In Berkeley

Building a Freelance Career in Publishing

Date Monday, November 1; 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Cost $75 for enrollments paid on or before October 25;
$85 after October 25
Class Limit 24
Instructor Barbara Fuller
Location

First Presbyterian Church, Mears Room (Westminster Hall)
2407 Dana Street, Berkeley

(see http://www.fpcberkeley.org/campusmap.asp for maps and directions)

The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the biggest centers of publishing and editorial-related opportunities in the United States. But editorial careers are in demand, and many individuals compete for the jobs. Developing your skills isn’t always enough to ensure work. To build a career in the exciting and gratifying business of working with words, you need to know where the jobs are, how to find them, what to do to make yourself stand out above the competition, and how to keep your clients coming back to you for more work.

Participants in this workshop discuss possible sources of work, including the obvious as well as the not-so-obvious. What kinds of skills are marketable? Where? How can you get a potential client to give you a chance, and how can you raise the likelihood of getting repeat work once you make a connection? Discussion will most benefit individuals who are beginning a freelance career as an editor or returning to the publishing business after being away for a while. Come with questions.

Note: The instructor will not give specific job leads at this workshop. Handouts will provide you with resources for follow-up depending on your interests and needs. Also, individuals who have participated in the former workshop “Building Your Editorial Career” are unlikely to benefit substantially from this program.

Barbara Fuller has worked in publishing since 1985. As director of Editcetera, she has helped connect hundreds of clients with qualified freelance publishing professionals. Her personal clients have included Computer Literacy Press, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jossey-Bass Publishers, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, National Association of Neonatal Nurses, Sierra Club Books, Sierra magazine, Ten Speed Press, and individual authors. She has taught writing and editing for UC Davis, UC Berkeley Extension, and private businesses as well as for Editcetera.

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