Cascadia Chapter: Virtual Winter Gathering
Note the change to an earlier time! If you’re a resident or admirer of the Cascadia region (that’d be OR, WA, ID, and BC), let’s meet! Virtual seasonal gatherings will...
Note the change to an earlier time! If you’re a resident or admirer of the Cascadia region (that’d be OR, WA, ID, and BC), let’s meet! Virtual seasonal gatherings will...
December's meeting is a End of the Year Wrap-up and 2025 Goals! We will be having our usual quarterly casual discussion as well as what presentations chapter members wish to...
One nifty part of academic editing is that you never stop learning. Whether you’re working on a developmental edit on a paper on biomimetic interfaces or copyediting a chapter of...
Join the next coffee hour at 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 8, through Zoom. On the second Wednesday of each month, our members get together over coffee to talk editing and entrepreneurship. We...
Join us for our first quarterly meeting of 2025! Manuscripts live or die in the slush pile by the first page. This class will cover everything an agent looks for...
Hello PNW friends! It’s that time again—the second Sunday of the month, so you are invited to a Zoom meeting to discuss your freelancing goals for 2025. If you’re a...
The Florida Chapter of the Editorial Freelancers Association will meet at 6:00 p.m. to discuss editing goals for 2025.
This month we're reading Long Way Down, the novel by Jason Reynolds. (note: we are reading the novel, NOT the graphic novel for this meeting) We hope you can join us!...
This month’s meeting is a presentation by Heather Romanowski of Book Realm Revisions on how to create a 60 second elevator pitch for editors. She has honed this skill to...
Join us for the first STET Talk of 2025 as we present "Wisdom from Experienced Freelancers" January 22 at noon ET. This panel discussion, moderated by Stephanie Argy, will feature...
Are you interested in volunteering to be more involved in the EFA / Editors Canada Academic Editing Chapter? Register to join the Academic Editing Chapter’s VolCall meeting on Wednesday, January...
Start the new year off right with practical tips and tools to help you make 2025 your most productive year yet! Join us for "2024 Year in Review – 2025...
At the start of a new year, maybe you’ve resolved to change a few things about your editing business. If that’s you, we have the Coffee Chat you need: establishing...
Want to look up words in online dictionaries with a single keystroke? Check the consistency of proper nouns across an entire manuscript in minutes? Or automatically add terms to your...
The EFA invites all of our members to join our annual virtual winter social! EFA co-chairs Katy Grenfell and Cody Sisco will share an update about things to look forward...
Share your goals and resolutions for the new year! What goals did you have for 2024, and how well did you succeed?
We’re partnering with the SoCal Romance Writers for an event that will bring together editors and writers. For anyone working in the romance genre or interested in branching out, this...
Take a break from your busy schedule and connect with others working in the KidLit market. Our February discussion topic is the intersection of text and illustrations in KidLit. Register...
Do you want to chat with fellow freelance editors about what you love about the job? Want to gush about your adoration of words and language to some like-minded souls?...
Join the next coffee hour at 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 12, through Zoom. On the second Wednesday of each month, our members get together over coffee to talk editing and entrepreneurship. We...
The EFA is excited to exhibit at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, being held this year in Boston. The meeting theme for this year is Science Shaping...
Usually, giving makes us feel good. A well-chosen gift, an appreciative recipient: It’s all smiles, roses, and unicorns. Unless what you’re handing out—or being handed—is negative feedback. (Cue Law and...
Joining us on Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. (EST) for the conversation, "Subtle Slurs—Everyday Language’s Ableist Origins," is Dayna Reidenouer. Dayna (they/she) is Your Publishing BFF, a line/copy editor and book coach specializing in inclusive romance, cozy mysteries, and children's books. They’ve also been known to ghostwrite, turning the frameworks of stories into fleshed-out novels readers return to again and again.
Register to join the EFA / Editors Canada Joint Academic Editing Book Club (JAEBC) on Friday, February 21, at 10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT! We look forward to...
Back by member request, an informal meetup where editors review and receive feedback on their websites (in-progress or published) from their fellows. Come visit if you want to get some...
Join us February 26 as we welcome mystery author Felicity Green for a STET Talk on "Cozy Mysteries" hosted by Cyndi Sandusky and Stephanie Argy. We'll be covering many topics...
Tenesha L. Curtis will highlight some of her favorite tech to help you work smarter instead of harder!
EFA KidLit Collective members are invited to join a special presentation by Madeleine Vasaly, independent editor and author of The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style. Working with comics involves...
Celebrate Black History Month this year at the EFA's Red Pen, Black Voices Symposium on Feb. 28!
Join the SF/Bay Area Chapter for a virtual 2025 Goals and Mindset Workshop, a guided goals-tour with Linda Ruggeri. Linda will share tips including how networking can help you reach...
For our March discussion we’ll be reading a graphic novel by Clément Xavier with illustrations by Lisa Lugrin— The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu. In the early...
We will sip our preferred beverages, share how things are going with our work, and support one another with encouragement and guidance. If you don't register, you won't get any...
Join the next coffee hour at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, through Zoom. On the second Wednesday of each month, our members get together over coffee to talk editing and entrepreneurship. We...
Freelancing provides many perks: You can set your own hours, pick your own clients, and prep your own taxes. Okay, the last one isn’t really a perk, but you have...
Whether it is to collaborate, give referrals, or even ask a simple question about style, academic editors share a desire to connect with others in our field of expertise, as...
March’s meeting is a casual no topic social discussion via Zoom. Come hang out with your fellow editors! Bring a snack, drink (or two) and unwind or ask your fellow...
We're thrilled to welcome macro wizard Paul Beverley to our next STET Talk! Author of Macros for Editors and purveyor of wisdom in all things macro, Paul has written more than 1,000...
Once again, we're exhibiting and presenting at the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookfair, this year being held in Los Angeles! Stop by the EFA booth to introduce yourself and learn...
AI feels nearly ubiquitous these days, with tech companies pushing AI-powered tools for every conceivable use case. Writers and editors, especially, are being bombarded with AI writing assistants and specialized...
This presentation by Barbie Halaby will focus on what editorial mastermind groups are and what they might look like, how to form one for yourself, how to run and sustain...
Join the North Texas chapter on March 29 at 2 p.m. CT to learn how to present at writers’ conferences. You’re an editor, which means you’re pretty smart. Whether it’s...
The EFA Offices will be closed Monday, April 8, 2024. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 9. Job postings, discussion list subscriptions, and other customer service requests may not be responded to until then.
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