Elizabeth Buege

I joined a book club this past winter, and it's so lovely. It makes me feel excited all over again to hear how happy your mom is with hers!

For those of you who read on Substack, what are some of your favorites there? I just started exploring it this week in preparation for getting back into article-writing.

I think she did! She stopped jumping on me and sat still for a photo and lots of scritches. 🥰

I wrote my friend's dog a haiku when I stopped by this weekend. 😁

Coffee is good and all, but I'm a "books and tea" person. This blueberry green tea has been my go-to this summer, and I'm sipping it now to chase away the tail end of a migraine and get back to work. Tea friends, what's your favorite bagged tea? Sometimes I'm feeling too lazy for loose-leaf.

This illustration is perfect and made me smile.

When it's hot and humid, I'm thankful that book editing lets me work from home! I just about melted from running to the farmer's market, where the vendors often have multiple outdoor markets a day. I'm also thankful for the work they do to provide fresh, local produce.

It was! And just saying, the next time @fromcarly.bsky.social and @jenichappelle.bsky.social wanna go on an adventure, y'all know where to find me... ;-)

This is such a cool idea! I was literally just thinking this morning about the one-shot adventure we did together last year, so I love that this popped up on my feed. I'll be watching to hear more on this!

Yes! We need a club or something. 😁

So precious! Poor sweet baby.

I don't know when I got into em dashes specifically (maybe some college grammar class??), but I was introduced to careful use of thoughts-within-thoughts as a kid when I fell in love with Spindle's End by Robin McKinley, which has so many parentheses that some people hate it. Still my favorite book!

As a writer, I use them all the time. As an editor, I'm okay with them as well as they're being used correctly, which is... not always, haha. But I'm happy to help people learn to punctuate their writing in whatever way best gets the flow of what's in their head onto the page!

Let me know if you find out! I know that doesn't seem to work on some sites that insist on being ad-heavy, but maybe some of these spaces are different?

Told a relative yesterday that I had read a novel they had left sitting out when I dogsat for them recently.
"Did you like it?"
"I loved the setting, and it was fun, but I felt like the story could have been stronger... but maybe that was editor-brain."
Editor friends, does this happen to you too?

This is my obligatory "I don't know what I'm doing on this app yet, so excuse me if my posts are awkward and I don't follow many people at first" post. 🙃

I haven't been in love with social media in a long time! I know for me, it would be easier if it was more content directly from people I wanted to hear from and less of suggested posts, ads, etc. So we'll see how this app goes!

Photo proof: here are the succulents I haven't killed! Yes, I'm about to repot the one in the round pot, and yes, I know it needs fertilizer (it gets enough sun but still lost its color).