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2011 Conference: Red Pencil in the Woods


Thanks to all of our conference speakers, volunteers, and attendees!
We're glad so many people could be part of Red Pencil in the Woods.

 

"Excellent advice in all workshops."
"I liked talking with other editors, exchanging ideas and experiences."
                                                       —Beyond the Red Pencil 2009 attendees

The Northwest Independent Editors Guild is committed to ongoing education and professional development. We also value opportunities for networking and camaraderie. One way we pursue these goals is by presenting a day-long conference for editors and other word lovers approximately every two years.

What Others are Saying about the 2011 Red Pencil in the Woods Conference

Read what others are saying about this year's Red Pencil in the Woods conference:

Guild member Kyra Freestar wrote about the conference in her blog. Click here to read her post: The Editor's POV

Speaker Catherine Carr collected some of the best tweets from the conference and posted them on Storify. Click here to read all the tweets: Highlights from Red Pencil in the Woods

Conference Sessions and Handouts

The theme of Red Pencil in the Woods, the Guild’s third biennial conference, was “educate, connect, and inspire.” The keynote speech, “Finding Our Way: Writing and Editing in the New Publishing Landscape,” was delivered by author and editor Carol Fisher Saller, who headed up the copyediting team for the latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. The opening session was followed by a series of hour-long breakout sessions and a discussion group led by editing/publishing/marketing experts from around the Northwest. Topics included:

●        (Almost) Everything Editors Need to Know about E-books, with Kate Rogers, Judith Dern, Bob Mayer, and Waverly Fitzgerald

●        Twitter for Word Lovers, with Catherine Carr
NEW!! For attendees of "Twitter for Word Lovers," the handouts can be found here: Twitter for Word Lovers

●        Just Enough Marketing for Freelancers, with Frank Catalano
NEW!! For attendees of "Just Enough Marketing," Frank Catalano's outline can be found here: Just Enough Marketing

●        Children’s Book Writing and Editing: Eddie’s War, with Carol Saller

●        From Fairy Tales to Horror Stories: Getting to the Truth about Technical Editing, with
Robin Adair-Marshall, Audree DeAngeles, Karen Kurt Teal and Tina Loucks-Jaret
NEW!! The outline and resources from the Technical Editing session can be found here: Fairy Tales to Horror Stories

●        Self-Publishing: What Editors Need to Know, with Mi Ae Lipe and Robyn Fritz
NEW!! The handouts from the Self-Publishing session can be found here: Self-Publishing

●        Secrets of a Successful Proposal, with Kerry Colburn and Jennifer Worick

●        Game On: Writing and Editing for Video and Board Games, with Angela Taylor Hylland, Shanon Lyon, and Wynn Rankin
NEW!! For "Game On" attendees, the PowerPoint presentation can be accessed by clicking here: Game On

●        “Subversive” Copyediting, with Carol Saller

Volunteer

The conference is planned and produced by Guild members. We welcome your involvement, whether you’re a Guild member or not. If you'd like to help with the 2013 conference in any way, please send a message with “Volunteer” in the subject line to conference@edsguild.org.

2011 conference committee

Helen Townsend (co-chair), Carrie Wicks (co-chair), Elizabeth Johnson, Shirley Wilke; advisors: Beth Chapple, Sherri Schultz, Bill Thorness

Reports from past conferences

Beyond the Red Pencil, no. 2, 2009
Beyond the Red Pencil, 2007

 

This page was last reviewed on  12/29/11.

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