13:15:01 From Cyndi Sandusky : I'd love to find a way to network with more authors 13:15:19 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "I'd love to find a w..." with ❤️ 13:15:20 From Amy Boyer : Re struggles: figuring out where to go to network and identifying what I have to offer. 13:15:23 From Stephanie White : guidance on future educational development 13:15:29 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "Re struggles: figuri..." with ❤️ 13:15:34 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "guidance on future e..." with ❤️ 13:16:03 From Bianca Sanders : I'd like to get in contact with writers almost ready for editing so they can think of me once they need editing services (which is slow going via social media). [mainly spec fic writers] 13:16:17 From EFA Chapters : Reacted to "Re struggles: figuri..." with ❤️ 13:16:18 From EFA Chapters : Reacted to "guidance on future e..." with ❤️ 13:16:18 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "I'd like to get in c..." with ❤️ 13:16:19 From EFA Chapters : Reacted to "I'd like to get in c..." with ❤️ 13:16:24 From Lori Rammell : Reacted to "I'd like to get in c..." with ❤️ 13:16:33 From Sumita Mukherji : I’ve been invited to a small business-networking event for female business owners by my bank (of all places!). How can I approach an in-person event in a non-smarmy way? I intend to do a lot of listening and understanding other people’s businesses…. 13:16:51 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "I’ve been invited to..." with ❤️ 13:17:05 From Rowena Zuercher : I want to feel confident that I'm referring to other good editors, and I want to build confidence in return, so that people trust me as a good editor to offer referrals to 13:17:16 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "I want to feel confi..." with ❤️ 13:17:22 From Amy Boyer : Reacted to "I want to feel confi..." with 👍 13:17:28 From EFA Chapters : Replying to "I'd love to find a w..." Being an author myself has been a huge help with this. I'm already in those rooms, so people do sometimes think of me when they need editing help. 13:17:37 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "Being an author myse..." with ❤️ 13:17:39 From Rowena Zuercher : Reacted to "Being an author myse..." with ❤️ 13:17:43 From Cyndi Sandusky : Reacted to "Being an author myse..." with ❤️ 13:17:49 From EFA Chapters : Reacted to "I want to feel confi..." with ❤️ 13:18:11 From Bianca Sanders : I'd also like to build relationships with other editors and book-related organizations to potentially collaborate on speaking and workshop gigs. (Long-term relationships ftw!) 13:18:23 From EFA Chapters : Reacted to "I'd also like to bui..." with ❤️ 13:18:29 From Sumita Mukherji : Reacted to "I'd also like to bui..." with ❤️ 13:18:35 From Bianca Sanders : Reacted to "Being an author myse..." with 👍🏾 13:18:48 From Gabe Rodriguez : I’ve gotten myself to go to a lot of events, but I rarely feel like I’ve capitalized on them or built relationships with people. I often find it hard to jump into conversations, although that’s due to my own nervousness. 13:19:04 From EFA Chapters : Reacted to "I’ve gotten myself t..." with ❤️ 13:19:13 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "I’ve gotten myself t..." with ❤️ 13:19:55 From Bianca Sanders : Replying to "I’ve gotten myself t..." So relatable! It's hard to feel strategic, personable, and effective all at once. 13:20:10 From Gabe Rodriguez : Reacted to "So relatable! It's h..." with ❤️ 13:20:14 From Sumita Mukherji : Reacted to "So relatable! It's h..." with ❤️ 13:20:41 From EFA Chapters : Replying to "I’ve gotten myself t..." As a card-carrying introvert, I 100% feel this! I've simply been lucky (?) because even when I'm just sitting at a table in a corner by myself or standing against a wall somewhere, extroverts tend to just come up to me a start talking. It's super odd, but at least it saves me from that initiation struggle! 😄 13:20:44 From EFA Chapters : Reacted to "So relatable! It's h..." with ❤️ 13:20:52 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "As a card-carrying i..." with ❤️ 13:20:54 From Gabe Rodriguez : Reacted to "As a card-carrying i..." with ❤️ 13:21:04 From Bianca Sanders : Reacted to "As a card-carrying i..." with 😆 13:21:16 From Sumita Mukherji : Replying to "I’ve gotten myself t..." @EFA Chapters I would love to gain this superpower! 13:21:32 From EFA Chapters : Removed a ❤️ reaction from "I’ve gotten myself t..." 13:23:34 From Connolly Bottum : Reacted to I’ve gotten myself t... with "💯" 13:23:36 From Jennifer Navarre (she/her) : Reacted to "As a card-carrying i..." with ❤️ 13:23:46 From Jennifer Navarre (she/her) : Reacted to "I’ve gotten myself t..." with 💯 13:23:55 From Jennifer Navarre (she/her) : Reacted to "I'd also like to bui..." with ❤️ 13:25:35 From Cyndi Sandusky : A group of us started a mastermind group about a year ago. We all do different types/levels of editing, and it's been great to have people to bounce ideas off and talk over problems with. 13:25:45 From The Real Tenesha : Reacted to "A group of us starte..." with 🎉 13:27:51 From Bianca Sanders : Reacted to "A group of us starte..." with 🎉 13:28:55 From Amy Boyer : Thanks! 13:29:10 From Bianca Sanders : Replying to "A group of us starte..." Is this a closed group? 😶 13:31:20 From Cyndi Sandusky : Replying to "A group of us starte..." It is. I put out a call on Discord and the former Discussion List to see if anyone was interested, and had a Google Doc sign-up sheet. We started with 8 people, one of whom had too much else in their schedule, but the 7 of us have met every month :-) 13:31:42 From Bianca Sanders : Reacted to "It is. I put out a c..." with 👍🏾 13:31:45 From The Real Tenesha : Reacted to "It is. I put out a c..." with 👍🏾 13:33:23 From Sumita Mukherji : Thank you, Linda! 13:34:39 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Denise Madre - Prose without Thorns 13:36:06 From The Real Tenesha : https://www.tiktok.com/@prosewithoutthorns 13:36:19 From Bianca Sanders : https://www.instagram.com/prosewithoutthorns/ 13:36:26 From The Real Tenesha : More than 14,400 followers right now. 13:36:36 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "More than 14,400 fol..." with ❤️ 13:36:42 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "https://www.tiktok.c..." with ❤️ 13:36:44 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "https://www.instagra..." with ❤️ 13:40:40 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Reacted to "https://www.instagra..." with 🙏 13:40:59 From Bianca Sanders : What type of referrals would you like to receive? And what kind of referrals do you find you're wanting to make the most? 13:41:18 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Reacted to "Thank you, Linda!" with 🧡 13:41:27 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Reacted to "A group of us starte..." with 👏 13:48:18 From Cyndi Sandusky : LOL - Pick me! 13:48:23 From The Real Tenesha : I've always called them "Swiss Army Editors." 😄 13:48:27 From The Real Tenesha : Reacted to "LOL - Pick me!" with ❤️ 13:49:08 From Connolly Bottum : Send them to meeeee! I have immediate availability. 13:49:13 From The Real Tenesha : Reacted to "Send them to meeeee!..." with ❤️ 13:49:54 From Rowena Zuercher : Thank you! That was very helpful! 13:49:55 From Cyndi Sandusky : I do a lot of different editing, basically because I love variety, but my "brand" focuses on my fiction editing. 13:50:00 From Rowena Zuercher : Reacted to "I do a lot of differ..." with ❤️ 13:50:17 From Connolly Bottum : I added a "I do not work on the following" list to my site next to what I do work on. 13:50:25 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Reacted to "I added a "I do not ..." with 👍 13:50:27 From Cyndi Sandusky : Reacted to "I added a "I do not ..." with 💙 13:50:30 From The Real Tenesha : Reacted to "I added a "I do not ..." with ❤️ 13:50:31 From Bianca Sanders : Reacted to "I added a "I do not ..." with 👏🏾 13:50:32 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Reacted to "I do a lot of differ..." with 👍 13:51:00 From Connolly Bottum : Replying to "Send them to meeeee!..." Just noting that this message is from Dayna (I believe—a few people used my code to enter the meeting), but I also edit romance (and YA and MG!)! 13:51:06 From The Real Tenesha : Replying to "I added a "I do not ..." I have found that having both lists is extremely helpful for clarity. I do the same for my services (i.e., developmental editing includes these tasks and DOES NOT include these tasks). 13:51:07 From Connolly Bottum : Reacted to "I added a "I do not ..." with ❤️ 13:51:24 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Reacted to "I have found that ha..." with 💯 13:52:43 From Connolly Bottum : Reacted to I have found that ha... with "💯" 13:54:08 From Connolly Bottum : Replying to "Send them to meeeee!..." 🤦🏽‍♀️I forgot to change my name. Sorry, Connolly. Of course Zoom doesn't tell me what name I'm using. Are you seeing my sticker instead of my face? 13:55:21 From Connolly Bottum : Replying to "Send them to meeeee!..." It just updated, so you’re all set 😊 13:55:29 From The Real Tenesha : Replying to "Send them to meeeee!..." @Dayna Reidenouer (they/them) I just changed it. 13:55:46 From Dayna Reidenouer (they/them) : Replying to "Send them to meeeee!..." I changed it too! 13:57:09 From The Real Tenesha : Reacted to "I changed it too!" with ✅ 13:57:39 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Reacted to "Just noting that thi..." with 👍 13:57:45 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : Reacted to "🤦🏽‍♀️I forgot to c..." with 👍 13:59:21 From Dayna R. | Your Publishing BFF (they/them) : Gabe's question!! 13:59:32 From The Real Tenesha : TheNetworkingStudio.com 13:59:42 From Cyndi Sandusky : Oooh - a booklet on mastermind groups! 13:59:55 From The Real Tenesha : Reacted to "Oooh - a booklet on ..." with ❤️ 14:00:18 From Amy Boyer : Thanks, I have to get on another meeting! This was helpful. 14:00:20 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Brittany@wordcat-editorial.com 14:00:25 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : linda@theinsightfuleditor.com 14:00:31 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "Thanks, I have to ge..." with ❤️ 14:00:46 From Linda Ruggeri - The Insightful Editor : https://www.instagram.com/theinsightfuleditor 14:01:00 From Bianca Sanders : I’d love to connect with everyone! Find me on Insta or LinkedIn. I mostly developmentally edit fantasy & scifi, but I do proofreading too. 14:01:05 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Thank you, everyone, for coming! 14:01:18 From Gabe Rodriguez : Thank you so much! 14:01:35 From Sarah Wean : Thanks Brittany and Linda! 14:01:45 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "Thank you so much!" with ❤️ 14:01:48 From Brittany Dowdle (she/her) : Reacted to "Thanks Brittany and ..." with ❤️