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Jul 21

Afternoon Tea / Networking

Jul 24

July 24 Los Angeles Area Chapter Meeting

Jul 25

July meeting: Houston chapter

Jul 26

Maryland Chapter: July AACO Area Meeting

Jul 27

July Freelance Friday Chat: Getting Political on Twitter

Jul 28

Niantic Meeting & Book Barn Adventure

Jul 28

Aug 8

North Texas Chapter: August Editor Coffee Hour

Aug 9

EFA Boston Summer Picnic

Aug 10

See the EFA at Writer’s Digest!

Aug 15

August’s Scrabble Night at EFA HQ

Sep 4

Copyediting: Beginning, 2nd session

Sep 12

Morning Coffee Meeting/ Networking Session

Sep 12

North Texas Chapter: September Editor Coffee Hour

Sep 16

Mingle with the EFA at the Brooklyn Book Festival!

Sep 19

September’s Scrabble Night at EFA HQ

Sep 22

Meet the EFA at the Society of Southwestern Authors’ Self-Publishing Expo

Sep 26

Diversify Your Editorial Offerings: All About EBooks for Editors (Webinar series)

Sep 30

Oct 1

Book Mapping for Developmental Editors

Oct 10

North Texas Chapter: October Editor Coffee Hour

Oct 13

Meet the EFA at Boston Book Festival!

Oct 16

Copyediting: Intermediate

Oct 17

October Meeting in Pittsburgh

The Changing Face (and Faces) of the EFA

Well, “the only constant is change,” as the Greek philosopher Heraclitus might have said. And so there are a number of changes that we would like to announce about the...

Watch the recording of the Annual Meeting webcast

EFA Members: In case you missed the email linking to this video, you can click below to see a recording of this year’s Annual Meeting webcast. Find out what EFA...

Be a Champion for the EFA on Social Media

For an organization like ours that depends almost entirely on volunteer labor, is social media essential or just a waste of time and energy? Personally, I’m a big social media...

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