Northwest Editors Guild

Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses, holding a tiny coffee mug on top of a dictionary. Text: @EdsGuild In-person Event. Portland Happy Hour.

PDX-area edibuddies: Tomorrow (3/10), the Guild is hosting an in-person happy hour for editors at Rose City Book Pub. Free to attend (you pay for your own food and drink), open to all editors, Guild member or not. Please register at www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve...

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Northwest Editors Guild Event Calendar — Northwest Editors Guild 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...

Then Thursday you can chat more with @sohinighose.bsky.social about your experiences with Canva, design, and branding at Editors Helping Editors. Also free to attend and open to all editors. Registration required at www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve...

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Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Event Crossover. Virtual Member Meeting (open to all editors, Guild member or not!) + Editors Helping Editors. edsguild.org/meetings-events.

Reminder: Log on Monday (3/9) for "Canva for Editors" with @sohinighose.bsky.social, followed by more discussion Thursday (3/12) at Editors Helping Editors!

Monday's workshop is free to attend and is open to all editors. Registration required at www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve....

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This #StetPet dog should be illegal fro being so cute! How can anyone ever work with this little one around?

#DogsOfBlueSky
#WritingCommunity
#dogs

Meet the 2026 Board — Northwest Editors Guild Our all-volunteer board of directors changes a little bit every year, with most members serving a two-year term on the board that ends in February. This year, our new 2026 leadership team answered a f...

New on the Guild Blog: Meet the 2026 Board of Directors. Learn about the people and, uh, items that keep the Guild going and make it the friendliest editing organization around.

(Seriously, read through to the last profile—there's a surprise at the end!)

www.edsguild.org/blog/meet-th...

eeeee imagine my delight at seeing a very favorite stetpet--and also a very favorite editor colleague--cross my feed! (ilu Malou!)

It's nearly impossible not to smile when you see Malou! 🐶

And if you need a break from doomscrolling, don't forget there is a #StetPet feed here on Bluesky to cheer you up!

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#StetPet — Northwest Editors Guild

Do you have an animal editorial assistant? Do they deserve all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editorial community? Of course they do! Submit a photo and description and your friend could be featured as a future official #StetPet! Find out how at edsguild.org/stetpet.

Curly, fluffy, small brown dog wearing a yellow coat and happily running through snow.

Curly, fluffy, small brown dog wearing a yellow coat and sitting in the snow next to human legs and feet in snow boots.

Curly, fluffy, small brown dog wearing a red sweater and sitting in a patch of grass.

Curly, fluffy, small brown dog snuggling with its human editor with a bookshelf in the background.

Meet Malou, #StetPet editorial assistant of Montreal editor Letitia Henville.

"Malou is a militant anti-capitalist whose distrust of conventional labor practices manifests as high-pitched barks during my hyperfocus sessions and attempts to eat my laptop."

#StetPet Wednesdays have been a weekly highlight for many editors for nearly eight years!

Authors, you can also share your animal editorial assistants to be considered as official #StetPets. We've shared the "helpers" of many authors over the years. Find all the details at edsguild.org/stetpet.

Northwest Editors Guild Event Calendar — Northwest Editors Guild 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...

Finally, even more free virtual #AmEditing events:

📙 Book Coaching Group, 3/25, 3 pm Pacific
🎨 Book Design Group (Member Only) (Member Only), 3/25, 5 pm Pacific
📚 Near North Editors Meeting, 4/7, 11 am Pacific

Details and registration at edsguild.org/meetings-events.

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Open laptop with 17 people on a Zoom call with four speech bubbles coming out of the screen. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Events. Regular monthly events with specialty topics for all types of editorial professionals! Free to attend! Most events open to all editors, Guild member or not! Register for your favorites at edsguild.org/meetings-events. Northwest Editors Guild

Even more free virtual #AmEditing events for you:

📒 Editing with Disability/Chronic Illness/Neurodivergence, 3/19, 10 am Pacific
🤖 Technical Editing Meetup, 3/26, 4 pm Pacific
📖 Developmental Editing Happy Hour, 3/31, 5 pm Pacific

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Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Event Crossover. Virtual Member Meeting (open to all editors, Guild member or not!) + Editors Helping Editors. edsguild.org/meetings-events.

But wait, there's more free virtual #AmEditing events:

✏ Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Happy Hour (Member Only), 3/11, 5 pm Pacific
🤝 Editors Helping Editors: Canva w/ @sohinighose.bsky.social, 3/12, 4 pm Pacific
🍻 Copyediting & Proofreading Fiction Happy Hour, 3/18, 4 pm Pacific

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Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses with a tiny coffee mug resting on a dictionary. Text: @EdsGuild In-Person Event. Portland Happy Hour.

More free #AmEditing events:

☕ Editors of Color Coffee Hour, 3/9, noon Pacific
🗓️ March Meeting: Canva for Editors with @sohinighose.bsky.social, 3/9, 6 pm Pacific
New! 🍻 In-Person Portland Meetup, 3/10, 5 pm Pacific, Rose City Books
🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 3/11, 11:15 am Pacific

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Giant Pencil wearing sweater and sunglasses riding in a car with construction signs on the side of the road and a green stoplight. The Space Needle is peeking through the trees behind the pencil.

There are never any wrong turns when you take the time to learn and network at the Guild's free virtual editing events! All free to attend, most open to all editors, registration required. (Note in-person meetup in PDX too!)

🕰 Memoir Editing Group, 3/4, 4 pm Pacific

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#GiantPencilFanClub

Reminder: Northwest Editors Guild members enjoy the Editors Canada member rate on registration thanks to our partnership with @editorscanada.bsky.social! Log in to your Guild account for details.

Northwest Editors Guild Event Calendar — Northwest Editors Guild 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...

Then log on again 3/12 for Editors Helping Editors where @sohinighose.bsky.social will answer more questions and you can share your experiences with branding your editorial business.

Both events are free to attend and open to all editors, registration required at edsguild.org/meetings-events

Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Event Crossover. Virtual Member Meeting (open to all editors, Guild member or not!) + Editors Helping Editors. edsguild.org/meetings-events.

Log on one week from tonight (3/9) for the first of next week's two events discussing Canva for Editors w/ @sohinighose.bsky.social.

The March Member Meeting (open to all, Guild member or not) features a two-hour workshop on using Canva for branding your business.

www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve...

Faron is a beautiful!

And cats and delete keys?

Just be thankful he hasn’t learned how to paw “CTL-A” first, because if cats ever figure that out, then they will use it! 😉

#CatsOfBlueSky
#WritersOfBlueSky

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 (even more) affordable price: All Recordings (13 videos): $100 (edited to be $85); Grow Your Business Pack (6 videos): $60 (edited to be $25); Develop Your Editing Skills Pack (6 videos): $60 (edited to be $25); Deep Dive Into the Industry Pack (6 videos): $60 (edited to be $25). Recordings available through May 8, 2026! Red Pencil Conference 2025 Framing Our Future: Perspectives on a Changing Industry. Northwest Editors Guild logo. #EdsGuild2025.

Nine weeks left to watch the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference recordings!

If you didn't sign up for video access last fall and want to see what you missed at the friendliest editing conference around, do it now while all video packs are on sale. Details at edsguild.org/virtual-purchase.

Northwest Editors Guild Event Calendar — Northwest Editors Guild 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...

Then we spend more time discussing Canva and branding with @sohinighose.bsky.social at Editors Helping Editors on 3/12, where you'll have a chance to share your experiences!

Also free to attend and open to all editors. Register at www.edsguild.org/meetings-eve...

Attend one or both events!

Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Event Crossover. Virtual Member Meeting (open to all editors, Guild member or not!) + Editors Helping Editors. edsguild.org/meetings-events.

Join us online 3/9 and 3/12 for TWO chances to learn about and discuss using Canva to build your editor branding.

First is our March Virtual Meeting on 3/9, with "Canva for Editors" with @sohinighose.bsky.social.

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

So cute!!!

When life gives you lemons 🍋 — especially if it’s a dog 🐕 named Lemon — you don’t need to make lemonade.
You have loyalty and love!
#WritingCommunity
#DogsOfBlueSky

#StetPet — Northwest Editors Guild

You have #StetPets, we want to meet them (or check in on them if it's been a while)! Learn how your trusty animal editorial assistant could become an official #StetPet and earn all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editorial community by visiting edsguild.org/stetpet.

Whitish gray cat snoozing with its head resting on the edge of an open laptop on a table along with paper, a pen, and a mug.

Meet Faron, #StetPet editorial assistant of Seattle Guild member Nicole Hardina.

"Faron has all the qualities I love in an editor: comforting and consistent, but not afraid to sit on the delete key."

Northwest Editors Guild Event Calendar — Northwest Editors Guild 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...

And finally, more free virtual #AmEditing events:

📒 Editing w/ Disability/Chronic Illness/Neurodivergence, 3/19, 10 am Pacific
🤖 Technical Editing Meetup, 3/26, 4 pm Pacific
📖 Developmental Editing Happy Hour, 3/31, 5 pm Pacific

Info and registration at edsguild.org/meetings-events

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Open laptop with 17 people on a Zoom call with four speech bubbles coming out of the screen. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Events. Regular monthly events with specialty topics for all types of editorial professionals! Free to attend! Most events open to all editors, Guild member or not! Register for your favorites at edsguild.org/meetings-events. Northwest Editors Guild

More virtual #AmEditing events:

🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 3/11, 11:15 am Pacific
✏ Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Happy Hour (Member Only), 3/11, 5 pm Pacific
🤝 Editors Helping Editors: Canva, 3/12, 4 pm Pacific
🍻 Copyediting & Proofreading Fiction Happy Hour, 3/18, 4 pm Pacific

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Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and glasses. Text: @EdsGuild Virtual Event Crossover. Virtual Member Meeting (open to all editors, Guild member or not!) + Editors Helping Editors. edsguild.org/meetings-events.

More virtual #AmEditing events:

🎨 Book Design Group (Member Only), 2/25, 5 pm Pacific
📚 Near North Editors Mtg, 3/3, 11 am Pacific
🕰 Memoir Editing Group, 3/4, 4 pm Pacific
☕ Editors of Color Coffee Hr, 3/9, noon Pacific
🗓️ Canva for Editors w/ @sohinighose.bsky.social, 3/9, 6 pm Pacific

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