The purpose of the Editorial Freelancers Association is to further a wider understanding of the crucial role of the independent editorial professional in the modern publishing and communications industries, and to enhance the performance and improve the skills of those professionals. This is the local chapter of a national membership organization. Newcomers are welcome. Learn more about the EFA at: http://www.the-efa.org

Women's networks help women succeed.  As a writer and blogger who has matured along with electronic communications, I looked for a women's group in Southern Arizona that focused on the emergent writing niche we call blogging.  I couldn't find it.  There are great Meetup groups that focus on business networking, and ones that focus on women's business networking, there are groups that focus on writing and blogging but none that are for women who write/blog. As a seasoned writer, blogger, and some …

Are you trying to balance twin passions: writing and motherhood? Join a group of like-minded mamas in a group about reading and writing the experience of motherhood and your path to it--whether for blogs, publication, your kids, or just your sanity. We'll read from contemporary motherhood literature in all media and create, share, and revise our own in a supportive and encouraging environment. Betsy Andrews Etchart holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College and has taught Contempor …