Guest: NAIWE’s Executive Director April Michelle Davis

Editors are often challenged to work on multiple projects simultaneously while editing at different levels, some manuscripts requiring a developmental edit, some requiring a heavy copyedit, and others requiring a light copyedit. In this 90-minute webinar, April Michelle Davis will discuss the differences between the various levels of editing and how to easily transition between them when working on more than one project in a single day.

Here’s what you can expect to learn in this class:

  • An editing process to assist with keeping track of where you are in each project, which includes how to work with the client

  • Tasks for each level of edit

  • A suggested checklist to use throughout an entire project

  • Necessary resources to use while editing

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

April Michelle Davis is the executive director of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors and the founder of Editorial Inspirations. She has 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, book publishing, and professional editing. April Michelle has presented sessions about what an editor does and the steps to becoming an editor, tips for and the benefits of working with an editor, indexing, macros, grammar, marketing, and Microsoft Word at the Be a Better Freelancer conference, Randolph-Macon College, Northern Virginia Community College, the Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network, RavenCon, the Hanover Book Festival, the Editorial Freelancers Association, Copyediting newsletter, Editorial Inspirations’ trainings, and NAIWE.

April Michelle Davis has shared insights by contributing to several books: When Talent Isn’t Enough: Business Basics for the Creatively Inclined, Ease into Writing, The Indie Author Revolution: An Insider’s Guide to Self-Publishing, and Juggling on a High Wire: The Art of Work–Life Balance When You’re Self-Employed. April Michelle has taken her role full circle by becoming a published author: A Guide for the Freelance Indexer, Choosing an Editor: What You Need to Know, and A Princess in Disguise.