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Aug 22

Poet and Arts Educator, Jane Ellen Ibur

Aug 24

August #EFAChat / Freelance Friday on Twitter!

Aug 25

See the EFA at the Leimert Park Village Book Fair!

Aug 25

EFA Booth at Leimert Park Village Book Fair

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

Oct 17

October’s Scrabble Night at EFA HQ

Oct 19

Come say hi to the EFA at the Florida Writers Conference!

Oct 26

See the EFA at the Writer’s Digest’s Novel Writing Conference!

Nov 10

Visit our table at the Portland Book Festival!

Nov 14

Morning Coffee Meeting/ Networking Session

Nov 14

North Texas Chapter: November Editor Coffee Hour

Nov 21

November’s Scrabble Night at EFA HQ

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...

Twelve Principles for Negotiating with Clients

1. Recognize your right to negotiate. Assume that negotiation is part of freelancing. When called about a job, express an interest in the proposed project and its terms, but don’t feel compelled to accept the...

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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