I mentioned getting ahead of myself in my last post, but I really had no idea.
Yesterday I was officially awarded a project editing an "e-book."
Ya. I know.
So I didn't really know anything about editing three or four days ago, but for some reason I decided that surely I could do it. I took a few tests to see where I stood with my grammar and sentence structure nowadays, and scored surprisingly high. So, "What the hell?" I thought.
Now its today and I'm googling "the responsibilities of an editor."
Ya. I know.
But I've learned a surprising amount of information, and I'm still as ambitious as ever so I'm going to take the job. It pays a hell of a lot better than that crap job I had last week, and I actually feel like I'm putting a God-given talent in its proper place, so I'm actually pretty excited. That's an understatement. I couldn't even sleep last night, I was so stoked.
So apparently, I'm going to be doing something between "hard editing," and "copy editing." Copy editing is just a step above proofreading, while hard editing involves rewriting, reorganizing, making structural changes, suggesting rewording, etc. I told you I learned a lot. I got the manuscript today, burned it to a CD, took it to Staples and had it printed out and put in a binder. I know I sound like the biggest dork alive, but I can't stare at a computer screen for hours.
Anyway, this really feels like a "dear diary" post. I hate those kinds of things. Thanks for reading, though. Next time I'll say something truly profound, I swear.
Until then.
Shalom.
