Matthew Rehrl MD
@matthewrehrl.bsky.social
Writer; Physician; Currently obsessed with the intersection of walking and creativity.
Dogs have one advantage over cats as an editorial assistant and as a #StetPet: they can go outside for walkies! 😉
#writingcommunity
#DogsOfBlueSky.
#writingcommunity
#DogsOfBlueSky.
Today we check in with Effie, #StetPet editorial assistant of Halifax editor @choicewordsedit.bsky.social, who attended the virtual #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference.
"Conferences are wonderful but they can also be a lot, so I’m grateful to Effie for reminding me to take breaks when I need them!"
"Conferences are wonderful but they can also be a lot, so I’m grateful to Effie for reminding me to take breaks when I need them!"
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Dogs have one advantage over cats as an editorial assistant and as a #StetPet: they can go outside for walkies! 😉
#writingcommunity
#DogsOfBlueSky.
#writingcommunity
#DogsOfBlueSky.
Here’s where I sometimes end up after a morning walk: Lake Washington, Medina.
It’s a typical Northwest fall morning—a lovely time for coffee and reflection.
#walking
#ThinkWalking
It’s a typical Northwest fall morning—a lovely time for coffee and reflection.
#walking
#ThinkWalking
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s where I sometimes end up after a morning walk: Lake Washington, Medina.
It’s a typical Northwest fall morning—a lovely time for coffee and reflection.
#walking
#ThinkWalking
It’s a typical Northwest fall morning—a lovely time for coffee and reflection.
#walking
#ThinkWalking
Life rewards action.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Life rewards action.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I love this image.
'And this is but another proof that the Written Word is a Fairy, as mocking and elusive as Willy Wisp, speaking lying words to us in a feigned voice.'
Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
#BookwormSat
(fairies and the little folk) 💙📚
🎨 Sophie Dumont
Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
#BookwormSat
(fairies and the little folk) 💙📚
🎨 Sophie Dumont
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I love this image.
I like to think my 3:40 am cat is waking me up to tell me he loves me, but I know it’s really about a treat! 🥰
#CatsOfBlueSky
#CatsOfBlueSky
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I like to think my 3:40 am cat is waking me up to tell me he loves me, but I know it’s really about a treat! 🥰
#CatsOfBlueSky
#CatsOfBlueSky
Literary citizenship in action.
I was a writer-in-residence at Good Contrivance Farm this year, and it's one of the most generous and quality organizations I've worked with.
What @janefriedman.com says!
If you can, please support writers, readers, and the Good Contrivance Farm Writers' Retreat.
secure.givelively.org/donate/good-...
If you can, please support writers, readers, and the Good Contrivance Farm Writers' Retreat.
secure.givelively.org/donate/good-...
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Literary citizenship in action.
The moment #amwriting becomes #amediting. 😉
We're late sharing @ivacheung.com's November cartoon, but not because we were busy refining this post a thousand time before submitting it. Enjoy a laugh.
(And be sure to check out Iva's aside about her timely leftovers cookbook.)
(And be sure to check out Iva's aside about her timely leftovers cookbook.)
NOVEMBER CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2025/11/over... #AmEditing
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The moment #amwriting becomes #amediting. 😉
Walking—and walking in Nature—expands divergent creativity….and isn’t creativity—bringing forth something from nothing—magic? 🪄
#walking
#creativity
#walking
#creativity
When you feel depleted of enchantment, walk the wood. It is where magic lives loudly. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Walking—and walking in Nature—expands divergent creativity….and isn’t creativity—bringing forth something from nothing—magic? 🪄
#walking
#creativity
#walking
#creativity
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How does your trusty animal editorial assistant "help" you edit? Share a pic and description with us and your friend could earn all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editorial community as an official #StetPet! Find submission details and learn StetPet history at edsguild.org/stetpet.
#StetPet — Northwest Editors Guild
edsguild.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
How does your trusty animal editorial assistant "help" you edit? Share a pic and description with us and your friend could earn all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editorial community as an official #StetPet! Find submission details and learn StetPet history at edsguild.org/stetpet.
My cat Roo is honored to be this week’s #StetPet 🙏🏻!
The hashtag “StetPet” is a great hashtag for #writingcommunity building created by @edsguild.bsky.social.
“Stet” in Latin “Let it stand.” ie keep it as written.
The hashtag “StetPet” is a great hashtag for #writingcommunity building created by @edsguild.bsky.social.
“Stet” in Latin “Let it stand.” ie keep it as written.
Meet Roo, #StetPet editorial assistant of Seattle-area author and #EdsGuild Red Pencil attendee @matthewrehrl.bsky.social.
"I was looking forward to the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference at the Lynnwood Event Center, but—sadly—my #StetPet Roo isn’t quite as fond of red pencils! 😉"
"I was looking forward to the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference at the Lynnwood Event Center, but—sadly—my #StetPet Roo isn’t quite as fond of red pencils! 😉"
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
My cat Roo is honored to be this week’s #StetPet 🙏🏻!
The hashtag “StetPet” is a great hashtag for #writingcommunity building created by @edsguild.bsky.social.
“Stet” in Latin “Let it stand.” ie keep it as written.
The hashtag “StetPet” is a great hashtag for #writingcommunity building created by @edsguild.bsky.social.
“Stet” in Latin “Let it stand.” ie keep it as written.
Reposted by Matthew Rehrl MD
How will AI impact the instructional design? Join our webinar this Wednesday to find out! Sign up soon because space is limited! ms.spr.ly/63326ssQRs
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How will AI impact the instructional design? Join our webinar this Wednesday to find out! Sign up soon because space is limited! ms.spr.ly/63326ssQRs
Reposted by Matthew Rehrl MD
I don’t know if there’s a word in the dictionary to describe the level of excitement I have for my interview with @petersokolowski.bsky.social!! He’s such a delightful person and I loved getting to know him! Y’all are in for a treat!
Yes, “y’all” is in the dictionary and so is “fangirl.”
Yes, “y’all” is in the dictionary and so is “fangirl.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I don’t know if there’s a word in the dictionary to describe the level of excitement I have for my interview with @petersokolowski.bsky.social!! He’s such a delightful person and I loved getting to know him! Y’all are in for a treat!
Yes, “y’all” is in the dictionary and so is “fangirl.”
Yes, “y’all” is in the dictionary and so is “fangirl.”
Reposted by Matthew Rehrl MD
Vince Gilligan hates AI. To get the point across, he included the following note in the #Pluribus show credits: “This show was made by humans.”
“I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul
“I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Vince Gilligan hates AI. To get the point across, he included the following note in the #Pluribus show credits: “This show was made by humans.”
“I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul
“I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine,” said the creator and showrunner for #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul
Reposted by Matthew Rehrl MD
Conscious Style Guide is on Bluesky! What to expect: posts that help you think critically about language and design as tools for equity and self-expression.
Check out the whole family of resources:
Book | Website | Community | Newsletter
By @karenyin.bsky.social 🌷
Check out the whole family of resources:
Book | Website | Community | Newsletter
By @karenyin.bsky.social 🌷
The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers - Karen Yin
The Conscious Style Guide provides a roadmap for communicating with sensitivity and awareness—no matter how the world around us progresses.
karenyin.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Conscious Style Guide is on Bluesky! What to expect: posts that help you think critically about language and design as tools for equity and self-expression.
Check out the whole family of resources:
Book | Website | Community | Newsletter
By @karenyin.bsky.social 🌷
Check out the whole family of resources:
Book | Website | Community | Newsletter
By @karenyin.bsky.social 🌷
They did a great job! Thank you! 🙏🏻
One final round of applause for our #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference sponsors: @consciousstyleguide.com, @humancreator.bsky.social, Inclusive Media Solutions LLC, and @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social's Pique Publishing!
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
They did a great job! Thank you! 🙏🏻
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Enjoyed Brittany Yost’s talk about how to address bias in editing at The Red Pencil Conference.(@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025)
One subset? People First Language in NF/Healthcare.
Here’s a good NIH reference:
www.nih.gov/nih-style-gu...
#EdsGuuld2025)
One subset? People First Language in NF/Healthcare.
Here’s a good NIH reference:
www.nih.gov/nih-style-gu...
Person-first and Destigmatizing Language
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www.nih.gov
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Enjoyed Brittany Yost’s talk about how to address bias in editing at The Red Pencil Conference.(@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025)
One subset? People First Language in NF/Healthcare.
Here’s a good NIH reference:
www.nih.gov/nih-style-gu...
#EdsGuuld2025)
One subset? People First Language in NF/Healthcare.
Here’s a good NIH reference:
www.nih.gov/nih-style-gu...
Three things I took from Jane Friedman’s @janefriedman.com keynote talk at Red Pencil:
1. Em dashes are not the devil 😈 (or AI, if AI is the devil 😉).
2. Consider taking the middle way with AI
3. Writers/Editors with cats 🐈⬛ rock!
@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025
1. Em dashes are not the devil 😈 (or AI, if AI is the devil 😉).
2. Consider taking the middle way with AI
3. Writers/Editors with cats 🐈⬛ rock!
@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Three things I took from Jane Friedman’s @janefriedman.com keynote talk at Red Pencil:
1. Em dashes are not the devil 😈 (or AI, if AI is the devil 😉).
2. Consider taking the middle way with AI
3. Writers/Editors with cats 🐈⬛ rock!
@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025
1. Em dashes are not the devil 😈 (or AI, if AI is the devil 😉).
2. Consider taking the middle way with AI
3. Writers/Editors with cats 🐈⬛ rock!
@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025
Whether writing or medical conferences, I always go with a written goal in mind.
At this years Red Pencil Conference (@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025) my goal is to better understand the regional editing resources available to me as a writer!
A little #AI stuff’s OK too.
🥅
#writing
At this years Red Pencil Conference (@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025) my goal is to better understand the regional editing resources available to me as a writer!
A little #AI stuff’s OK too.
🥅
#writing
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Whether writing or medical conferences, I always go with a written goal in mind.
At this years Red Pencil Conference (@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025) my goal is to better understand the regional editing resources available to me as a writer!
A little #AI stuff’s OK too.
🥅
#writing
At this years Red Pencil Conference (@edsguild.bsky.social
#EdsGuuld2025) my goal is to better understand the regional editing resources available to me as a writer!
A little #AI stuff’s OK too.
🥅
#writing
I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference at the Lynnwood Event Center, but—sadly—my #StetPet Roo isn’t quite as fond of red pencils! 😉
#CatsOfBlueSky
#Seattle
#WritingCommunity
#CatsOfBlueSky
#Seattle
#WritingCommunity
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference at the Lynnwood Event Center, but—sadly—my #StetPet Roo isn’t quite as fond of red pencils! 😉
#CatsOfBlueSky
#Seattle
#WritingCommunity
#CatsOfBlueSky
#Seattle
#WritingCommunity
Can I just say I love how my black cats 🐈⬛ coat appears as a beautiful brown in the sunshine?
#CatsOfBlueSky
#cats
#CatsOfBlueSky
#cats
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Can I just say I love how my black cats 🐈⬛ coat appears as a beautiful brown in the sunshine?
#CatsOfBlueSky
#cats
#CatsOfBlueSky
#cats
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My morning walk in #Seattle.
Although I usually prefer nature walks, city walks do have their own special vibe!
#walking
#ThinkWalking
Although I usually prefer nature walks, city walks do have their own special vibe!
#walking
#ThinkWalking
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My morning walk in #Seattle.
Although I usually prefer nature walks, city walks do have their own special vibe!
#walking
#ThinkWalking
Although I usually prefer nature walks, city walks do have their own special vibe!
#walking
#ThinkWalking
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM