Spring Skill Boosters for Editorial Types

Get ready to sharpen your editorial skills and make yourself more desirable as an employee or freelancer! The lineup of spring courses offered by the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) is now ready:

• Blogging 101 (online, 4 sessions): For authors wanting to connect with an audience and freelance editors wanting to attract clients. Instructor Rebecca Agiewich is the author of BreakupBabe: A Novel (Ballantine, 2006), whose book was born from her dating blog Breakup Babe. Wednesdays, March 25 through April 15; EFA members, $135; nonmembers, $160.


• Copyediting II (online, 4 sessions): Goes beyond the basics. Instructor Kris Fulsaas is a freelance editor and proofreader, has 28 years' experience in publishing and is an instructor in the University of Washington's editing certificate program. Wednesdays, April 8 through April 29; EFA members, $135; nonmembers, $160.


• Résumés for Freelancers (online, 3 sessions): If you're a freelancer, you need a functional—or skills-based—résumé, not the traditional chronological résum7ée of a job hunter. Instructor Sheila Buff, a freelancer since 1981, is an author and ghostwriter and is the author of the EFA booklet Résumés for Freelancers. Mondays, April 20 through May 4; EFA members, $100; nonmembers, $125.


• Substantive Editing Clinic (at the EFA office in Manhattan): An intensive one-day, hands-on course built on exercises. Instructor Maron L. Waxman is the retired editorial director of special projects for the American Museum of Natural History, was editorial director of trade reference at HarperCollins, and has taught in the New York University and City University of New York publishing programs. Saturday, May 2, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. EFA members, $135; nonmembers, $160. If you also sign up for the Advanced Substantive Editing Clinic, you'll save 20%.


• Advanced Substantive Editing Clinic (at the EFA office in Manhattan): This one-day course picks up where the Substantive Editing Clinic leaves off, and you'll work on actual manuscripts. Instructor Maron L. Waxman is the retired editorial director of special projects for the American Museum of Natural History, was editorial director of trade reference at HarperCollins, and has taught in the New York University and City University of New York publishing programs. Saturday, May 9, 9:30 a.m..–5 p.m. EFA members: $160; nonmembers: $185. If you also sign up for the Advanced Substantive Editing Clinic, you'll save 20%.


• Copyright and Permissions: The Basics (online, 4 sessions): Instructor Tricia Kinman has been permissions editor and permissions manager for Elsevier for 4 years. Mondays, May 4 through May 25. EFA members, $135; nonmembers, $160.


• Introduction to AMA Style (online, 4 sessions): Interested in getting into medical proofreading or copyediting? You need to know how AMA style differs from Chicago and APA style, how to format tables and graphs, and what the essential elements of a biomedical research paper are. Instructors are Eileen Girten and Jennifer Maybin. Girten teaches chemistry, is completing a master's of science degree in biomedical writing at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, and is coeditor of the quarterly newsletter of the Delaware chapter of the American Medical Writers Association. Maybin is a medical writer and editor with 20 years' experience. Fridays, March 15 through June 3. EFA members, $135; nonmembers: $160.

For more information and to sign up, see this page of the EFA web site.

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