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Whether freelancing has been your dream job or simply foisted upon you by recent economic circumstances, learning to translate your editing skills into an independent business is an essential and perhaps daunting task. Maybe the pandemic has transformed your routine 9-to-5 socially interactive in-house job into…well…just being “in your house”—all alone with limited resources. So, in many ways, you are essentially freelancing too! In either case, myriad questions arise: How do you manage and allocate your time? What software and hardware do you need? As a freelancer, you need to establish an optimum business model that best fits your lifestyle and economic needs. Do you have a special niche to exploit? What skills do you market and how do you do so?  In this webinar, we’ll explore the basics of what is needed to set up a successful freelance practice so that you can nimbly navigate this nuanced landscape.

The webinar is free to all EFA members but attendance at the live session is limited to the first 225 registrants. All members will be able to download the recorded version of the webinar for free a few days after it airs.

David Couzens, M.S., has more than 25 years of experience as a copyeditor, developmental editor, and consultant on projects ranging from journal articles to Web databases to online courses to thousand-page textbooks. A former research scientist, in-house production editor, and college instructor, he has created style guides; evaluated typesetting software and developed editing workflow processes; recruited, evaluated, and trained editors for scientific journals; and led editing workshops. He launched his freelance editorial business in 1996 and has been the South Bay coordinator for the Bay Area Editors’ Forum since 2008.