The Fruits of Our Labor
Back in March the Northern California chapter of EFA met and discussed volunteering; specifically, how does volunteering help your business or spark your creativity? Chapter member Lynn Eder showed off a book of community lore…
San Francisco Writers Conference
It’s my first time at the San Francisco Writers Conference so I thought I’d do it on the cheap: stay with a friend and volunteer so I can get a taste and decide under what…
For Auld Lang Syne
Happy New Year! What are your resolutions in 2013–for business, for writing, for getting your book published? How about a resolution to return to the reasons why you write, why you read? To the core…
Indie Biz Profile: Romel Mitchell, Piano Prodigy
In a state of gustatory good cheer after a lychee cocktail and spicy dinner at Siam Patio in Fair Oaks, California, I signed my credit card receipt and my small dining party started to wrap…
Indies Out on the Town: Our Presentation to CA Writers Club
Robin Martin and I present this Saturday, October 20 at Tokyo Buffet in Citrus Heights, 11am for the California Writers Club Sacramento Branch. We are representing the Editorial Freelancers Association. Here’s a sample of what…
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Developmental Editing
I’m Susan Herman, and I started freelance editing in 2007 after six years’ full time employment in the publishing industry. My business provides developmental editing for nonfiction authors and publishers. These are some of the things I can help you with: Write to your audience.…
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Data fail
Nonfiction writers often use data tables or other graphics to easily convey a lot of information. The bonus is that readers’ eyes like to alight on something different after many paragraphs of body text. But make sure you’re putting useful information in your visuals. Readers…
For Helping Professionals
My first job in book publishing taught me, among many technical skills, the soft skill of how to be gentle and tactful around each author’s “baby.” Since that time (in 2003) I’ve learned that the types of projects I most enjoy as an editor are…