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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 8h

And more reasons to attend Giant Pencil's Pre–Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night on 10/24:

✏️ Awesome raffle prizes for live attendees
✏️ Silly yet challenging trivia about editing, writing, publishing, and writing implements
✏️ Hosted by a huge No. 2 wearing a tuxedo

Register now at bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 8h

Seriously, folks, you don't want to miss Giant Pencil's Pre–Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night on 10/24!

✏️ Recorded so you can play along even if you can't join live
✏️ Open to all editors—don't have to be registered for Red Pencil to attend
✏️ Benefits Red Pencil scholarships

Info at bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

Giant Pencil wearing tuxedo and sunglasses. Text: Back by popular demand for 2025! Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night. Open to all editors! Prizes! Wordy Trivia! Pencil Puns! Friday, October 24, 5 p.m. Pacific. Your $5 entry fee funds Red Pencil scholarships. Trivia will be recorded for registrants who can't attend live. Register now at bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN @EdsGuild

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 11h

What organizations help make the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference the friendliest editing conference around? We're thrilled to have @karenyin.bsky.social's Conscious Style Guide as a sponsor of our virtual conference!

Find out more and register today at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 4d

We get it, 5 pm Pacific on a Friday isn't a good time for everyone. That's why we're recording Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night so that you can play along when it's convenient for you!

Find out more about the most silly yet brain-bending event we offer on 10/24 at bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 2d

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 3d

There's still plenty of time to register for the friendliest editing conference around if you haven't done so already! The #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference is coming to Seattle (and online) on 11/8. Registration closes 11/3. Find all things Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

Box with a decorative red pencil border. Text: Northwest Editors Guild Red Pencil Conference. 11/8/25, Lynnwood Event Center and Online. What's in it for you? For In-Person Attendees: Structured networking opportunities. Morning meetup for first-time attendees. Buffet lunch and coffee breaks and snacks throughout the day. Giant Pencil photo booth with raffle prizes? Exciting vendor tables. Book sales by Third Place Books. Easy transit options near venue with Link light rail.
For Virtual Attendees: Live streams of keynote, 8 breakout sessions, and closing. Morning coffee chat and midday lunchtime chat dedicated to virtual networking. Exclusive virtual attendee Zoom backgrounds and badges. Most sessions recorded and available to view for 6 months—that's until May 2026! There's still time to join in the fun—register now! #EdsGuild2025 edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

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Elizabeth d'Anjou @elizdanjou.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Hallowe'en coming up, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Copyedit this in Adobe.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

She burned their letters.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 3d

There's still plenty of time to register for the friendliest editing conference around if you haven't done so already! The #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference is coming to Seattle (and online) on 11/8. Registration closes 11/3. Find all things Red Pencil at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

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Jill Walters @letterterrier.bsky.social · 4d

I almost never post as myself, so consider this important!

Edibuddies, please sign up for Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night. I put entirely too much time and effort into making this the most fun, silly event possible and I would love to see more of you there! bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 4d

We get it, 5 pm Pacific on a Friday isn't a good time for everyone. That's why we're recording Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night so that you can play along when it's convenient for you!

Find out more about the most silly yet brain-bending event we offer on 10/24 at bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 4d

By attending GP's PRPVTN, you'll get challenging trivia to test your editing-adjacent knowledge, raffle prizes for live attendees, and lots of laughs, all hosted by an oversized No. 2 wearing a tuxedo! PLUS your $5 ticket goes to Red Pencil scholarships. Registration is required at bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 4d

We get it, 5 pm Pacific on a Friday isn't a good time for everyone. That's why we're recording Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night so that you can play along when it's convenient for you!

Find out more about the most silly yet brain-bending event we offer on 10/24 at bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 5d

We'd love to see your (non-AI) animal editorial assistants and how they "help" you with your work. Find out how to give your friend the chance at all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editorial community as a future official #StetPet by visiting edsguild.org/stetpet.

#StetPet — Northwest Editors Guild

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 5d

Today we check in with Bear and Snug, looking like one big oddly shaped #StetPet editorial assistant to ON editor @elizdanjou.bsky.social.

"I showed this pic to my husband and he said, 'Wow, whatever AI program you used really screwed up your request for a picture of two cats cuddling, didn't it?'"

Bear, a large black cat, lies calmly on a grey carpet while the slightly smaller black-and-white Snug lies on top of him crosswise, stretched out on her back, so they make kind acrobatic feline letter T. The black patch on her back blends in with his inky fur so you can't really tell where one cat ends and the other begins. (No, I do not know why she did this.)

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 6d

Just over 24 hrs left to register for Thursday's (10/9) special edition of Editors Helping Editors about querying with Dr. Barbara Gastel, author of "Medical Editing: A Guide to Learning the Craft and Building Your Career."

Free, open to all editors, register at www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve...

Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild virtual event. Editors Helping Editors

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 7d

Take your pick of the freshest, friendliest editing events from the Guild. Most are free to attend and open to all editors unless marked. Registration required!

📚 Near North Editors Meeting, 10/7, 11 am Pacific
🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 10/8, 11:15 am Pacific

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#GiantPencilFanClub

Giant Pencil wearing sweater and sunglasses resting in a large metal bucket full of small pumpkins of assorted shapes and colors

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 7d

And finally, don't miss out on the friendliest editing conference around in Seattle and online!

✏️ #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference 2025: Framing Our Future, 11/8, Seattle & Online, price varies, registration open now!

Details and registration at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025
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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 7d

But wait! You won't want to miss this one—and it'll be recorded so those who can't attend live can still play along at home!

✏️❓ Giant Pencil's Pre–Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night, 10/24, 5 pm Pacific, $5 (funds go to Red Pencil Scholarships)

Details and registration at bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 7d

And more free, virtual #AmEditing events:

📒 Editing with Disability/Chronic Illness/Neurodivergence, 10/20, 2 pm Pacific
📖 Developmental Editing Happy Hour, 10/21, 5 pm Pacific
New! 📙 Book Coaching Group, 10/22, 3 pm Pacific

Registration for the above at edsguild.org/meetings-events

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The Northwest Editors Guild hosts bimonthly member meetings with expert presentations on topics related to the editing of the written word, as well as informal coffee and happy hours, regional or subj...

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 7d

More free, virtual #AmEditing events:

✏ Scholarly Editing/Humanities Happy Hour (Member Only), 10/8, 5 pm Pacific
🤝 Editors Helping Editors: Querying, 10/9, 4 pm Pacific
☕ Editors of Color Coffee Hour, 10/13, noon Pacific
📌 Reedsy Colleague Connection (Member Only), 10/16, 4 pm Pacific

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Silver keyboard keys. Text: @EdsGuild virtual meeting

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 7d

Take your pick of the freshest, friendliest editing events from the Guild. Most are free to attend and open to all editors unless marked. Registration required!

📚 Near North Editors Meeting, 10/7, 11 am Pacific
🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 10/8, 11:15 am Pacific

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#GiantPencilFanClub

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 10d

This is a sign from the word-nerd gods that you should sign up for Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night! "The Dictionary" posted about trivia at the exact same time we did. 😱

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

Trivia on 'trivia'

In ancient Rome, a trivium was an intersection of three roads (tri, "three" + vium, road).

According to the Romans, when people met at a trivium, they would discuss trivialis ("inconsequential things") - which eventually helped give trivia its modern meaning.

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 10d

Giant Pencil's Pre-Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night is back on 10/24 with sharp trivia and prizes!

Open to all editors whether attending Red Pencil or not. Your $5 registration goes to Red Pencil scholarships. It will be recorded so those who cant attend live can play along later!

bit.ly/GPSPRPVTN

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 11d

If you missed the wonderful recent presentation by Guild member @baylitconsulting.bsky.social, "The Basics of Sensitivity Reading—Editor Edition," the video is now available! Anyone can watch for free until 11/24, after which the video will be for members only.

www.edsguild.org/basics-of-se...

Basics of Sensitivity Reading - Editor Edition, with Brittany Yost — Northwest Editors Guild

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 12d

Well then he's due to be featured again! Today's assistant has been featured at least once a year for the last five years!

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 12d

😍 Magical! Please submit this friend as a #StetPet!!

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Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 12d

Whether your animal editorial assistant is brand new or has been "helping" you for years, we'd love to meet them and give them a shot at all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editorial community as an official #StetPet! See how to submit a pic of your friend at edsguild.org/stetpet.

#StetPet — Northwest Editors Guild

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