Rebecca Weston
@rwestonliterary.bsky.social
Independent Book Editor (MG, YA, adult) at Rebecca Weston Literary, LLC. Helping make good books great. Former Random House editor of award-winning novels.
www.rebeccawestonliterary.com
www.rebeccawestonliterary.com
#RWLWritingTip Spend time in nature. Take deep breaths. Write using your own, human brain. Write about human experiences, human emotions. Let yourself be inconvenienced. Let your process be inefficient. Let it be hard. Hard is good.
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #literature #kidlit
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #literature #kidlit
October 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM
#RWLWritingTip Spend time in nature. Take deep breaths. Write using your own, human brain. Write about human experiences, human emotions. Let yourself be inconvenienced. Let your process be inefficient. Let it be hard. Hard is good.
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #literature #kidlit
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #literature #kidlit
September 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Happy Pub Day, @lewoodsy.bsky.social! Years ago, I got to work with the inimitable Laurel Woods on early drafts of her wild memoir about a strip club empire, family secrets, & murder. Now it is out in the world. So proud of you, Laurel! ❤️🍾❤️🍾
@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
#memoir #bookeditor
@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
#memoir #bookeditor
September 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Happy Pub Day, @lewoodsy.bsky.social! Years ago, I got to work with the inimitable Laurel Woods on early drafts of her wild memoir about a strip club empire, family secrets, & murder. Now it is out in the world. So proud of you, Laurel! ❤️🍾❤️🍾
@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
#memoir #bookeditor
@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
#memoir #bookeditor
September 1, 2026 at 1:27 PM
It hasn’t been all balmy, blue-sky days this summer, but I am editing outdoors on every single one of them and feeling grateful for it.
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #literaryfiction #kidlit #memoir
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #literaryfiction #kidlit #memoir
July 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM
It hasn’t been all balmy, blue-sky days this summer, but I am editing outdoors on every single one of them and feeling grateful for it.
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #literaryfiction #kidlit #memoir
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #literaryfiction #kidlit #memoir
I feel sad for my former self who never read this perfect novel. Happy for my current self who is lingering in the sad, beautiful, listless, poignant story. Jealous of my future self who gets to read it over and over. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#Hemingway #TheSunAlsoRises #bookeditor #booksky
#Hemingway #TheSunAlsoRises #bookeditor #booksky
July 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I feel sad for my former self who never read this perfect novel. Happy for my current self who is lingering in the sad, beautiful, listless, poignant story. Jealous of my future self who gets to read it over and over. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#Hemingway #TheSunAlsoRises #bookeditor #booksky
#Hemingway #TheSunAlsoRises #bookeditor #booksky
Springtime at Rebecca Weston Literary! I am editing a lot of exciting projects this season, from dreamy middle-grade stories to suspenseful adult manuscripts. I do have a couple spots open before I book up through summer, so reach out if you need anything!
#booksky #bookeditor #freelanceeditor
#booksky #bookeditor #freelanceeditor
April 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Springtime at Rebecca Weston Literary! I am editing a lot of exciting projects this season, from dreamy middle-grade stories to suspenseful adult manuscripts. I do have a couple spots open before I book up through summer, so reach out if you need anything!
#booksky #bookeditor #freelanceeditor
#booksky #bookeditor #freelanceeditor
April 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
THE BLUE DRESS/ @RebeccaMorrison.bsky.social is a beautiful & poignant story about a girl’s relationship w/Iran, America, her mother, her friend, her body, & a blue dress. I got to edit early drafts of this story, and it instantly & permanently lodged itself into my heart. @MacKidsBooks.bsky.social
March 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
THE BLUE DRESS/ @RebeccaMorrison.bsky.social is a beautiful & poignant story about a girl’s relationship w/Iran, America, her mother, her friend, her body, & a blue dress. I got to edit early drafts of this story, and it instantly & permanently lodged itself into my heart. @MacKidsBooks.bsky.social
It’s been a while. What I’ve been up to:
1. Editing by the fire.
2. Updating my contract: I don’t use AI to edit. Please don’t use AI write.
3. Playing baseball in the snow w/my son.
4. Reading Laura Ingalls w/my daughter.
5. Dreaming of summer in Maine.
#kidlit #mglit #booksky #bookeditor
1. Editing by the fire.
2. Updating my contract: I don’t use AI to edit. Please don’t use AI write.
3. Playing baseball in the snow w/my son.
4. Reading Laura Ingalls w/my daughter.
5. Dreaming of summer in Maine.
#kidlit #mglit #booksky #bookeditor
March 24, 2026 at 11:46 AM
It’s been a while. What I’ve been up to:
1. Editing by the fire.
2. Updating my contract: I don’t use AI to edit. Please don’t use AI write.
3. Playing baseball in the snow w/my son.
4. Reading Laura Ingalls w/my daughter.
5. Dreaming of summer in Maine.
#kidlit #mglit #booksky #bookeditor
1. Editing by the fire.
2. Updating my contract: I don’t use AI to edit. Please don’t use AI write.
3. Playing baseball in the snow w/my son.
4. Reading Laura Ingalls w/my daughter.
5. Dreaming of summer in Maine.
#kidlit #mglit #booksky #bookeditor
There is nothing more human or hopeful than dance. I took my daughter to see the Martha Graham Dance Co. perform & we got this beautiful book by Ken Browar & Deborah Ory/The NYC Dance Project (@HachetteUS.bsky.social) at @literatibookstore.bsky.social. Grateful to share the arts with the next gen.
February 24, 2026 at 2:59 PM
There is nothing more human or hopeful than dance. I took my daughter to see the Martha Graham Dance Co. perform & we got this beautiful book by Ken Browar & Deborah Ory/The NYC Dance Project (@HachetteUS.bsky.social) at @literatibookstore.bsky.social. Grateful to share the arts with the next gen.
Edits done, children asleep, snow gently falling.
#fireside #singlemalt #willacather #classicliterature #bookeditor #booksky
#fireside #singlemalt #willacather #classicliterature #bookeditor #booksky
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Edits done, children asleep, snow gently falling.
#fireside #singlemalt #willacather #classicliterature #bookeditor #booksky
#fireside #singlemalt #willacather #classicliterature #bookeditor #booksky
If words are how you make sense of the world, use them. Write to figure things out. Write to manage anxiety. Write to reach others. Write to create change. Writing is an act of hope.
#RWLWritingTip #writingtips #writing #bookeditor #kidlit
#RWLWritingTip #writingtips #writing #bookeditor #kidlit
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 PM
If words are how you make sense of the world, use them. Write to figure things out. Write to manage anxiety. Write to reach others. Write to create change. Writing is an act of hope.
#RWLWritingTip #writingtips #writing #bookeditor #kidlit
#RWLWritingTip #writingtips #writing #bookeditor #kidlit
1. A belated birthday dinner with two sweet friends.
2. Belatedly posting an on-time birthday celebration with the family. Cake made (w/some guidance) by the littles. My favorite single malt delivered to my door, arranged by my dear friend Sophie.
#birthday #flowers #singlemaltscotch #bookeditor
2. Belatedly posting an on-time birthday celebration with the family. Cake made (w/some guidance) by the littles. My favorite single malt delivered to my door, arranged by my dear friend Sophie.
#birthday #flowers #singlemaltscotch #bookeditor
January 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
1. A belated birthday dinner with two sweet friends.
2. Belatedly posting an on-time birthday celebration with the family. Cake made (w/some guidance) by the littles. My favorite single malt delivered to my door, arranged by my dear friend Sophie.
#birthday #flowers #singlemaltscotch #bookeditor
2. Belatedly posting an on-time birthday celebration with the family. Cake made (w/some guidance) by the littles. My favorite single malt delivered to my door, arranged by my dear friend Sophie.
#birthday #flowers #singlemaltscotch #bookeditor
#WhiteTeeth is impossible to stop reading. Funny &insightful, at ease &careful. It does &doesn’t take itself &its characters &themes seriously. Each character is a whole world. #ZadieSmith is in a class by herself. @penguinukbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
#WhiteTeeth is impossible to stop reading. Funny &insightful, at ease &careful. It does &doesn’t take itself &its characters &themes seriously. Each character is a whole world. #ZadieSmith is in a class by herself. @penguinukbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Happy New Year! Thank you to all my wonderful, hardworking, talented clients who fill my days with stories. I feel so grateful to work with you. Cheers to a 2026 brimming with creativity, joy, and the occasional glass of champagne. 💙🥂
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #mglit #yalit #kidlit #booksky
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #mglit #yalit #kidlit #booksky
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Happy New Year! Thank you to all my wonderful, hardworking, talented clients who fill my days with stories. I feel so grateful to work with you. Cheers to a 2026 brimming with creativity, joy, and the occasional glass of champagne. 💙🥂
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #mglit #yalit #kidlit #booksky
#bookeditor #freelanceeditor #mglit #yalit #kidlit #booksky
#RWLWritingTip Find stillness. Find a piece of nature. Walk away from your phone. Keep nothing but a notebook and a pen. Write whatever comes to you, and don’t look back to edit. Just keep going. #writingtips #writingexercise #bookeditor #writesky
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#RWLWritingTip Find stillness. Find a piece of nature. Walk away from your phone. Keep nothing but a notebook and a pen. Write whatever comes to you, and don’t look back to edit. Just keep going. #writingtips #writingexercise #bookeditor #writesky
December 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you can go to a Phil & Erin Stead event, do! You will learn abt. publishing, the art of making a beautiful book, &that, when a reader truly loves a story, “it becomes more theirs than it is ours.” Celebrating A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE (@mackidsbooks.bsky.social) at @literatibookstore.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you can go to a Phil & Erin Stead event, do! You will learn abt. publishing, the art of making a beautiful book, &that, when a reader truly loves a story, “it becomes more theirs than it is ours.” Celebrating A SNOW DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE (@mackidsbooks.bsky.social) at @literatibookstore.bsky.social.
Love my @picadorbooks.bsky.social / @fsgbooks.bsky.social pocket edition of Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping. Beautiful and devastating. Read it when you’re feeling emotionally stable or at your own risk. #bookeditor #bookrecs #firesidereading
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Love my @picadorbooks.bsky.social / @fsgbooks.bsky.social pocket edition of Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping. Beautiful and devastating. Read it when you’re feeling emotionally stable or at your own risk. #bookeditor #bookrecs #firesidereading
First snowfall of the year! #autumnsnow
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
First snowfall of the year! #autumnsnow
So grateful that I got my annual reunion with my publishing besties this summer! Just yesterday, erm 17 years ago, Krista, Jessica, & I were baby assistants together @randomhousekids.bsky.social. @chelseaeberly.bsky.social, we missed our fourth musketeer. Next time! #bookpublishing #bffs #booksky
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
So grateful that I got my annual reunion with my publishing besties this summer! Just yesterday, erm 17 years ago, Krista, Jessica, & I were baby assistants together @randomhousekids.bsky.social. @chelseaeberly.bsky.social, we missed our fourth musketeer. Next time! #bookpublishing #bffs #booksky
#RWLWritingTip Find a way to make your writing space somewhere you want to go. #writingtip #bookeditor #booksky #writesky
Flowers from Raindance Farm Flowers
Flowers from Raindance Farm Flowers
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#RWLWritingTip Find a way to make your writing space somewhere you want to go. #writingtip #bookeditor #booksky #writesky
Flowers from Raindance Farm Flowers
Flowers from Raindance Farm Flowers
Missing this summer’s view but so happy to be starting autumn with a middle-grade manuscript in hand. #summersend #sunset #bookeditor #booksky
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Missing this summer’s view but so happy to be starting autumn with a middle-grade manuscript in hand. #summersend #sunset #bookeditor #booksky
September 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM