Upcoming Webinars

Proofreading for Businesses and Ad Agencies
Presenter: Sharon McInnis
Webinar begins: November 6, 2024 1:00 pm

Proofreading for businesses and ad agencies can be a lucrative field for a keen-eyed proofreader. But how does corporate proofreading differ from traditional proofreading? First, although many businesses and ad agencies use experienced writers for marketing materials, they don’t often hire editors or fact-checkers. This means that, if you are…

Know What You’re Getting Into: How to Vet Projects for Sensitive Themes
Presenter: Amelia Winters
Webinar begins: November 12, 2024 1:00 pm

While there are many great reasons to work directly with indie authors, one of the challenges is that you have no built-in filter to protect you from highly difficult or insensitive subject matter. When I started working with indie authors, I had no idea how much I would need to…

So You Want to Be an In-House Technical Editor?
Presenter: Claire Fossey
Webinar begins: November 14, 2024 1:00 pm

Do you need a scientific or engineering background to have a hope of being hired as a technical editor? Or can having a different background actually be a selling point? How do you pitch yourself when applying for in-house work? And once hired, how do you build enough trust to…

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Featured Recordings

Readability Tricks
Presenter: Christa Bedwin

From marketing to safety documentation and huge reports, the science of readability can help deliver messages directly to readers more effectively.

Beyond Once Upon a Time: Intro to Editing Picture Books
Presenter: Laura Bontje

As adults, we may think of children’s picture books as short and simple. Kidlit editors know that they’re anything but. Editing for children is a joyful, engaging niche—but picture books come with editorial considerations that can differ from those in other fields of literature. As an editor and an author,…

Editing Manuscripts for Submission to a Scientific or Medical Journal
Presenter: Kelly Schrank, MA, ELS

Many editors and medical communicators stumble into working on manuscripts for scientific or medical journals, with little to no training on how to perform a good edit and what’s needed to shepherd a manuscript from draft to submission.

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