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.

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! 😉"

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 (🧵: 1/4)

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!

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!

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!

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

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 💙📚

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

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

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. 🤷🏾

Brittany Yost's Sensitivity or Censorship: How Editors Address Bias presentation was amazing @ #edsguildredpencil2025

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

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...

In person connection > virtual connection Thank you Northwest Editors Guild for bringing us together. #edsguild2025

Session 1 of #EdsGuild2025 Building Bridges: Networking for Freelance Editors, presented by Linda Ruggeri. My takeaways: share positivity and grace in building trust, bring yourself wholly to collaborations, create bridges for and within the community. It takes one conversation step to start.

Session 2 of #EdsGuild2025 Helping Indie Authors Thrive Without a Traditional Publisher, presented by @eilisflynn.bsky.social Takeaways: different author types (newbie, trad, indie, hybrid, veteran) have unique challenges & expectations. Editors need to understand perspectives & customize support.

Prepping with @brinbury.bsky.social for our talk OK: COMPUTER: Advocating for Human-Powered in a Technical World at the @edsguild.bsky.social Red Pencil Conference.

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

Swag from the Red Pencil Conference! Thanks Northwest Editors Guild @edsguild.bsky.social for putting this on! It's going wonderful so far. I've met some amazing humans and made some great connections. Thank you to all the presenters and volunteers! #EdsGuild2025 #RedPencil2025

Thank you to @janefriedman.com for the informative keynote this morning at the Red Pencil Conference! I especially appreciated learning about the Gartner hype cycle. If you're curious check out: beantin.net/the-hidden-c... @edsguild.bsky.social #EdsGuild2025 #RedPencil2025

Your conference might be cool, but I bet you don't have a giant pencil mascot photo opp. @edsguild.bsky.social's Red Pencil conference is the best! #editors #EdsGuild2025

#RedPencilConference Let’s goooo! 🎉 @edsguild.bsky.social

The #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference is underway with @janefriedman.com’s keynote! Let us know if you’re joining us today in Lynnwood or online by using the hashtag #EdsGuild2025!

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

Editors, who else is nervously excited about the @edsguild.bsky.social's Red Pencil Conference today? #AmEditing #conference #EdsGuild www.linkedin.com/posts/ayesha...

It's conference day! 📝 I'm excited to attend my first in-person editing conference, put on by @edsguild.bsky.social, and I brought my husband along. If you see us there, say hi! Yesterday we worked our way to Seattle and got to see a bit of town before it got dark. #EdsGuild2025

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

If any #editors see this and are at Red Pencil, feel free to connect with me! I love chatting about editing and writing. I'm attending virtually! To learn as much about #editing as I can.

What organizations help make the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference the friendliest editing conference around? We're happy to have @humancreator.bsky.social as our coffee sponsor! Find out more today at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

New on the Guild Blog: Will we be seeing you in Lynnwood tomorrow for the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference? Learn all the details for in-person attendees in our latest post! www.edsguild.org/blog/red-pen...

⏰ LAST CHANCE FOR VIRTUAL REGISTRATION! ✏️ You have until 11:59 pm Pacific tonight (11/6) to get a virtual-only ticket to the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference this Saturday. Recordings will be available for 6 months! What are you waiting for? Register now! edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

Today we check in with Bunty, #StetPet editorial assistant of ON editor @electricland.bsky.social. "Bunty has adapted well to the loss of her sofa and now supervises me (while not thwarting evildoers) from a red wing-back chair."

We're taking a break from Red Pencil prep to share this week's upcoming events with you. All (except Red Pencil) are virtual, free to attend, and open to all editors. Registration required. 🕰 Memoir Editing Group, 11/5, 4 pm Pacific (🧵: 1/5) #GiantPencilFanClub

Can’t attend in person? Participate virtually #editors #proofreaders #writers

Last chance for in-person #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference registration! In-person registration to attend the conference in Lynnwood (just north of Seattle) closes TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. Don't miss your chance for friendly learning and networking fun! edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

TODAY is the last day to purchase in-person tickets for Red Pencil Conference! Online edibuddies can join from anywhere, and have until THURSDAY to register.

What organizations help make the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference the friendliest editing conference around? Thanks to exhibitors @uwcontinuinged.bsky.social, Third Place Books, and @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social's Pique Publishing! Find out more & register today at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

The #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference is just over a week away, so that means there are only a FEW DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER for all the learning and fun! Registration for in-person tickets (Seattle) closes 11/3; registration for virtual tickets (anywhere) closes 11/6! edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

Now this is a great Halloween treat! Welcome to our friends at @consciousstyleguide.com.

📢 The final date to register to attend #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil in person is November 3. Editors Canada members receive member pricing on registration, whether attending online or in person. For the discount code, visit editors.ca/members/serv... (member link)

On the Guild Blog: We're excited to welcome @janefriedman.com as keynote speaker of the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference on 11/8. Get to know Jane and find out some of the topics she'll discuss in her presentation our latest post. www.edsguild.org/blog/cant-wa...

Almost 1 week until the Red Pencil Conference (Nov. 8)! I'm excited to present a session on "Intro to #PlainLanguage Editing" and inspire more editors to seek #ClearCommunication. #EdsGuild2025 #AmEditing

Today we get a treat from Harps, #StetPet editorial assistant of OR Guild member @wellreadedits.bsky.social. "Harps tends to take a hatchet to the projects she works on, leaving them a little bloody. Every once in a while, though, she gives a project the vampire’s kiss of approval."

#editors #writers No matter where you live, you can participate in this conference 🌏🌍🌎

What organizations help make the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference the friendliest editing conference around? We're happy to have Inclusive Media Solultions LLC as a sponsor of our virtual conference! Find out more and register today at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025

The Guild is here to fill your treat bucket with full-sized learning and networking events! Free to attend (except Red Pencil), most open to all editors. Registration required. 📚 Near North Editors Meeting, 11/4, 11 am Pacific 🕰 Memoir Editing Group, 11/5, 4 pm Pacific (🧵: 1/4) #GiantPencilFanClub

We'd like to give a Giant Pencil–sized THANK YOU to everyone who attended Giant Pencil's Pre–Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night on Friday! And extra-sharp props to volunteers, question contributors, and prize contributors who helped make it happen!

I'll be speaking in less than two weeks (!!) at the Red Pencil Conference in Seattle about how to give yourself accommodations as a neurodivergent editor. There's still time to sign up! www.edsguild.org/red-pencil-s... If you're there, say hi! #editors #conference #neurodiversity #RedPencil2025

*One week left* to register for the friendliest editing conference around, the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference! Join us in-person in Seattle OR online from anywhere. But hurry! Registration closes Monday, 11/3! Details at edsguild.org/red-pencil-2025