Erin Newton
@erinnewton.bsky.social
Editor, PhD student - Old Testament 🐉, contributing writer for Park Forum, nerd. Erincnewton.com. Typos are here because you get what you pay for on social media.
My teen: A few months ago I signed up for the spelling bee."
Me, knowing she wrote "cranburry": 👀
Her: "It was today. So, obviously, I didn't prepare."
Her: "I watched as each kid spell their word. I would spell it in my head. They'd spell it differently. 'Correct!' That's when I knew I was cooked."
Me, knowing she wrote "cranburry": 👀
Her: "It was today. So, obviously, I didn't prepare."
Her: "I watched as each kid spell their word. I would spell it in my head. They'd spell it differently. 'Correct!' That's when I knew I was cooked."
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My teen: A few months ago I signed up for the spelling bee."
Me, knowing she wrote "cranburry": 👀
Her: "It was today. So, obviously, I didn't prepare."
Her: "I watched as each kid spell their word. I would spell it in my head. They'd spell it differently. 'Correct!' That's when I knew I was cooked."
Me, knowing she wrote "cranburry": 👀
Her: "It was today. So, obviously, I didn't prepare."
Her: "I watched as each kid spell their word. I would spell it in my head. They'd spell it differently. 'Correct!' That's when I knew I was cooked."
Getting ready for the annual “I will wrap all your gifts” event where I invite our single friends who don’t find as much joy as I do in wrapping.
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Getting ready for the annual “I will wrap all your gifts” event where I invite our single friends who don’t find as much joy as I do in wrapping.
I have a car again!
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I have a car again!
Insurance has officially totaled my car. I need a new-used 3rd row option (4 kids). What we getting this time??
Three days post “our house and car got hit by lightning” and we are working with minimal wifi and a rental car. It’s fine. 🫠
And it ruined my Christmas lights.
And it ruined my Christmas lights.
December 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Insurance has officially totaled my car. I need a new-used 3rd row option (4 kids). What we getting this time??
Finished editing a 180,000 word manuscript. Made 13,300 revisions. That means there’s something wrong for every 13.5 words.
Not really, because usually it’s 25 things wrong with one footnote and 2-3 very fine paragraghs.
But that the general math.
Not really, because usually it’s 25 things wrong with one footnote and 2-3 very fine paragraghs.
But that the general math.
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Finished editing a 180,000 word manuscript. Made 13,300 revisions. That means there’s something wrong for every 13.5 words.
Not really, because usually it’s 25 things wrong with one footnote and 2-3 very fine paragraghs.
But that the general math.
Not really, because usually it’s 25 things wrong with one footnote and 2-3 very fine paragraghs.
But that the general math.
Three days post “our house and car got hit by lightning” and we are working with minimal wifi and a rental car. It’s fine. 🫠
And it ruined my Christmas lights.
And it ruined my Christmas lights.
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Three days post “our house and car got hit by lightning” and we are working with minimal wifi and a rental car. It’s fine. 🫠
And it ruined my Christmas lights.
And it ruined my Christmas lights.
Not in Boston for #AARSBL2025 but did I just cut 400 words from someone's paper to help them get it under 20 minutes? Yes, yes I did.
There with y'all in spirit.
There with y'all in spirit.
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Not in Boston for #AARSBL2025 but did I just cut 400 words from someone's paper to help them get it under 20 minutes? Yes, yes I did.
There with y'all in spirit.
There with y'all in spirit.
Reposted by Erin Newton
You know who would look great in my newest shirt ever?!
YOU!!!
Head over to my Fourth Wall store and get your Dickens on!
(LMK if you can't find the store link on Linktree.)
YOU!!!
Head over to my Fourth Wall store and get your Dickens on!
(LMK if you can't find the store link on Linktree.)
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You know who would look great in my newest shirt ever?!
YOU!!!
Head over to my Fourth Wall store and get your Dickens on!
(LMK if you can't find the store link on Linktree.)
YOU!!!
Head over to my Fourth Wall store and get your Dickens on!
(LMK if you can't find the store link on Linktree.)
Reposted by Erin Newton
Please do not chatbot with AI Jesus, or Satan, or a dead relative, or a pretend lover. Nothing good can come of any of it.
Hold up
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Please do not chatbot with AI Jesus, or Satan, or a dead relative, or a pretend lover. Nothing good can come of any of it.
If I get a new office chair, can I call that a business expense on my taxes?
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If I get a new office chair, can I call that a business expense on my taxes?
Not rush-writing a conference paper is a small perk to not going. #AARSBL2025
a man in a blue shirt with the number 1901027 on the front
ALT: a man in a blue shirt with the number 1901027 on the front
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November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Not rush-writing a conference paper is a small perk to not going. #AARSBL2025
Sad to miss out on #AARSBL2025 this year. I'm pretty tired and I should use the time to "write this dissertation" or something like that.
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sad to miss out on #AARSBL2025 this year. I'm pretty tired and I should use the time to "write this dissertation" or something like that.
Editing 2 different dissertations right now with 2 very different style guides. The move from one project to the other in the middle of the day has me like George Costanza getting ready to order soup.
a man with glasses and a red jacket says i gotta focus . i 'm shifting into soup mode .
ALT: a man with glasses and a red jacket says i gotta focus . i 'm shifting into soup mode .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Editing 2 different dissertations right now with 2 very different style guides. The move from one project to the other in the middle of the day has me like George Costanza getting ready to order soup.
Only a couple of available spots left for editing services in 2025! If you have a dissertation that needs a proofreader or copyeditor, check out my rates and send a sample for a free quote! erincnewton.com
Erin C. Newton
erincnewton.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Only a couple of available spots left for editing services in 2025! If you have a dissertation that needs a proofreader or copyeditor, check out my rates and send a sample for a free quote! erincnewton.com
I started reading a #dissertation for my own research. Not even past the acknowledgements and I have seen 10 typos.
Friendly reminder that I'll proofread your dissertation for an affordable price. Copyediting services (line editing and footnote formatting/correction) also available.
Friendly reminder that I'll proofread your dissertation for an affordable price. Copyediting services (line editing and footnote formatting/correction) also available.
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I started reading a #dissertation for my own research. Not even past the acknowledgements and I have seen 10 typos.
Friendly reminder that I'll proofread your dissertation for an affordable price. Copyediting services (line editing and footnote formatting/correction) also available.
Friendly reminder that I'll proofread your dissertation for an affordable price. Copyediting services (line editing and footnote formatting/correction) also available.
Before anyone gets all weird, all my kids were born early (10 days, 13 days, and then 3 months early) --- but now we begin the EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAY IS IN NOVEMBER month, including Mr. Newton. Chaos. It's chaos month. And I love it.
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Before anyone gets all weird, all my kids were born early (10 days, 13 days, and then 3 months early) --- but now we begin the EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAY IS IN NOVEMBER month, including Mr. Newton. Chaos. It's chaos month. And I love it.
“I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my side, if you understand me: nobody cares for the woods as I care for them, not even Elves nowadays.”
Treebeard costume FTW.
Treebeard costume FTW.
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my side, if you understand me: nobody cares for the woods as I care for them, not even Elves nowadays.”
Treebeard costume FTW.
Treebeard costume FTW.
Doctor: Ok, your chart says you take albuterol?
Me: yes, asthma.
Doctor: good good. And here we have a recent…. Rabies vaccine?!
Me:
Doctor: Bat? You’re giving “would touch a bat” vibes.
Me: precisely.
😐
Me: yes, asthma.
Doctor: good good. And here we have a recent…. Rabies vaccine?!
Me:
Doctor: Bat? You’re giving “would touch a bat” vibes.
Me: precisely.
😐
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Doctor: Ok, your chart says you take albuterol?
Me: yes, asthma.
Doctor: good good. And here we have a recent…. Rabies vaccine?!
Me:
Doctor: Bat? You’re giving “would touch a bat” vibes.
Me: precisely.
😐
Me: yes, asthma.
Doctor: good good. And here we have a recent…. Rabies vaccine?!
Me:
Doctor: Bat? You’re giving “would touch a bat” vibes.
Me: precisely.
😐
“Can you summarize that chapter?”
Me: “No, I forgot already, but there’s a missing space after footnote 7 and an inconsistent use of the Oxford comma.”
Me: “No, I forgot already, but there’s a missing space after footnote 7 and an inconsistent use of the Oxford comma.”
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Can you summarize that chapter?”
Me: “No, I forgot already, but there’s a missing space after footnote 7 and an inconsistent use of the Oxford comma.”
Me: “No, I forgot already, but there’s a missing space after footnote 7 and an inconsistent use of the Oxford comma.”
In the last year I’ve edited 30+ journal articles, 30+ book reviews, and 18 full length monographs/dissertations.
If you’re looking for an editor, I’m here to help.
#academicpublishing
If you’re looking for an editor, I’m here to help.
#academicpublishing
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In the last year I’ve edited 30+ journal articles, 30+ book reviews, and 18 full length monographs/dissertations.
If you’re looking for an editor, I’m here to help.
#academicpublishing
If you’re looking for an editor, I’m here to help.
#academicpublishing
About to start a new editing project, getting a dissertation ready for publication. The last one I did was the most fascinating topic I've ever read. So excited to read more amazing writers' work! Let's goooooo
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
About to start a new editing project, getting a dissertation ready for publication. The last one I did was the most fascinating topic I've ever read. So excited to read more amazing writers' work! Let's goooooo
Was feeling meh today, then one of the wigs arrived for this year's Halloween costume. Energy regained!! (This is not my costume, but I wore it on a video call today anyways)
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Was feeling meh today, then one of the wigs arrived for this year's Halloween costume. Energy regained!! (This is not my costume, but I wore it on a video call today anyways)
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Rearranging phrases is not avoiding plagiarism.
Signed, an editor with a (probably ADHD) pattern recognition skill.
Signed, an editor with a (probably ADHD) pattern recognition skill.
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Rearranging phrases is not avoiding plagiarism.
Signed, an editor with a (probably ADHD) pattern recognition skill.
Signed, an editor with a (probably ADHD) pattern recognition skill.
The 2025 Bookclub list is almost over. 3 books to go!!
October 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The 2025 Bookclub list is almost over. 3 books to go!!