HOUSE

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

aaaaaaaaaaa I think about that one ALL THE TIME. the play of genres, the seething, genteel horror of it all.

It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

If it is any consolation, this was the skeet that got it off my wishlist and into my grubby little hands

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

I love him and his writing so, so much and also I know exactly what you mean 🥲

It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, what have I learned by looking over the list of books I've read the last few months? Well,

Actor Riz Ahmed pops a squat by the rear bumper of a Nissan Ultima. He's pointing vaguely towards the license plate, which reads I'M SAD. His expression is one of resigned, squinting amusement.

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

That's just math!! The latte is the little clear perspex lid that you flip open when the maybe it's time to write alarm sounds. The croissant is the big red button UNDER the lid that you must push to initiate.

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 2d

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here.’ The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

And on a sentence level, Notes from a Regicide was unbeatable.

And I gotta shout one I read in January: The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed, which is MAYBE my favorite of hers, if I'm forced to choose. Having just finished House of Open Wounds, those reflect on each other so well.

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't read any solo Pratchett before, and it wasn't my usual sort of thing, but I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

I read much slower these days than I used to, tho still a decent churn as most would reckon it. I like the pace better, though. Sentence level is where I live, at heart.

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

All ones I've loved recently:
- Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
- Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman
- House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Iron Children by Rebecca Fraimow
And an adjacent bit of nonfiction:
- My War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony Loyd

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 1d

Only realizing now, as I jot down the latest one in my reading log notebook, that I've been on a bit of a run of reading war novels. Well, "Notes from a Regicide" is half a revolution novel, and less about the revolutionary parts of the revolution, but still feels a bit of a family with the rest.

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