Does that prefix need a hyphen or not? @chicagomanual.bsky.social investigates special cases where you might want a hyphen.

And you can sign up to volunteer anytime and help keep the Guild going strong at www.edsguild.org/volunteer

Giant Pencil wearing sunglasses and a sweater with a pencil pin on it, resting in the green grass with a dandelion and holding a sign saying "Thank You to those who make it a POINT to volunteer! @EdsGuild"

In honor of #NationalVolunteerWeek, we want to give a giant thanks to all the wonderful volunteers past and present who have made the Guild the friendliest editing organization around!

Learn about the volunteers who make up our board at www.edsguild.org/blog/meet-th...

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.

⏰ This is your 3-week warning for #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil videos!

Catch up on the session recordings you haven't seen yet—or rewatch your favorites.

And you can still purchase a video package at an unbelievably affordable price if you missed out the first time!

www.edsguild.org/virtual-purc...

Everyone has a little over one month (thru 5/18) to watch @sohinighose.bsky.social's recent "Canva for Editors" presentation for free before it moves behind the member-only paywall. Learn all about creative ways to brand your editing business using Canva.

www.edsguild.org/canva-for-ed...

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
— Josh Billings

That”s what Monk’s face is expressing. 🥰

#DogsOfBlueSky
#StetPet
#WritingCommunity

#StetPet — Northwest Editors Guild

You've got animal editorial assistants. We can give them all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editorial community! Why not submit a pic of your friend to become an official #StetPet today? Find submission details and the history of StetPet at edsguild.org/stetpet.

Close-up of the face of a cream-colored shaggy dog with its paws up on a desk, looking over its shoulder lovingly at the camera.

Meet Monk, #StetPet editorial assistant of MI Guild member Marcella Weiner.

"Here's Monk, my editorial assistant who makes sure I know that every editor is more efficient (and happier) after a walk and a snack!"

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, even more free virtual #AmEditing events:

🤝 Editors Helping Editors, 5/14, 4 pm Pacific
🍻 Copyediting & Proofreading Fiction Happy Hour, 5/20, 4 pm Pacific
🤖 Technical Editing Meetup, 5/28, 4:30 pm Pacific

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

(🧵: 5/5)

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

But wait! There are more free virtual #AmEditing events for you:

☕ Editors of Color Coffee Hour, 5/11, 1 pm Pacific
🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 5/13, 11:15 am Pacific
✏ Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Happy Hour (Member Only), 5/13, 5 pm Pacific

(🧵: 4/5)

Cartoon laptop, phone, coffee, and scattered office supplies. Text: @EdsGuild virtual event.

And more free virtual #AmEditing events to add to your calendar:

📙 Book Coaching Group, 4/22, 3 pm Pacific
🎨 Book Design Group (Member Only), 4/29, 5 pm Pacific
📚 Near North Editors Meeting, 5/5, 11 am Pacific
🕰 Memoir Editing Group, 5/6, 4 pm Pacific

(🧵: 3/5)

Silver keyboard keys. Text: @EdsGuild virtual meeting.

More free virtual #AmEditing events for you:

📌 Reedsy Colleagues Connection (Member Only), 4/16, 4 pm Pacific
📒 Editing with Disability/Chronic Illness/Neurodivergence, 4/20, 2 pm Pacific
📖 Developmental Editing Happy Hour, 4/21, 4 pm Pacific

(🧵: 2/5)

Giant Pencil wearing sweater and sunglasses, resting in a patch of red tulips with rows of white tulips in the background and a bright blue sky. Text: @EdsGuild #GiantPencilFanClub

Our free virtual events (and one in-person) are springing up just in time for your learning and networking needs! All free to attend, most open to all editors, registration required.

🦆 W Oregon In-Person Mtg (Eugene) w/Ellen Todras, 4/15, 1:30 pm Pacific, Eugene, OR

(🧵: 1/5)
#GiantPencilFanClub

Historical present tense! Weird capitalization! Poetic capitalization (or not)! El Manual de estilo Chicago-Deusto! Learn about all this and more in this month's @chicagomanual.bsky.social Q&A.

[Sits down to start a project with a style guide that prefers "EEEEEEEEEEE."]

Enjoy this cartoon from @xkcd.com

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.

‼️ One month remaining to watch the #EdsGuild2025 Red Pencil Conference videos!

You have 29 days left to finish watching conference videos or revisit your favorites from last fall.

And you can still buy reduced video packages if you missed out the first time! Visit www.edsguild.org/virtual-purc...

My girl is a #StetPet! 😍

#StetPet — Northwest Editors Guild

If you've got a trusty animal editorial assistant who deserves all the virtual fame and ear scratches of the online editing community, submit a pic and description and they could become a future official #StetPet! Learn all about StetPet and see submission details at edsguild.org/stetpet.

Fuzzy black cat with bright yellow-green eyes sitting on a bed and looking just left of the camera.

Fuzzy black cat squinting hard at the camera as if she's judging your soul.

Fuzzy black cat with bright yellow-green eyes sitting on a wooden step and looking up at the camera. You can mostly see just eyes in a black mass.

Side profile of fuzzy black cat lounging sphinxlike on a blanket and staring out the sunny window.

Meet Bella, #StetPet editorial assistant of Seattle Guild member @eightarmsedits.bsky.social.

"Although she's still settling into her new role in a second career, Bella is already introducing new initiatives such as mandatory cheek-scritching breaks and regular casual brushing sessions."

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...

Please note: Today's (4/8) Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Virtual Happy Hour has been canceled. The next meeting will be on 5/13 as scheduled.

edsguild.org/meetings-events

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...

Please note: Today's (4/8) Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Virtual Happy Hour has been canceled. The next meeting will be on 5/13 as scheduled.

edsguild.org/meetings-events

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, even more free virtual #AmEditing events:

🎨 Book Design Group (Member Only), 4/29, 5 pm Pacific
🕰 Memoir Editing Group, 5/6, 4 pm Pacific

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

(🧵: 5/5)

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

Hold on, we've got even more free virtual #AmEditing events:

📒 Editing with Disability/Chronic Illness/Neurodivergence, 4/20, 2 pm Pacific
📖 Developmental Editing Happy Hour, 4/21, 4 pm Pacific
📙 Book Coaching Group, 4/22, 3 pm Pacific

(🧵: 4/5)

Giant Pencil wearing sweater and glasses with tiny coffee cup resting on a dictionary. Text: @EdsGuild In-Person Event Western Oregon Editors Meeting

And more free virtual (and one in-person) editing events:

☕ Editors of Color Coffee Hour, 4/13, 1 pm Pacific
New! 🦆 Western Oregon Editors In-Person Meeting (Eugene) w/Ellen Todras, 4/15, 1:30 pm Pacific, Eugene, OR
📌 Reedsy Colleagues Connection (Member Only), 4/16, 4 pm Pacific

(🧵: 3/5)

Silver keyboard keys. Text: @EdsGuild virtual meeting

More free virtual #AmEditing events:

🌷 Far North Editors Meeting, 4/8, 11:15 am Pacific
✏ Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Happy Hour (Member Only), 4/8, 5 pm Pacific
🤝 Editors Helping Editors: Networking, 4/9, 4 pm Pacific

(🧵: 2/5)

Giant Pencil wearing tropical shirt and sunglasses posing above a Southern California beach in a cove with palm trees and lush bushes.

You can log on from just about anywhere you may find yourself to join our virtual editing events! (And one in-person event in Oregon.) All free to attend, most open to all editors, registration required.

📚 Near North Editors Meeting, 4/7, 11 am Pacific

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#GiantPencilFanClub

From the Iliad:

“And Hermes led the way, the kindly god, unseen,
guarding him (her) through the night.”

This lovely dog is obviously living up to his namesake, watching over you and your family!

Dogs are the best. 🥰

#DogsOfBlueSky
#WritingCommunity
#StetPet

Better late than never! Enjoy @ivacheung.com's latest cartoon (and soon-to-come transcripts from her project).

Learn how to create a cohesive brand for your editing business using Canva with our recent workshop "Canva for Editors" with @sohinighose.bsky.social. The video is available for everyone to watch through 5/18, after which it be for Guild members only.

www.edsguild.org/canva-for-ed...

My Office Manager has nabbed the spotlight again! Thanks for featuring him again, @edsguild.bsky.social! #StetPet #EditingLife #Editing #Editors