Tuesday, May 25, 2010

new opportunity

arrived in e-mail, but I have to "audition" for it, and it is both developmental and copy editing, so D and I will work on it together, if we get it. Good to open up the pipeline to another employer, but once again, asking for more bang for less buck. Oh well.
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5 comments:

Baino said...

Toots are you a freelance editor? Can't quite get what you do? Hey extra bucks are good, bang or not!

4:21 PM
Betty Carlson said...

What exactly is developmental editing? I'd be interested to know...have turned on the follow-up comment function for this!

Blog on! We're almost finished!

3:17 PM
tut-tut said...

Baino: yes, I am a freelance copy editor, working mostly on college texts, which nowadays means allied health and nursing, though it used to mean lots more.

Betty C.: Developmental editing as a profession is going away, though this is (was?) my husband's job in the sciences. You work with authors to develop a strong competitive edge in, say, an introductory biology text, tightening writing style, working up features, giving sales people a reason to sell the book (now, sadly, known as "product") to professors who in charge of adopting texts. He's worked on most of the major texts, actually.

5:47 PM
mouse (aka kimy) said...

why can't it be more buck and less bang!!

9:39 PM
e said...

So sorry Remus decided to snack on your wires...puppies are a lot of work...

I hope the new editing opportunities work out...

11:51 AM

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