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Your Book as a Set

October 21, 2022 Post a comment

The holidays are almost here! Have you thought about how you can package your books in gift sets?

For those who have written a series, that is already a gift set, but how can an author create a gift set if they have published only one book?

A gift set can be created with fellow authors from the same genre. I have seen these done among three or four authors, and the bundles have sold very well!

An author can also create a gift set with items that would be of interest to your reader. For example, a children’s book gift set could include coloring pages, a romance book gift set could include a candle, or a science fiction gift set could include a sketch of the main character.

These gift sets can be used for the upcoming holidays, but they can also be used as special promotional pieces or giveaways.

What are some other creative ways you have found to market your books as gift sets?

 

 

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 three books.

Categories: News

Give Back to the Industry by Becoming a NAIWE Expert!

October 3, 2022 Post a comment

NAIWE is always looking for those who excel and who may want to be an asset as a member of the Board of Experts.

The Board of Experts offers great insights for NAIWE members. Each member of the Board of Experts leads one webinar and writes one article for the Member’s Library — creating a vast wealth of knowledge for NAIWE members to learn from!

Who do you know who would be a good addition to the NAIWE Board of Experts? Please feel free to recommend yourself and your peers, or even topics, you would like to see covered by the Board.

 

 

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 three books.

Categories: Board of Experts, Events, Member Benefits, News

Streams to Develop Income

June 3, 2022 Post a comment

Here at NAIWE, we emphasize the importance of developing multiple streams of income, and I have found this to be beneficial in my own business as well.

Before taking the plunge to freelance full time, I was a bit fearful of getting rid of my steady paycheck. I felt that it was reliable. However, as I continued to build up my clientele, I overcame this mindset when I realized that my income came from one source — my employer. What would happen if I lost this job? I would lose all of my income!

As a freelancer, I had multiple clients. Therefore, I was receiving multiple checks. If one client’s work were to dry up, I still had the other clients’ work to hold me over while I looked to fill that open spot.

While I had to learn to juggle this new method of not necessarily knowing when a check would be in the mail, I found that this method of having multiple streams of income was actually safer to my overall well-being because I am not putting all of my financial faith in one company.

And as my freelance career has continued, I have further developed multiple streams of income by speaking at conferences, teaching college-level courses, and publishing books.

How about you? How have you developed multiple streams of income to give yourself more financial security?

 

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 three books.

Categories: Marketing, News

Words Matter Week Begins Today!

March 6, 2022 1 Comment

Words Matter Week, which is in its 14th year, is a holiday that is celebrated annually the first full week in March by the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors.

Words are the basis for communication, no matter the language spoken. Babies make sounds, which eventually are formed into words. Here at NAIWE, we know the importance of words, and we want to celebrate it!

We may only celebrate it for a week, but we believe in the importance of words all year long!

 

Spread the Word

Join us in promoting Words Matter Week! You have NAIWE’s permission to reproduce the poster on your website, with a link back to this page, and you may also print and display it. Please invite your friends to participate in this year’s event and show your support for Words Matter Week by placing the poster in your newsletter, on your blog, or in your social media. Words really do matter, so let’s spread the reminders!

 

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a question on our blog and various social media outlets.

Respond to the question on your blog or social media page (be sure to include #WMW2022, #WMW, or #NAIWE in your response), and then link back to it in the comments of the corresponding article on the NAIWE blog. For each challenge you respond to, you will receive one entry (and a bonus entry for each response written on your NAIWE blog).

At the end of the week, we will have a drawing, and one person will win a fabulous prize, along with a mention and link in the next newsletter.

Categories: Events, National Days, News, Words Matter Week, Writing

Freelancer Favorites

December 6, 2021 1 Comment

Based on recent dialog in the NAIWE discussion group, publishing professionals use references (and many prefer to have them in hard copy, rather than digital). While some of our references may differ, depending on the services we offer, a lot of the references mentioned were the same no matter the services (or perhaps many of us offer several services).

With that in mind, here are some of the references mentioned that NAIWE members like to have:

  • The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition. ISBN: 978-1328841698
  • The Associated Press Stylebook, 55th edition. ISBN: 978-1541647572
  • Bernstein, Theodore M. The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage. ISBN: 978-0684826325
  • Butterfield, Jeremy. Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage, 4th edition. ISBN: 978-0199661350
  • The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. ISBN: 978-0226287058
  • Dreyer, Benjamin. Dryer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style. ISBN: 978-0812985719
  • Einsohn, Amy. The Copyeditor’s Handbook. ISBN: 978-0520306677
  • Garner, Bryan. Garner’s Modern English Usage, 4th edition. ISBN: 978-0190491482
  • Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition. ISBN: 978-0877798095
  • Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage. ISBN: 978-0877791324
  • MLA Handbook, 9th edition. ISBN: 978-1603293518
  • Strunk, William, and White, E.B. The Elements of Style, 4th edition. ISBN: 978-0205309023
  • Walsh, Bill. The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English. ISBN: 978-0071422680
  • Walsh, Bill. Yes, I Could Care Less. ISBN: 978-1250006639
  • Zinsser, William. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. ISBN: 9780060891541

Software mentioned include

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word

Categories: Grammar, News, Publishing, Writing

Your Industry Conference

November 5, 2021 Post a comment

The 2021 Be a Better Freelancer conference was three days of sessions orchestrated by April Michelle Davis, executive director of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors, and Ruth Thaler-Carter, founder of Communication Central.

The lineup of industry speakers, such as Laura Briggs, Nicole Evelina, and Jake Poinier, was representative of the best. Each one was knowledgeable in their field and kept our attention with a funny side of the subject, sharing their experiences to make our road easier. The topics were attention grabbers and right on target for the times, including topics such as pricing projects, saving for retirement, website usability, and selling your book.

This conference is top notch, and many are already looking forward to participating in next year’s conference.

Categories: Events, News

Product Review: PerfectIt Cloud Makes Progress

October 29, 2021 Post a comment

It seems PerfectIt 5 is an editor’s heaven, but I’m not privy to the software as an iMac user. The latter didn’t seem bothersome as I’ve been in a habitual, dedicated relationship with one document editing system for a few years now. However, when I heard Intelligent Editing was creating a new PerfectIt Cloud software, I jumped gleefully at the opportunity to review it. Since compelling iMac owners to purchase a PC solely to accommodate PerfectIt didn’t seem plausible, the engineers at Intelligent Editing created a Cloud version of the software. The idea of linking a document editing program to The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) Online seems like an encounter with a mythical creature. It’s the Pegasus for which other editing software programs didn’t think to capitalize.

Manually thumbing through CMOS can be intimidating on a good day and downright daunting when one needs to retrieve a style rule in a jiffy. Conveniently, PerfectIt Cloud provides a digital experience where professionals have direct access to CMOS guidelines and modifications with a click of the PerfectIt button in Word’s title bar. After several weeks of tinkering with the software, the CMOS collaboration is its most significant selling point. It is the rock star driving the reason PerfectIt Cloud may be more attractive to professionals who rely heavily on CMOS. When I failed to italicize “The Chicago Manual of Style” in my review’s rough draft, the software presented a pleasant but assertive message, “The title of a book is usually italicized, including an initial ‘The’ belonging to the title. See more from CMOS 8.168.” Agreed. Thank you kindly for the reminder and the rule!

In my current editing practice, I’m accustomed to completing an assessment within a certain amount of time, depending on the word count. Therefore, my one criticism is the time the program takes to complete an error and consistency check. Although seeing the CMOS rules appear beside my Word document made me giddy, it took more time to see them than I preferred. My waiting period for a document containing 1,400 words or less is roughly twenty minutes, sometimes much longer. I’ve conducted several assessments on various documents (professional editing projects, blog posts, graduate school writing assignments) at different times of the day. Unfortunately, my efforts were inconsequential.

Chris McKay, the customer support manager at Intelligent Editing, graciously spoke with me regarding my issue. He provided insight into and a remedy for the lag time. Unlike PerfectIt 5, the Cloud requires continuous internet connection and patience. Any break in connectivity, however slight, may cause a lag in the editing assessment. Additionally, McKay informed me an Apple user might run into issues using a Windows add-on. He recommended a hard drive partition; it splits the Mac drive into two sections—one for the Mac system and one for Windows. That way, the user can choose the Windows operating system when she wants to use PerfectIt for a timely edit.

Is the Cloud version as perfect as its Windows-friendly counterpart? Not yet. But McKay and the engineers at Intelligent Editing are working to make it so.

 

Latoya Johnson is an editor, graduate student, and U.S. Air Force veteran who spends most days lounging on her back porch. She lives in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, with her daughter and pet rabbit.

Categories: Member Benefits, News

Product Review: Make PerfectIt 5 Your New Best Friend

August 10, 2021 Post a comment

If you’re like me, fellow editors, you have a document open to edit on your PC and then you also have open links to the Merriam-Webster (M-W) online unabridged dictionary and Google. I also open a link to my online Chicago Manual of Style (abbreviated as CMOS and pronounced “SEE-moss”).

I hope you also have PerfectIt sitting up there on your Word ribbon as your go-to editing checker. It’s also one of my essential tools, and the good news is that PerfectIt has married CMOS and—get this—shows you and links directly to actual citations in CMOS and defers to spellings in M-W. Is this editor heaven?

I was delighted to test the beta version that will be available to you now.

I bring in PerfectIt at two critical times in a book edit: I will often run PerfectIt before I tackle a book manuscript to see all the inconsistency in a manuscript. I look for words not spelled correctly or even consistently (advisor, adviser, for example), for words not hyphenated correctly or consistently (nonnegotiable, non-negotiable, for example), for awkward and inconsistent capitalization of headings, and for whether the author used the serial comma and how, among many other mechanical editing areas to prereview for fine-tuning.

PerfectIt allows me to get the big picture of the work. Then I can make editorial decisions about certain usages, allowed by CMOS (US, for example, and percent, not %) and breaking the rules consistently (such as capping the job title President in a book on leadership).

I run PerfectIt again when I have completed an edit to catch any further inconsistencies in hyphenation, in particular, and everything else this powerful program flags. I often find myself leaving parens open or missing closing quotation marks, and PerfectIt keeps me as perfect as we editors can ever get.

When testing PerfectIt 5 in beta, I threw some rough drafts at it, and I have been simply amazed at the power of the link with CMOS. In the yes-you-can-teach-old-dogs-new-tricks department, I discovered a few style points I have been getting wrong. I’ll give you one example. The word vs. gets a period, and, dang it, I’ve been using vs for years. But because my new best friend flagged vs and I could click on CMOS 10.42, I could get a quick tutorial on the rule.

You can still customize and build your house style. Downloading the new version was seamless, and I understand that if you already have subscriptions to CMOS online and PerfectIt, upgrading to version 5 is free.

Will PerfectIt ever become AI and replace us as editors? I sure hope not, but this marriage with our venerable Chicago Manual of Style is one step closer to making editors appear to be superhuman (and yes CMOS via PerfectIt says superhuman is one word).

Sandra Wendel is a nonfiction book editor, NAIWE member, and author of the award-winning book Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing.

Categories: Member Benefits, News

Education: Business to Freelancer

July 2, 2021 Post a comment

As a recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English, I knew I wanted to work with words. I thought about becoming a teacher or working for a newspaper, but neither of those ideas panned out.

A few months later, I learned about a local university that was offering certificates in book publishing, editing, and e-books. I applied and was accepted into the program, and over the next few years, I completed the certificates in book publishing and editing and was one class away from completing the certificate in e-books and the university sold the program to another university.

By this time, I had a job as an assistant to a group of prosecutors who offered trainings across the country. I was the editor for the training materials and the organizer of the conferences. I also had begun my freelance business, offering editing and proofreading services—my first client being a guest speaker from one of my university classes.

Across the street from my office was a company that offered a certificate in professional editing. I applied, was accepted, and took the appropriate classes to complete this certificate. But while completing this certificate, I took several courses in indexing. The courses piqued my interest, so I took two additional indexing courses and began offering indexing to my freelance clients.

By the time I had completed my third certificate, the university that had purchased the certificate program was now offering a degree in publishing; I applied to this degree program.

I left that job as an assistant and took a job located across the street from the university as an assistant editor for a magazine and association publications. A few months later, I began the degree program.

Upon completion of my master’s degree in publishing, my freelance business had grown and was taking much of my time, so I decided to quit my in-house job as a magazine editor and freelance full time—and I have never looked back.

In the years since, I have attended numerous conferences, joined numerous associations, and spoken at numerous events.  I found that education is key to the business, but continuous education is key not only to the business but also to the freelancer.

While I will never know everything about this amazing industry, I find myself enjoying different aspects of it even more than I did when I began my first certificate course at the young age of 21.

Having seen the importance of education, I have put a great emphasis on it within NAIWE. We offer a new webinar each month led by an expert within the publishing industry. And though the topic may not be directly related to the services you currently offer, the knowledge you gain may prove beneficial for your clients as you meet their needs.

 

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 three books.

Categories: News, Publishing

Value of Diversifying Carries into All Industries

February 5, 2021 1 Comment

Over the five years leading up to 2020, the book publishing industry has experienced decreasing revenue as its products are increasingly replaced by digital substitutes. Although education and scholarly markets have achieved healthy growth, that growth has been largely offset by losses in the sales of trade books.

Industry operators are expected to continue to struggle over the next five years, even as the rest of the economy recovers from the coronavirus. Although the educational segment has been partially supporting the industry, it struggles with the digital challenges that have beset other conventional media over the past decade. This was further accelerated by the need for schools to adapt to remote learning due to social-distancing requirements. E-book sales are expected to rebound from their slump, which will sustain industry profit, but will continue to generate less per-unit revenue.

While this may seem disheartening, how has the coronavirus affected industry professionals, not all of whom work with book publishers? Chasidy Rae Sisk, a NAIWE member and business writer, said:

“2020 made me realize I had not been treating my writing as a business. With my primary client cutting back drastically, it forced me to start marketing and diversify my client base a bit.”

We have heard these kinds of statements from numerous NAIWE members. 2020 forced industry professionals to take their businesses more seriously and increase their marketing efforts.

Unexpected and significant loss of work can have detrimental effects, but some people chose to use the free time positively, by expanding their genres and improving their skills. Rochelle Broder-Singer, a NAIWE member and journalism and business writer and editor, said:

“Because I had a lot less work during the first three quarters, I expanded my marketing and also said yes to projects I may not have considered in the past. Because of this, I have edited two nonfiction books, with a third in progress. I have also been able to break into the world of technology, which I’ve always wanted to do. I am writing regular in-depth blogs for one software company and helping with a variety of communications needs for another.”

While losing work from a client is not ideal, diversifying your client base is always ideal and can prevent significant losses in the future, as can be seen in a comment by Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, NAIWE’s Networking Expert.

“One of the few bright spots of 2020 was that my editorial business remained stable and even added some new clients and projects. Only one client had to cut back on projects for me, and only for a month in the spring—that is a retail business, and most of their member shops had to close due to the pandemic for anything from a month to the remainder of the year. The owner helped those businesses ramp up their online presence, so there was work for me after that first month. His project is one of my smallest in terms of income, so it wasn’t a major issue on my end, although it did serve as a good reminder of the value of having more than one client and income stream.”

Jake Poinier, NAIWE’s Freelance Expert, had a similar experience:

“This year was a testimony to the power of diversifying clients and industries. My largest-revenue client in 2019 (an ad agency that I was copywriting for) had major budget cuts in Feb./March with their own clients and hasn’t really recovered. (We’re still in touch, but it may be a while before they’re busy enough to need me.) On the positive side, several other long-term clients ended up ramping up the number of projects I was working on, since their industries were not negatively affected by the pandemic. I also added a few new clients through referrals.

“The net effect is that my revenues were slightly up this year, even with the disappearance of 2019’s biggest client—which is definitely NOT what the situation looked like as of springtime. So, in addition to diversification, it’s a comment on staying positive and capitalizing on opportunities when they arise. Like the old stock market saying, ‘There’s always a bull market somewhere.’”

As with many aspects of life, attitude is key. As Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” And that has been proven correct time and time again, including during this past year. As another NAIWE member said:

“In the best of times, there are always people who struggle, and in the worst of times, there are always people who thrive. I have come to witness, believe, and experience that the difference is attitude, about recognizing what you can control, and what you can’t—not stressing about the latter. It’s about making peace with what is and deliberately choosing to live in a mindset of appreciation, reframing through a lens of optimism, and finding things every day to appreciate—because there is always an abundance of good to be found, if you open your eyes to it.”

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