The new Chicago Manual of Style is here! If you don’t feel like wading through the lengthy document of changes, take just 90 minutes out of your day to join CMOS expert Kirk Perry for What’s New in CMOS 18 (September 26), a webinar hitting the highlights of most interest to proofreaders and copyeditors. Then join Kelly Schrank’s Build a Better Checklist for Your Editing Tasks (October 17) and learn how creating a simple checklist can amp up your productivity, improve collaboration, and ease those nagging worries that you might have missed something crucial. You’ll leave these webinars feeling organized, prepared, and on top of your game.

Whether you want to study at your own pace or learn with an instructor’s direct feedback, the EFA’s education program has everything you need to broaden your skill set and client base. As always, our library of recorded webinars is available for immediate viewing, so be sure to check it out for dozens of helpful sessions.

EFA members get 20% off all our courses, and get many webinars for free. Not a member? Join today.

Registration Closing Soon!

Developmental Editing of Fiction: Advanced
Course begins September 11.

You will come away from this course with a stronger understanding of the craft of fiction, a deeper appreciation for the art of the developmental edit, and the higher skills needed to make a difference in your clients’ manuscripts—and their lives!

Students say:

• “Val provides incredibly comprehensive course material that is, at the same time, very in depth.”
• “Val was a terrific instructor. I am an experienced editor, but I felt that Val and the course content really pushed me. I have learnt so much!”

Price: $400 for Guests, $320 for Members
For more information and to register, click here.

Editing Children’s Picture Books
Course begins September 18.

This essential six-week course will show you how to help your client to produce a properly structured manuscript with a forward-moving plot, essential obstacles, and memorable characters.

Students say:

• “I enjoyed the class a lot. The instructor was fantastic, knowledgeable, responsive, warm, and encouraging.”
• “Lou’s guidance was invaluable. She really helped us understand what was going on and how we should navigate this kind of editing.”

Price: $350 for Guests, $280 for Members
For more information and to register, click here.

NEW:You Don’t Have to Be Perfect: Increasing Copyediting Productivity Within Acceptable Error Rates
Webinar takes place live on September 19.

Freelance copyeditors often struggle with the seemingly conflicting desires to increase efficiency on the business side and strive toward perfection on the editing side. This 60-minute webinar will help you resolve that conflict by exploring industry standards for accuracy and acceptable error rates. When you free yourself from the impossible goal of being 100% perfect, you can focus on something you can attain: measuring and improving your productivity.

Price: $60 for Guests, $48 for Members
For more information and to register, click here.