Being your own boss is great—most of the time. But when you need to choose your freelance business’s strategic direction, it can be a real challenge. The EFA is here to help you take the next step in building your career. If you’re a fiction editor ready to try a different genre, join Megan Hennessey for the fall session of the popular Editing Romance course, beginning October 2. If you’re an academic editor thinking of branching out, sign up for Kate Vacek’s exciting new Coaching Academic Writers self-paced course, launching September 25. Both classes will give you everything you need to start bringing in new clients and new income. Now that’s business-savvy.

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!

Proofreading for Businesses and Ad Agencies
Course begins September 25.

This five-week course will give you everything you need to launch your corporate proofreading career or add to your existing editing business. We’ll cover what skills a corporate proofreader needs, how to get (or sharpen) those skills, what equipment and tools are needed, and much more.

Students say:

• “The Acrobat markup lesson was very good, and I liked how Sharon used the same document to compare marking up the same changes with annotation tools vs. drawing tools.”
• “Sharon is gifted at teaching!! Her vast experience is evident. It was awesome to get a glimpse of it through this course. At the end of Week 1, I already felt like I’d received my money’s worth. “

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

NEW: What’s New in CMOS 18
Webinar takes place live on September 26.

The Chicago Manual of Style is the central style guide of US publishing, and now it has a new edition, the 18th. This 90-minute webinar will go over the additions and changes to CMOS that are most likely to affect proofreaders and copyeditors. Bring your notebook for the presentation and your burning questions for the Q&A period, and prepare to be surprised.

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