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The Northwest Editors Guild is a professional association for U.S. editors of the written word. Based in the PNW, with events for editors everywhere. Sharing editing news, events, #StetPet assistants, and a well-dressed pencil mascot. www.edsguild.org
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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · Nov 25
Are you regretting missing the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference? You're in luck! You can still purchase access to presentation recordings, available for a full six months. Get all the available videos or select a package that fits your needs at an affordable price.

edsguild.org/virtual-purchase
Four images of people giving presentations or posing and smiling surrounded by colorful borders. Text: Missed Red Pencil? It's not too late! Visit edsguild.org/virtual-purchase. Access all the videos or the ones most relevant to you at an affordable price: All Recordings (13 videos): $100; Grow Your Business Pack (6 videos): $60; Develop Your Editing Skills Pack (6 videos): $60; Deep Dive Into the Industry Pack (6 videos): $60. Recordings available through May 8, 2026! Red Pencil Conference 2025 Framing Our Future: Perspectives on a Changing Industry. Northwest Editors Guild logo. #EdsGuild2025.
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Join us online 2 weeks from today (1/12) for "Intro to Plain Language" with @bykristenmclark.bsky.social, where she'll discuss editing for reader-friendly content with this free presentation rescheduled from Red Pencil.

Open to all editors, registration required at www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve...
Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild virtual event. Virtual Member Meeting (open to all editors, Guild member or not!)
December 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Meet Harley and Dexter, tiny new #StetPet editorial assistants of MI editor @vampbard.bsky.social.

"Harley and Dexter are StetPets-in-training over at Purple Pen Wordsmithing. They’re working on the desk sit and shoulder perch currently."
Two kittens, one gray with tan patches, one tabby, snuggling on a fuzzy cushion. Tiny tabby kitten sitting in front of a computer keyboard and headphones on a desk. Tiny gray kitten with tan patches and gray paws snuggling on the shoulder of Wendee.
December 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Our virtual editing events are off dashing through the snow, but we invite you to log on in the new year for the gift of free learning & networking! Most open to all editors, registration required.

👓 Scholarly Editors Dev Editing Book Club pt 3, 12/29, 4 pm Pacific

#GiantPencilFanClub
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Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses posing in a red, green, and gold wire sleigh against a wintry backdrop and evergreen bushes.
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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matthewrehrl.bsky.social
“O, beware, my lord kitty of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the Christmas tree 🎄 it feeds on.”

(Iago to Stella, First Folio edition for @edsguild.bsky.social, #Othello )

#CatsOfBlueSky
#amwriting
#WritersOfBlueSky
#cats

Those are some amazing eyes! 👀 🤓
edsguild.bsky.social Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 11d
Meet Stella, temporary #StetPet editorial assistant of Edmonton editor @jbrediting.bsky.social.

"I'm back from a 🎄 pre-holiday holiday on the West Coast. It rained a lot. A lot a lot. And this little menace 'assisted' with tree decoration. Not foolin' me!"
A tabby cat peering over the edge of a box filled with tree branches
December 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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If you missed the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference last month, you're not out of luck—you can still purchase packs of videos from the conference! (And those videos are available to watch until May, so win-win for you!) Find out more at www.edsguild.org/virtual-purchase.
Four images of people giving presentations or posing and smiling surrounded by colorful borders. Text: Missed Red Pencil? It's not too late! Visit edsguild.org/virtual-purchase. Access all the videos or the ones most relevant to you at an affordable price: All Recordings (13 videos): $100; Grow Your Business Pack (6 videos): $60; Develop Your Editing Skills Pack (6 videos): $60; Deep Dive Into the Industry Pack (6 videos): $60. Recordings available through May 8, 2026! Red Pencil Conference 2025 Framing Our Future: Perspectives on a Changing Industry. Northwest Editors Guild logo. #EdsGuild2025.
December 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Take a look at several 2025 Word of the Year choices, courtesy of edibuddy @ebrenner.bsky.social.

Which one is your favorite?
December 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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On the Guild Blog: Read our recap of the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference highlights. And even if you missed the day of the conference, you can still purchase packs of Red Pencil videos, which will be viewable until May!

www.edsguild.org/blog/red-pen...
Red Pencil Conference 2025 — Northwest Editors Guild
On Saturday, November 8, over 300 editors gathered in Lynnwood and online for the Northwest Editors Guild’s 2025 Red Pencil Conference! This year’s hybrid event, Framing our Futures: Perspectives on ...
www.edsguild.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
edsguild.bsky.social
Meet Stella, temporary #StetPet editorial assistant of Edmonton editor @jbrediting.bsky.social.

"I'm back from a 🎄 pre-holiday holiday on the West Coast. It rained a lot. A lot a lot. And this little menace 'assisted' with tree decoration. Not foolin' me!"
A tabby cat peering over the edge of a box filled with tree branches
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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We're all busy this time of year, but schedule networking and learning time with one or more of our virtual editing events! All free to attend, most open to all editors, registration required.

📌 Reedsy Colleagues Connection (Member Only), 12/18, 4 pm Pacific

#GiantPencilFanClub

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Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses posing in front of trees and shrubs with solid-colored holiday lights.
December 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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"Slop" has been named @merriam-webster.com's Word of the Year. Learn about this and other prominent words from 2025 and let us know if you have any other words you'd like to add to the list!
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Quiz time: Which punctuation mark would you choose to add to your holiday decorations?

~ Tilde, like a ribbon
* Asterisk, like a snowflake
! Exclamation point, to make it dramatic
Other (please comment)
Snowman with a top hat and scarf, made out of punctuation marks. Text: May your holidays be filled with joyful punctuation! @EdsGuild
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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matthewrehrl.bsky.social
I just sent my manuscript into an editor I met at Red Pencil! 🤓

#Writers in the #Seattle and Pacific Northwest who want connect with and understand the local editors market: Put this high in your list!

#WritersOfBlueSky
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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On the Guild Blog: We take a look back at the highlights of the recent #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference and share how you can still learn from the videos even if you missed the day of the conference!

www.edsguild.org/blog/red-pen...
Red Pencil Conference 2025 — Northwest Editors Guild
On Saturday, November 8, over 300 editors gathered in Lynnwood and online for the Northwest Editors Guild’s 2025 Red Pencil Conference! This year’s hybrid event, Framing our Futures: Perspectives on ...
www.edsguild.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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matthewrehrl.bsky.social
Citra the cat 🐈 has the look that every writer or editor sees when they just used an interrobang ⁉️

😉

#CatsOfBlueSky
#WritersOfBlueSky
#Writing
edsguild.bsky.social Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 26d
Meet Citra, #StetPet editorial assistant of Seattle Guild member @dusablonediting.bsky.social.

"Proving cats can be trained, Citra has finally learned how not to stomp on the keyboard while assisting on editing projects, instead providing sweet purrs and nose boops."
Gray striped cat with white muzzle and belly stretched out on a wood floor with it paws up in the air and a silly look on its face. There is a rainbow toy behind it on the floor. Gray striped cat with white muzzle perched next to a laptop keyboard as if protecting it.
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Today we check in with Callie #StetPet editorial assisstant of NC editor @bookshopleslie.bsky.social, and meet Linus, a new foster #StetPet!

"First resident+foster cuddle puddle achieved!"
Curly tan dog and brown dog snuggled up together on a blue dog bed in front of a bookshelf.
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Brighten your holiday season with our many free virtual editing events! Most open to all editors, registration required.

🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 12/10, 11:15 am Pacific
✏ Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Happy Hour (Member Only), 12/10, 5 pm Pacific

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#GiantPencilFanClub
Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses posing in front of a tree lit with red holiday lights.
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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You're not too late to join in the learning fun from the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference! Purchase one of our video pack options and you'll have until May to watch at your convenience. See what you missed at the friendliest editing conference around by visiting edsguild.org/virtual-purchase.
Four images of people giving presentations or posing and smiling surrounded by colorful borders. Text: Missed Red Pencil? It's not too late! Visit edsguild.org/virtual-purchase. Access all the videos or the ones most relevant to you at an affordable price: All Recordings (13 videos): $100; Grow Your Business Pack (6 videos): $60; Develop Your Editing Skills Pack (6 videos): $60; Deep Dive Into the Industry Pack (6 videos): $60. Recordings available through May 8, 2026! Red Pencil Conference 2025 Framing Our Future: Perspectives on a Changing Industry. Northwest Editors Guild logo. #EdsGuild2025.
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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NWEG's 2025 Red Pencil Conference was a success! Featuring a keynote from Jane Friedman plus breakout sessions on topics ranging from AI to editing biased language. Recs are available until May 8th. Purchase the full recordings bundle or themed mini packs here: www.edsguild.org/virtual-purc....
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Have a laugh with edibuddy @ivacheung.com's December cartoon.

And be sure to check out her timely leftovers cookbook in the description after you're finished relishing the cartoon!
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Edibuddies, you can now watch all the videos from Red Pencil 2025 for just $100! That's the keynote by Jane Friedman, plus almost all the sessions.

Check it out, and don't hesitate to DM me if you have questions.
edsguild.bsky.social Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · Nov 25
Are you regretting missing the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference? You're in luck! You can still purchase access to presentation recordings, available for a full six months. Get all the available videos or select a package that fits your needs at an affordable price.

edsguild.org/virtual-purchase
Four images of people giving presentations or posing and smiling surrounded by colorful borders. Text: Missed Red Pencil? It's not too late! Visit edsguild.org/virtual-purchase. Access all the videos or the ones most relevant to you at an affordable price: All Recordings (13 videos): $100; Grow Your Business Pack (6 videos): $60; Develop Your Editing Skills Pack (6 videos): $60; Deep Dive Into the Industry Pack (6 videos): $60. Recordings available through May 8, 2026! Red Pencil Conference 2025 Framing Our Future: Perspectives on a Changing Industry. Northwest Editors Guild logo. #EdsGuild2025.
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Meet Citra, #StetPet editorial assistant of Seattle Guild member @dusablonediting.bsky.social.

"Proving cats can be trained, Citra has finally learned how not to stomp on the keyboard while assisting on editing projects, instead providing sweet purrs and nose boops."
Gray striped cat with white muzzle and belly stretched out on a wood floor with it paws up in the air and a silly look on its face. There is a rainbow toy behind it on the floor. Gray striped cat with white muzzle perched next to a laptop keyboard as if protecting it.
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Feel like your editing and networking skills might go extinct over the long holiday season? Pop into one or more of our FREE virtual editing events to stay sharp! Most open to all editors, registration required.

🕰 Memoir Editing Group, 12/3, 4 pm Pacific

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#GiantPencilFanClub
Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses precariously posed in the open mouth of a T Rex model in a museum.
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
edsguild.bsky.social
New on the Guild Blog: We share the highlights of our recent #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference.

Missed the conference? You're not too late! You can still purchase video access and learn until early May! We explain how to get the recordings here.

www.edsguild.org/blog/red-pen...
Red Pencil Conference 2025 — Northwest Editors Guild
On Saturday, November 8, over 300 editors gathered in Lynnwood and online for the Northwest Editors Guild’s 2025 Red Pencil Conference! This year’s hybrid event, Framing our Futures: Perspectives on ...
www.edsguild.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Our friends at the @efafreelancers.bsky.social are asking the editing community to help with this year's Rate Survey with a public survey open to nonmember freelancers in addition to the member survey. Find the public survey at twp.ai/ImsmoM
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Meet Scout, #StetPet editorial assistant of GA freelance editor @whiterabbitediting.bsky.social.

"She makes sure every serial comma is present and accounted for."
Brown, black, and white cat, stretched out in a crescent shape, belly-up, over a printed manuscript next to a computer.
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM