Not Northwest in scope, but it seems appropriate to mention it here anyway:
I've been added as a contributing writer for a new organization called BookWorks, a group set up in association with Publishers Weekly and other national organizations, to help self-publishing and small-scale publishers in the new book publishing environment. I'll be one of three regular contributors to the group's blog, and my first post is up there this morning.
This one happens to be about the selection of chapter titles (something I've worked with several authors in developing), but the subjects will vary widely as we go ahead.