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Editor’s Panel – SDMWA May Presentation (Panel)
May 1, 2021 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
FreeEditor’s Panel – SDMWA May Presentation – May 1st – ZOOM
Ever wonder how and why you should hire an editor? Wondering what the difference is between a developmental editor, a copy editor, and a proofer?
Curious how to decide who to hire or how long the editing process takes?
Bring every question you have to this highly interactive editor’s panel hosted by editor and SDMWA board member, Tracy J. Jones with editors Chris Zook, Erin Willard and Nadia Geagea Pupa.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92082722498?pwd=cjYzR3FvSlJwOEhJdjUyTlU2dnVDZz09
Meeting ID: 920 8272 2498
Passcode: 198014
Moderator and Panel:
Tracy Jones is a professional content writer and editor, ghostwriter, and copy editor with more than 25-years experience writing and editing for private clients, non-profits, and corporations. She’s a producer, head judge, writing coach, and co-director of the San Diego Annual Memoir Showcase. She’s the co-editor for Volume One, Two and Three of Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir. She’s also a writing coach for SDWI’s Certificate in Memoir Writing, a board member of the San Diego Memoir Writers Association, volunteer director for the San Diego Writer’s Festival, and has been a featured writer/performer in So Say We All’s V.A.M.P. showcase. She also runs two successful read and critique groups; one that meets at San Diego Writers, Ink on Saturdays and another on Tuesday nights in La Jolla. For more information, email Tracy at tjjones1@gmail.com.
Panel:
Chris Zook has worked as a freelance copyeditor and copywriter for nearly 15 years. He edits books and articles in a variety of fields, including history, philosophy, social welfare, yoga, natural health, and relationships. He currently writes and edits online content, e-newsletters, grant narratives, and marketing materials for various nonprofits. He is the former president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network and a member of ACES: The Society for Editing. For more information, visit Chris’s website TheConsciousWriter.com
Erin Willard is a professional copy editor whose past projects have included manuscripts of award-winning novels and nonfiction and creative nonfiction books. Working with independent authors and small publishers is her specialty. Her professional memberships include the Editorial Freelancers Association; ACES, the Society for Editing; and the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals; and she is past co-president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN). More information about her business, Erin Willard, Copy Editor, can be found on her website, ErinCopyEditor.com.
Nadia Geagea Pupa has worked as an editor and graphic designer for more than 15 years. She got her start as the editor in chief of her college student newspaper, while pursuing her journalism degree. Overtime, she discovered her passion for editing and designing books, journals, magazines, and a variety of publications. She is the current president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network. For more information about her company, Pique Publishing, Inc., visit piquepublishing.com.
Also, my middle name (maiden name) is pronounced “Jah-Jah” and my last name “Pew-Pah.”