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Copy Editing for Romance Authors
1–2 minutesLet’s work together! Are you a romance novelist looking for a trustworthy copy editor? You’ve come to the right place! I’m Francesca, a freelance copy editor based in Portland, Oregon. For the past three years I’ve been helping romance authors take their books to the next level. My current rate? 1¢ per word! My copy
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Far-Fallen Wind
1–2 minutesNight wind warmed by the creekside, its water running plump above milky stones, and a cedar branch brushed low by the day’s rain, its bristled fingers braided into shadow, tall as the ferns as the snowberry as the quilted sky, brown in its cloudlight and seaweed-blue between, the water perfectly silent against the far-fallen wind.
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And Still
1–2 minutesAnd still the owls find the low evening, their voices tangled in leaf litter and fog, and still the jays crackle wild-disguised as red-tails as hawks, and still the raccoons pig-snarl, their paws caked with dirt and blood, and still the cedar trees shiver, silver-eyed, ghostly against the setting sun.
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Sea Lions
1–2 minutesThe sea lions bellow, their grumbles percussive behind the basalt towers and gull-stained wind, behind the open space cupped against your ears and the sand gritted into your mouth there they are, the sea lions barking like bears.




