Lee Burton - Author | Editor
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Ocean's Edge is now booking both developmental and copy & line editing slots for January and February.
I live in Canada & invoice in CAD, good value for my American & European clients.
Fourteen years editing Indies.
www.oceansedgeediting.com/services.html
#amediting #editor #writingcommunity
I live in Canada & invoice in CAD, good value for my American & European clients.
Fourteen years editing Indies.
www.oceansedgeediting.com/services.html
#amediting #editor #writingcommunity
I honestly don't see why some people (some dudes) have such a cultish devotion to Zack Snyder movies.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I honestly don't see why some people (some dudes) have such a cultish devotion to Zack Snyder movies.
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“Saturday began with my new boyfriend disappearing in front of my eyes. Not a good start for the day, to be honest.”
Season to Be Witched is here! Find it on
Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSKQ19D6
Others: books2read.com/u/mqLx91
Sample: www.susannashore.com/seasontobewiched.html
#urbanfantasy #booksky
Season to Be Witched is here! Find it on
Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSKQ19D6
Others: books2read.com/u/mqLx91
Sample: www.susannashore.com/seasontobewiched.html
#urbanfantasy #booksky
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“Saturday began with my new boyfriend disappearing in front of my eyes. Not a good start for the day, to be honest.”
Season to Be Witched is here! Find it on
Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSKQ19D6
Others: books2read.com/u/mqLx91
Sample: www.susannashore.com/seasontobewiched.html
#urbanfantasy #booksky
Season to Be Witched is here! Find it on
Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSKQ19D6
Others: books2read.com/u/mqLx91
Sample: www.susannashore.com/seasontobewiched.html
#urbanfantasy #booksky
My toxic trait is never passing up an opportunity to pronounce AC/DC as Acky-Dicky, preferably in front of a fan. 🎵
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My toxic trait is never passing up an opportunity to pronounce AC/DC as Acky-Dicky, preferably in front of a fan. 🎵
Four hours of looking at word origins later, words no longer have meaning.
But hey, I can tell what the surrounding land is like by the suffix on most towns in England.
But hey, I can tell what the surrounding land is like by the suffix on most towns in England.
At the fuck-it point of frustration with trying to give apt and meaningful names to the villages in my historical fantasy book.
It's so much easier to make up a place when you don't have to make it sound like it'll fit in plausibly.
#amwriting
It's so much easier to make up a place when you don't have to make it sound like it'll fit in plausibly.
#amwriting
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Four hours of looking at word origins later, words no longer have meaning.
But hey, I can tell what the surrounding land is like by the suffix on most towns in England.
But hey, I can tell what the surrounding land is like by the suffix on most towns in England.
At the fuck-it point of frustration with trying to give apt and meaningful names to the villages in my historical fantasy book.
It's so much easier to make up a place when you don't have to make it sound like it'll fit in plausibly.
#amwriting
It's so much easier to make up a place when you don't have to make it sound like it'll fit in plausibly.
#amwriting
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
At the fuck-it point of frustration with trying to give apt and meaningful names to the villages in my historical fantasy book.
It's so much easier to make up a place when you don't have to make it sound like it'll fit in plausibly.
#amwriting
It's so much easier to make up a place when you don't have to make it sound like it'll fit in plausibly.
#amwriting
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Huh. Sometimes talking to fellow writers about your writing opens up new ideas.
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Huh. Sometimes talking to fellow writers about your writing opens up new ideas.
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ko-fi.com/post/Dragon-...
Because obvs I have more than 300 or so characters to say about it.
I can't tell if the title is a lie or not, but I'll never tire of bad dragon puns.
(As opposed to Bad Dragon puns.)
Because obvs I have more than 300 or so characters to say about it.
I can't tell if the title is a lie or not, but I'll never tire of bad dragon puns.
(As opposed to Bad Dragon puns.)
Dragon it out: Not a Review of King Sorrow by Joe Hill
W. James Chan published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ko-fi.com/post/Dragon-...
Because obvs I have more than 300 or so characters to say about it.
I can't tell if the title is a lie or not, but I'll never tire of bad dragon puns.
(As opposed to Bad Dragon puns.)
Because obvs I have more than 300 or so characters to say about it.
I can't tell if the title is a lie or not, but I'll never tire of bad dragon puns.
(As opposed to Bad Dragon puns.)
An emoticon is just the bones of an emoji.
Also I carefully did not write "emoticon" there so as not to out myself as an old fogey.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
An emoticon is just the bones of an emoji.
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In the latest episode I explore the theory that a Welsh Prince named Madoc arrived in the New World 300 years before Columbus. This takes me down a strange rabbit hole filled with stories about Welsh speaking indigenous groups in America. Hope you dig! art19.com/shows/our-fa...
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In the latest episode I explore the theory that a Welsh Prince named Madoc arrived in the New World 300 years before Columbus. This takes me down a strange rabbit hole filled with stories about Welsh speaking indigenous groups in America. Hope you dig! art19.com/shows/our-fa...
Don't think I've ever seen a job post screw up so majorly and yet still be so apt.
I saw a job ad for "Skydiving instructor," and I was like WTF, who does that around here? Turns out it's a listing for a "Literacy Instructor" for unhoused people.
I saw a job ad for "Skydiving instructor," and I was like WTF, who does that around here? Turns out it's a listing for a "Literacy Instructor" for unhoused people.
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Don't think I've ever seen a job post screw up so majorly and yet still be so apt.
I saw a job ad for "Skydiving instructor," and I was like WTF, who does that around here? Turns out it's a listing for a "Literacy Instructor" for unhoused people.
I saw a job ad for "Skydiving instructor," and I was like WTF, who does that around here? Turns out it's a listing for a "Literacy Instructor" for unhoused people.
First it looked like this. Now it looks like this.
All scribblied. But for the gooderer.
To my few glorious readers, it's time I buckle down & do the boring bits to get this out there. Been putting in fun times to make it prettified goodbookery.
🧡🚀📚 #books #reading #amreading #SpeakerTimeline
All scribblied. But for the gooderer.
To my few glorious readers, it's time I buckle down & do the boring bits to get this out there. Been putting in fun times to make it prettified goodbookery.
🧡🚀📚 #books #reading #amreading #SpeakerTimeline
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
First it looked like this. Now it looks like this.
All scribblied. But for the gooderer.
To my few glorious readers, it's time I buckle down & do the boring bits to get this out there. Been putting in fun times to make it prettified goodbookery.
🧡🚀📚 #books #reading #amreading #SpeakerTimeline
All scribblied. But for the gooderer.
To my few glorious readers, it's time I buckle down & do the boring bits to get this out there. Been putting in fun times to make it prettified goodbookery.
🧡🚀📚 #books #reading #amreading #SpeakerTimeline
This is your reminder to go look over that paragraph you wrote in your almost-polished book last night right before bed.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
ALT: a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
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November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is your reminder to go look over that paragraph you wrote in your almost-polished book last night right before bed.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
Had an #editing client respond to an email with a "reaction emoji" on my email in Gmail today.
I've been working with some of these maniacs too long.
#PsychicDamage+2 #😂
I've been working with some of these maniacs too long.
#PsychicDamage+2 #😂
November 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Had an #editing client respond to an email with a "reaction emoji" on my email in Gmail today.
I've been working with some of these maniacs too long.
#PsychicDamage+2 #😂
I've been working with some of these maniacs too long.
#PsychicDamage+2 #😂
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Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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On Nov. 18, 1929, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of Newfoundland.
It produced an eight-metre high tsunami that swept into the coast of the island.
It killed nearly 30 people.
This is the story of the Grand Banks Earthquake.
🧵 1/8
It produced an eight-metre high tsunami that swept into the coast of the island.
It killed nearly 30 people.
This is the story of the Grand Banks Earthquake.
🧵 1/8
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On Nov. 18, 1929, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of Newfoundland.
It produced an eight-metre high tsunami that swept into the coast of the island.
It killed nearly 30 people.
This is the story of the Grand Banks Earthquake.
🧵 1/8
It produced an eight-metre high tsunami that swept into the coast of the island.
It killed nearly 30 people.
This is the story of the Grand Banks Earthquake.
🧵 1/8
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
Just heard some missus on a video say "My flabbers are ghasted right now," and instantly recognized that's a phrase that's gonna stick with me for life.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just heard some missus on a video say "My flabbers are ghasted right now," and instantly recognized that's a phrase that's gonna stick with me for life.
Alright, I'm gonna say it: when US folks try to do a "Canadian" accent, they're just doing a bad Minnesota accent.
#IHaveNeverHeardAnybodySayAboot
#IHaveNeverHeardAnybodySayAboot
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Alright, I'm gonna say it: when US folks try to do a "Canadian" accent, they're just doing a bad Minnesota accent.
#IHaveNeverHeardAnybodySayAboot
#IHaveNeverHeardAnybodySayAboot
Hoo boy, writing the "*pushes sleeves back* 'Time for some straight talk'" email with a potential editing client about their expectations, that can take a while to write, and be pretty draining.
#amediting #editor #BooksBooksBooks
#amediting #editor #BooksBooksBooks
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hoo boy, writing the "*pushes sleeves back* 'Time for some straight talk'" email with a potential editing client about their expectations, that can take a while to write, and be pretty draining.
#amediting #editor #BooksBooksBooks
#amediting #editor #BooksBooksBooks
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Me following my cat around with a tissue because she's being chased by a dingleberry like "I'm not trying to rob you, Bilbo," and she's like...
#CatsofBluesky #LOTR #HazelTheInternKitty #HazelsBane
#CatsofBluesky #LOTR #HazelTheInternKitty #HazelsBane
a man talking to a woman with the words you want it for yourself written in pink
Alt: Bilbo talking to Gandalf, saying, "You want it for yourself," after Gandalf asks him for the One Ring.
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July 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Me following my cat around with a tissue because she's being chased by a dingleberry like "I'm not trying to rob you, Bilbo," and she's like...
#CatsofBluesky #LOTR #HazelTheInternKitty #HazelsBane
#CatsofBluesky #LOTR #HazelTheInternKitty #HazelsBane
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This is delightful. A nun came up with most of these 500 years ago. 😮
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/b...
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/b...
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other what the world is and what we are, for conveying the blueness of blue and the wonder of being…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is delightful. A nun came up with most of these 500 years ago. 😮
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/b...
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/b...