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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 · 1d
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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This week we give thanks to YOU, our edibuddies who help make the Guild the friendliest editing organization around! We've got free virtual events coming up for you to enjoy. Most open to all editors, registration required.

📙 Book Coaching Group, 11/26, 3 pm Pacific

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#GiantPencilFanClub
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November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Reminder: Guild members are eligible for the member price (at a bonus discount with this sale) with our partnership with @editorscanada.bsky.social! Log in to your Guild account and choose the "Discounts for Members" menu option for full details.
editorscanada.bsky.social Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 1d
The #EditorsCanada #BlackFriday webinar sale starts today! Save 50% on all webinar recordings until Dec. 1. See the selection here: webinars.editors.ca/webinar-reco...

#Editing #EditorsCanada #BlackFriday #ProfessionalDevelopment
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November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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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.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
edsguild.bsky.social
We hear it all the time: "I don't live in the PNW, so I can't join the Guild or attend its events."

Guild membership is open to any editor in the US. And most of our events are open to any editor from anywhere!

Find out why we're known as the friendliest editing organization around. edsguild.org
Photos of Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and sunglasses posing in front of the Seattle skyline and Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses posing in front of Portland Oregon neon sign. Text: You don't have to live here… (Seattle) Or here… (Portland) To benefit from Northwest Editors Guild. Guild membership is open to any editor in the United States. Most Guild events are open to any editor from anywhere. We make a point to be: Friendly, Affordable, Led by real editors for real editors. #StetPet, Giant Pencil, Red Pencil Conference, Free Mentoring Program, Free Virtual Events, Member Benefits & Discounts, Member Discussion List, and Much Much More! Learn how the Guild can benefit you at edsguild.org.
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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matthewrehrl.bsky.social
Dogs have one advantage over cats as an editorial assistant and as a #StetPet: they can go outside for walkies! 😉

#writingcommunity
#DogsOfBlueSky.
edsguild.bsky.social Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 6d
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!"
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November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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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!"
Small tan dog wearing a gray sweatshirt, snoozing in her plush dog bed.
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Take your learning and networking to new heights this holiday season with our free virtual events! Most open to all editors, registration required.

🍻 Copyediting & Proofreading Fiction Happy Hour, 11/19, 4 pm Pacific

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#GiantPencilFanClub
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November 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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The new @merriam-webster.com 12th edition drops tomorrow! What are you doing to celebrate, edibuddies?
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d
Print dictionaries: the original large language models
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November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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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.)
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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#editors #authors Keep learning
edsguild.bsky.social Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 12d
If you missed our September meeting "The Basics of Sensitivity Reading—Editor Edition" with @baylitconsulting.bsky.social, you still have time to watch the video through 11/24! After that, the video will be available to Guild members only.

Catch up now at www.edsguild.org/basics-of-se...
Basics of Sensitivity Reading - Editor Edition, with Brittany Yost — Northwest Editors Guild
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November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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If you missed our September meeting "The Basics of Sensitivity Reading—Editor Edition" with @baylitconsulting.bsky.social, you still have time to watch the video through 11/24! After that, the video will be available to Guild members only.

Catch up now at www.edsguild.org/basics-of-se...
Basics of Sensitivity Reading - Editor Edition, with Brittany Yost — Northwest Editors Guild
www.edsguild.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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matthewrehrl.bsky.social
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.
edsguild.bsky.social Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social · 13d
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! 😉"
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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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! 😉"
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Giant Pencil is still resting after the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference, but our free virtual editing events are still going strong for your learning and networking fun! Free to attend, most open to all editors, registration required.

🌷 Far North Editors Mtg, 11/12, 11:15 am Pacific

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Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses and nametag that says "Giant Pencil. It/Its. Mascot, Northwest Editors Guild" inside a plastic tote full of items from the Red Pencil Conference's Giant Pencil Photo Booth. There is glitter everywhere.
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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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!
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November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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If I took away anything from the #RedPencilConference this past weekend, it was this gem of a reminder from Laura Burge. Finding a working style that works for you can take some time, but once you do, don’t let anybody tell you it’s weird or wrong or inefficient. 🩷

Have a great week!
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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We've spent the day catching up after so much fun at the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference on Saturday! Whether you joined us in person or online, we hope you had a fantastic time. Thanks again to our amazing keynote @janefriedman.com and all the presenters and attendees!
Jane Friedman delivering her keynote speech in front of a crowd. Lee Hornbrook smiling while speaking into a mic, with fellow panelists Lynne Pearson, Nicole Guenther, Shannon Roman, and Crystal Shelley smiling and laughing. Lynn Schnaiberg and Lynn Post wearing oversized neon sunglasses and giant sparkly bowties in silly poses along with cardboard cutout of Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and sunglasses at Giant Pencil's Photo Booth. Beth Chapple, holding an "I (heart) EdsGuild" sign, with her arm around cardboard cutout of Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and sunglasses, along with Rich Isaac, wearing oversized neon sunglasses and holding a big pencil pillow, posing at Giant Pencil's Photo Booth.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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The Red Pencil Conference owes me nothing. I gave a well-received talk on some of the best practices from my book, The Copy Editor’s (Life)Style Guide. It was wonderful catching up with old editor friends and getting to know new ones in Lynnwood as a presenter. #EdsGuild2025 #RedPencil2025
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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terahs.bsky.social
Had a great time at the Red Pencil Conference and I totally fan-girled on @janefriedman.com who was so gracious. If you are in the book business, get her new book and sign up for her newsletter. She's full of insights. #edsguild2025 #editors #writers 💙📚
Program for NW Editors Guild Red Pencil Conference
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Red Pencil 2025 was amazing! Thank you to all the speakers and volunteers. I started gathering the committee and planning over a year ago, and there's nothing more satisfying than seeing all our work culminate in such a joyful, thought-provoking, convivial day! #edsguild2025 @edsguild.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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henitsirk.bsky.social
Currently decompressing after the awesome @edsguild.bsky.social Red Pencil conference. I realized that there was a through line for me from the keynote and all the sessions I attended: editors need to lean in to their humanity and come from a place of compassion and empathy.
#EdsGuild2025
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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ayeshachari.bsky.social
Session 4 of #EdsGuild2025 Keeping Grounded: Work-Life Balance for Freelancers, presented by @laurapoole.bsky.social. Every example feels like Laura's in my head. 😂 If you're wondering what happened to my live report for Session 3 or this, I foresaw Laura's advice and said yes to resting my hand. 🤷🏾
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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macfinn.bsky.social
Brittany Yost's Sensitivity or Censorship: How Editors Address Bias presentation was amazing @ #edsguildredpencil2025
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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henitsirk.bsky.social
Such a great keynote address on AI and editing by @janefriedman.com at today's @edsguild.bsky.social Red Pencils conference.

One key takeaway: How we approach the issue is as important as the issue itself.

#editors #EdsGuild2025
ayeshachari.bsky.social Ayesha Chari @ayeshachari.bsky.social · 17d
Keynote on 'Editing in the Age of AI' at the Red Pencil Conference by @janefriedman.com who reminds us of 'Amara's Law (or the Law of Humility): we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run'. #EdsGuild2025
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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matthewrehrl.bsky.social
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...
Person-first and Destigmatizing Language
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www.nih.gov
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM