About the Author

Ruth E. Thaler-Carter (writerruth.com) has done freelance writing for pay since high school; was an in-house writer, editor, and/or proofreader for a weekly newspaper, university administration newsletter, international magazine, national trade association, and public hospital; has been a full-time freelance writer/editor since 1984; and has won awards for her writing, editing, and newsletter work. Thaler-Carter created the Be a Better Freelancer(R) conference of Communication Central (communication-central.com) in 2006 and has hosted the event every year since. She is also the owner of A Flair for Writing, which helps independent authors get published, and the An American Editor blog, which covers editing, writing, proofreading, and freelance business matters. Robin Martin (TwoSongbirdsPress.com) has been a member of the EFA since 2009, when she started her own full-time freelance business. Robin works with fiction and nonfiction writers and business people to get their messages to their intended audiences with the desired outcomes. The managing editor for Under the Gum Tree, a creative nonfiction and digital arts literary magazine, Martin also manages, edits, and creates content for business marketing materials. She became the Publications chairperson for the Editorial Freelancers Association in 2019.