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

Literary citizenship in action.

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

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.

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

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.”

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

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 🌷

They did a great job! Thank you! 🙏🏻

Walking in the thick of autumn this morning. Lovely. #walking

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...

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

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

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

Can I just say I love how my black cats 🐈‍⬛ coat appears as a beautiful brown in the sunshine? #CatsOfBlueSky #cats

A post-walk coffee may not be life, but it’s pretty damn great! #walking

My morning walk in #Seattle. Although I usually prefer nature walks, city walks do have their own special vibe! #walking #ThinkWalking

Seen walking this morning. Is this why they call autumn fall? 😉 #walking #leaves 🍁

Writer’s block this morning. Literally. 🥰 #writingcommunity #WritersOfBlueSky #CatsOfBlueSky

First snow ❄️ sighting on my walk: Mt. Si in #NorthBend, just east of #Seattle. Winter is coming! #walking #ThinkWalking

A wet morning for walking in Seattle. #Seattle #walking

October Philosophers! It’s the best time for you to reread Nagel’s famous paper: “What’s it Like to Be a Bat.” (No matter how much echolocation data and science a person still doesn’t know what it is to be a bat! 🤓) www.cs.ox.ac.uk/activities/i... #philosoohy #consciousness

A slight obstruction on my path this morning. I easily walked around it. May my writing go as well today. 🙏🏻 #writing #walking

A creepy little fellow at my favorite coffee shop in North Bend, Wa! 🥺 #coffee

I yearn to write with verve Striking line, sharp and bright Reader's interest I serve I yearn to write with verve Let common language swerve Fill the page, burn with light I yearn to write with verve Striking line, both sharp and bright #vss365 #Verve #Poetry #Triolet #Poem #Writing

Why write when you can let me Mother? #cat #writing #no

Seen on my think-walk yesterday! A little patch of my favorite grass: Bamboo! (Yes, it’s a grass 🤓) #Walking #ThinkWalking #Bamboo

Two of the top voices is the literary community—both who understand the digital landscape at a practical level—have a conversation!

Look! Someone left me a little leaf and rock sculpture on my favorite bench on my favorite walk. And now? I am photographing it and memorializing it here. (I doubt the sculptor thought anyone would do that.) #walking #thinkwalking

Walking in the fog. I love how fog 🌫️ mutes sound; it’s great “thinking weather.” #walking

Good morning, Morning! I’m going to enjoy walking through you on this fine day! #walking #morning

A morning walk in Seattle. Really a lovely day! #walking

If you’re canceling subscription services with giant companies with ties to terrible people, you should think about replacing them with a library card. Many library systems give you access to physical media (some of which you can’t find on streaming!) as well as other great stuff.

My journaling spot this morning. #writing #amwriting

"Most new writers do not recognize the simple truth that accountability starts with keeping your butt in your chair and writing one word after another." ~ "How to Keep Focus and Finish Writing Your Book" #Writing

A Writer’s Prayer, as seen at University of Washington this morning. 😉 #WritersOfBlueSky #Writing #amwriting

I’m a little behind on my writing craft reading 😔 , but I enjoyed Michelle Wildgen’s piece in May/June @pw.org mag “On Discomfort.” She mentions how being out on one’s depth can be thrilling! I agree. The more resistance I have to doing something, the more I need to do it. #writing

On my walk this morning in the foothills of the Cascades, I’m picking what may be the last ripe blackberry of the season. Goodbye lovely blackberry; hello autumn. #walking #ThinkWalking

A “think-bench at the end of my “think-walk” this morning. #walking #ThinkWalking

“Fog-walking” this morning! #walking

Gray mornings are great times to walk; then again, all mornings are great times to walk! 😉 #walking #ThinkWalking #Seattle #WestSeattle

Good morning your majesty. 👑 How may I serve you? 🥰 #CatsOfBlueSky #cats

My daily extended metaphor 😉: My walk this morning (see below) is to my brain what pencil sharpeners are to a pencil. #walking #ThinkWalking

You can see a lot of interesting things only by walking. 🤔 #walking

I like this photo I took recently because it’s a good metaphor for subtle connection.

I saw this tractor 🚜 through the morning fog on my walk this morning. Tractors bring out the little boy in me! #walking #ThinkWalking

Walkers ❤️ a good bench. #walking