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For new friends just finding me (and older pals needing a refresher): I’m Bridget Watson Payne. I’m a freelance editor and creative consultant and I work with authors, artists, and publishers on their books, book proposals, making sense of their big unwieldy projects, and demystifying the publishing process. I’m also an author — I’m writing my next book The Art of Finishing Things with coauthor @lisacongdon right now, coming from Tarcher in 2028. And I’m an artist, but I don’t put my artwork on Instagram because of AI scraping (making an exception for this photo of me holding the print of a drawing of my babyhood sofa from the @iconconference Gallery Show) but you can find it — both to look at and for sale — on my website. The best way to keep up with me these days is honestly probably on Substack, but I’m still here on good old IG and I’m glad you’re here! 🩷 Links to all these thing in my profile by @watsonpayne
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Aaaaaahh so much good art was sen by my eyeballs in the month of September and I want to show it to you please let me ok thanks bye by @watsonpayne
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100 Days of Photos, Day 13: the tiled floor of the trans-bay terminal by @watsonpayne
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100 Days of Photos,Day 12: this morning’s East Bay sunrise, just like the ones I grew up with by @watsonpayne
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100 Days of Photos, Day 11: the remains of the day by @watsonpayne
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Welcome to my 2026 hotel writing retreat! I try to do one of these every October but this year’s is really special because, if all goes well I might finish the first draft of The Art of Finishing Things: Actually Useful Productivity Tools for Artists, Misfits, and Eccentrics* — wish me luck! 

* An ADHD-Friendly Guide by Bridget Watson Payne and @lisacongdon, coming in 2028 from @tarcher_books by @watsonpayne
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100 Days of Photos, Day 10: hotel room view, self-imposed writing retreat (I’ll tell you more about it tomorrow) by @watsonpayne
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100 Days of Photos, Day 9: Street-art object in the Castro by @watsonpayne
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Just realized I finished this Box of Curiosity a while ago but never showed it to you—so now I am showing it to you by @watsonpayne
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100 Days of Photos, Day 8: a little guy on a ledge on my morning walk by @watsonpayne
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100 Days of Photos, Day 7: crepuscular neon, old stomping grounds by @watsonpayne
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100 Days of Photos: Day 6, faux-Egyptian doorway by @watsonpayne
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