Member Benefits – Page 2

NAIWE in Public View

January 16, 2026 Post a comment

What was all the buzz about at the Hanover Book Expo 2025? Authors listened attentively to hear how the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE) could help them market their books, and readers gathered to pick up, hold, and read the book covers of NAIWE member books! This expo was another venue where NAIWE was alive, visible, and available to authors and readers!

NAIWE members have the option to mail in copies of their books (member benefit #15). While these books are available for other members to request when they renew their NAIWE membership, these books are also displayed at events to highlight what NAIWE members have accomplished!

April Michelle Davis, NAIWE Executive Director

April Michelle Davis has been the executive director of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE) since 2018. Prior to that, she was NAIWE’s Social Media Marketing Expert. NAIWE is an association that focuses on career building for writers, editors, and other professionals in the publishing industry by developing multiple streams of income; it helps its members market their products and services through social media, newsletters, and more.

She is also the coordinator for the Virginia chapter of the Editorial Freelancers Association, a lifetime member of the American Copy Editors Society, and a freelance editor, indexer, proofreader, and author. April Michelle has taught courses through her own company, Editorial Inspirations, as well as for associations and colleges on topics such as editing, indexing, grammar, writing, and creating macros.

Her credentials include a master’s degree in publishing from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in English from Messiah College, as well as certificates in editing (University of Virginia), book publishing (University of Virginia), and professional editing (EEI Communications).

April Michelle has shared her insights about her career development by contributing quotes and vignettes to several books. She has presented sessions on various editorial topics to many groups, including the Virginia Writers Club, the Communication Central conference, Randolph-Macon College, the Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network, the EFA, Copyediting newsletter, RavenCon, and the Hanover Book Festival. In addition, April Michelle has published four books.

Member Benefit: Discount on Institute of Professional Editors Limited Events

January 9, 2026 Post a comment

Member Benefit #36

The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) is the professional association for Australian and New Zealand editors. It exists to advance the profession of editing and to support and promote Australian and New Zealand editors. IPEd offers a range of professional development opportunities, including training and webinars to improve your skills

NAIWE members receive member pricing!

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Member Benefit: Discount on House of Design Web Services

December 12, 2025 Post a comment

Member Benefit #34

Shaila Abdullah has over a decade of experience designing websites for authors. Being an award-winning author herself, she understands the industry and will provide you with a content management website that reflects your unique style, genre, and personality. Other design services such as book covers and interiors, marketing materials, and email campaigns (e-newsletters, announcements, etc.) are also available.

NAIWE members receive 10% off any service!

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Member Benefit: Discount on the Hot Sheet

November 14, 2025 Post a comment

Member Benefit #33

Anyone working in today’s publishing industry is in a double bind. Not only is an editor expected to hit deadlines and produce compelling work, but they also have to be up to speed on industry developments and trends—whether for their own work or to help clients. The Hot Sheet is an email newsletter available only by subscription, delivered every other Wednesday at midday. It’s modeled on the financial-advice newsletters produced by analysts for their clients on Wall Street, and on the Publishers Lunch newsletter that many publishing professionals subscribe to.

NAIWE members receive 20% off a subscription!

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Member Benefit: Discount on Grammarly

October 10, 2025 Post a comment

Member Benefit #32

Confusing and sloppy writing damages your company’s credibility and frustrates your customers. Grammarly helps you write clear messages every time.

NAIWE members receive over a $70 savings!

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Member Benefit: Discount on Introduction to Ghostwriting

September 12, 2025 Post a comment

Member Benefit #31

Ghostwriting Professional Designation Program (GPDP) trains writers, journalists, and published authors to be book-industry experts proficient in ghostwriting theory, skill sets, unique tools, and mindset transitions. The GPDP prerequisite Introduction to Ghostwriting is the 6-week class to help you decide if professional ghostwriting is a good fit for you.

NAIWE members receive 10% off Introduction to Ghostwriting!

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Member Benefit: Discount on Geoff Hart’s Write Faster with Your Word Processor

August 8, 2025 Post a comment

Member Benefit #30

Write faster with your word processor! Whether you’ve been using your word processor for years, or have just begun to learn a new program, it’s easy to fall into the trap of complacency and accept a basic skill level. But whether you write for pleasure or write for a living, you should be spending more time writing and less time figuring out how to use the tools. In Write Faster with Your Word Processor, Geoff will teach you how to use your software more effectively—both the tools you’ve used previously and new tools you haven’t yet tried. The skills apply equally well whether you write fiction or nonfiction. Although Geoff will use Microsoft Word 2019 to make the explanations more concrete, the same approach will work equally well with any word processor.

NAIWE members receive 21% off the print book or 33% off the e-book!

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Member Benefit: Discount on Geoff Hart’s Effective Onscreen Editing

July 11, 2025 Post a comment

Member Benefit #29

Most editors must now edit manuscripts on the screen (“onscreen editing”). Though the editing skills remain the same, transferring them into a word processor can be challenging. For editors who are already editing on the screen, the book will teach you the skills you need to greatly increase your editing speed and accuracy based on Hart’s more than 30 years of experience as an editor and as a mentor for other editors, improved by incorporating feedback from students who have taken his courses on onscreen editing. To make the editing strategies concrete, the book uses Microsoft Word 2016 for both Windows and the Macintosh to show how to implement these principles. The information is provided in small chunks, designed for easy reading and browsing. You can dip into the book to solve a specific problem, or read it a chapter at a time to increase your mastery of the art of onscreen editing.

NAIWE members receive 22% off the print book or 25% off the e-book!

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Member Benefit: Discount on Fictionary’s An Insider’s View of Story Editing Course

June 13, 2025 Post a comment

Member Benefit #28

Thirteen professional story editors edited the same novel. Each editor worked separately in Fictionary StoryCoach. This course compares their edits and shows you what worked and what didn’t. You’ll see actual examples of edits. It will also show you a scene before and after revisions were done based on the edits. If you want to elevate your skills as a story editor, this course shows you how Fictionary Certified StoryCoach editors work. You’ll know what you need to deliver to a client to help them tell a powerful story. If you’re a writer looking to hire a professional story editor, this course shows you what you should receive from a story editor. If you want to self-edit your novel, this course shows you where to start.

NAIWE members receive 60% off the course!

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Book Review: Vampire Grooms and Spectre Brides

June 2, 2025 Post a comment

Vampire Grooms and Spectre Brides

Author: Tyler Tichelaar

Culture can be seen through many outputs within a society. And while many once believed that culture stopped at a country’s barriers, this excellent analysis shows otherwise.

In the nineteenth century, the French and the British shared their culture through their tellings, retellings, and translations of their gothic literature. While the Gothic Golden Age began in France with three prominent authors, it led to a second Gothic Golden Age in Great Britain, and then bounced back to France, lending to an even richer time in gothic literature.

Vampire Grooms and Spectre Brides offers the context needed to better understand how some gothic literature of that time gained in notoriety, while others were lost in the shuffle and translations of the time.

Tyler Tichelaar focuses his analysis on some widely known novels and essays, but also on some stories that may only be known by a gothic-reader enthusiast. Tichelaar analyzes the popular authors and tracks how their works became famous, whether it be through an aspect of their writing or the usage of a particular gothic element. He also mentions other writers who were influenced by the authors and others who penned works using the influencer’s name or the title of the original work.

Vampire Grooms and Spectre Brides is a great analysis on the works that were written during the nineteenth century and how they affected the culture of their own, but also other, countries.