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Interview by S. Robin Larin EFA Volunteer Tamian Wood When and why did you join the EFA? I’ve been with the EFA since 2019. I joined at the recommendation of another editor. She thought it might be a good opportunity for me to mix and mingle with the kinds of folks whose editing clients also need my book design services. And boy howdy, was she right! What are your freelance services and skills? I am a book designer. I design “gotta have that book” covers, and I also format the interior. I do other design services as well: brochures, business cards, logos, trade show booth signage, ...

While the majority of EFA members are editors, many of us are writers as well. We’re happy to introduce a new feature to this space celebrating the authors among us. In each installment, we’ll take a look at a book by an EFA member and talk about how their book came to be. So read on to enjoy a brief Q&A with the author and an excerpt of their book. — Sheryl Holmberg, Freelancer editor in chief Altered Bodies by Cody Sisco New out this month is Altered Bodies by Cody Sisco, EFA co-chair. The latest installment in his Resonant Earth series, Altered Bodies is a cyberpunk alternate history novel featuring shifting geopolitical alliances, AI chatbot ...

While the majority of EFA members are editors, many of us are writers as well. Welcome to the second edition of our new feature, EFA Member Authors, celebrating the authors among us. In each installment, we’ll take a look at a book by an EFA member and talk about how their book came to be. So read on to enjoy a brief Q&A with the author and an excerpt of their book. — Sheryl Holmberg, Freelancer Editor in Chief Intro to Indie Publishing: A newbie-friendly guide to the independent book development process, by Tenesha L. Curtis Tenesha L. Curtis, MSSW , is the founder of Writerwerx University and sites like GetBookHelp.com ...

Intuitive Editing , by Tiffany Yates Martin Review by Chelsey Stone It may seem odd to recommend a book about self-editing to a group of freelance editors — but hear me out. Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing by Tiffany Yates Martin is like being in the room with an experienced developmental editor while she works on a manuscript. This book reveals how Yates approaches each manuscript, how she phrases queries, how she develops her editorial letter, and what questions she asks herself and her author. Because as she’s teaching her reader to self-edit, she’s revealing how she edits an author’s ...

By Hazel Bird A style sheet is the axis around which an editorial project turns. But it can be challenging to judge what to include and what to leave out. Learn the purpose of an editorial style sheet and understand what it should contain . When you’re deep in the work of editing, compiling a style sheet can feel like just another admin task to tick off. But a good style sheet does so much more than document spelling cho ices and hyphenation quirks – it supports everyone who touches the project after you. A style sheet should never be an afterthought. It should be carefully planned, consciously compiled ...