June 18, 2024
We have prepared a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) to help members understand the bylaws changes that are being made to support our exciting new governance model.
July 23, 2024
If the blazing heat of midsummer or the chill dark of midwinter has you struggling to focus, you’re not alone. Fortunately, the EFA’s webinars are bite-size, and the low price...
August 19, 2024
It was and is an open secret that almost all political, celebrity, and sports memoirs, business and thought leadership books, diet books, self-help books, and similar nonfiction titles are ghosted. A lot of popular fiction is too, especially books by brand-name authors and celebrities.
March 15, 2021
Each month, the EFA’s Twitter team hosts Freelance Friday discussions focusing on different topics. All are welcome (including nonmembers)! Join us on March 19 at 3 p.m. ET for the next discussion (you…
March 12, 2021
The Los Angeles Area chapter of EFA met on February 24 to discuss how to prepare ourselves and our businesses in the event of an emergency, such as a natural…
March 9, 2021
The Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) and its nearly 3,000 members are deeply concerned about the impact of the proposed Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021, which was reintroduced in…
March 8, 2021
Most writing for marketing, selling, persuading, or entertaining today is driven by storytelling. If you’re writing articles or blogs or online-marketing copy, how can you use storytelling to your advantage?…
March 8, 2021
Things are hopping lately at the EFA. Here are some things board members are working on or recently completed: finalizing a new code of conduct and continuing to work on moderation plans for our Discussion List expanding and improving educational offerings working to more fully incorporate diversity into all that we do offering virtual chapter…
February 25, 2021
We are delighted to announce that Board members Molly McCowan and Amy Spungen recently have moved into new leadership roles at the organization. Molly McCowan, who joined the Board in…
February 22, 2021
Shortly after I left my full-time editing job to return to freelancing five years ago, I joined the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). Already feeling a bit isolated in my home…
February 19, 2021
Excerpted from a two-part article by Robin Martin, then Chapter Development Chairperson and now Publications Chairperson, published in The Freelancer, Jan/Feb and Mar/Apr 2013. The full text is available here. They’re there, right in your email inbox almost every day: “help wanted” ads targeted just at our population of editorial freelancers. Access to these job opportunities is…
February 2, 2021
Editors working with writers of color or marginalized writers have dictated editorial changes that have misrepresented the writers’ voices for far too long. Writers receiving assistance from editors who don’t…
January 29, 2021
2020 more than any other year showed the importance of social media in shaping our society, discourse, and path to the future. The social team here at EFA takes this…
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