Carly Smith 📖✍️

Hi all! I figured it's time to do an introduction post. I'm a freelance editor. You may have seen my work in things like Qualia the Purple, Otonari Complex, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, and Reborn to Master the Blade, to name a few. よろしくお願いします 🙇

Everything about this upcoming documentary sounds so much more compelling than what Walter Isaacson wrote about in his biography. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

"the left wants you to learn the violent and unethical history of this country so you hate yourself!" is... is your perception of your own worth based on how you feel about the country where you were randomly born? I'm so sorry, man, I hope you learn to love yourself a bit more

when someone is revealed to have done racist things or behaved in a racist way, actively, responding “that person is not A Racist” isn’t appropriate. racism is something you do. if you think of people as “a racist” or “not a racist”, you don’t actually know what you’re talking about. it’s a tell.

🦇Billy Bat is an American Manga Award Winner for Best New Manga! #BillyBat #AmericanMangaAward #Manga #NewManga

he finally escaped capitalism, godspeed king

Working from home means copious opportunities for quick breaks to be spent with my cat

You missed the funniest part of the tweet

OUT NOW from J-Novel Club: "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" Actor-turned-idol Eiri has spent more than a decade hiding his feelings for genius photographer Shoui. But when Shoui replaces him with a new muse, Eiri must finally face his worst fears… bit.ly/4xdSBR8

This is my latest editing project for J-Novel! I love getting to work on BL that features adult characters, so this was a delight.

This industry, these awards, these conventions would not exist without the underpaid freelancers working 80-hour weeks, and I have deep respect for Jan using her moment in the spotlight to call out the poor working conditions that her and her colleagues are subjected to

Missing ANYC sucks 😭 Next year... Next year, I'm not gonna get sick 😤

Net 60 is wild. "I'm good for it, just gotta wait for my cousin to come through on some stuff"-ass payment term

LRT: there’s a reason everyone who works in Japanese media localization is rallying around Jan’s statement here. Anime, manga, and games are seemingly bigger than ever and none of the creatives involved in getting that media into English are making any money.

So, How Does The Green Work, Anyway??? Working on the lettering (English text) for The Guy She Was Interested Wasn’t A Guy At All has been an interesting experience. I primarily work in black and white manga, or on rare occasions, full color.

Award-Winning Translator, Jan Mitsuko Cash, Calls on American Manga Industry to Double Their Rates!

go read billy bat

"People are leaving Bluesky and going back to X because everyone here hate AI"

I have huge admiration for Jan for using this opportunity to speak up for all freelancers. This award is richly deserved on so many levels. Congratulations and thanks to her.

Jan is one of the best, and even better--the courage to tell clients to their faces in-person that they owe us better! Manga and light novels are some of the worst paid gigs, and sometimes it takes us 2 months to even get paid.

Are YOU going to the anime convention blessed by Mamdani?

I usually go to Anime NYC every year, but I have to miss it this time so that I don't get everyone around me sick. Have a great time, everyone! I miss you! Also crossing my fingers for Billy Bat at tonight's manga awards!!!

I 100% have not changed a single goddamn thing about how I write here in the age of "AI." I write how I write. If the "AI" writes anything like how I write, it's because it stole from me. I'm gonna use any punctuation I like, and if it looks "AI"ish to you, you can go fuck yourself.

cashier today told me he knew me from twitter and said him and his partner still use “the butter’s penthouse” 😭

If you're on psychatric meds, there's a pretty good chance you're also dealing with some extra heat intolerance, don't overexert yourself when there's a heat wave! You might not think you need water, but you probably do!