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Poohbah
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ATAT- Ireland if you haven’t been there yet.
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Poohbah
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LT-I’m glad the R session was helpful. On the past life stuff…
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Always in This Twilight
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Thanks, Jersey! I did mention it to Dr. T in our Friday session, and he gave a little smile--one of the few positive points in what felt like a rough session (he was out of town, but the one I had Monday felt OK, so don't think it was just that). Hoping today's, which will be in person, is better. I *think* this is the last week in the old office, but who knows? Sounds like if they need to stay longer, he may need to squat there illegally, unless he can work out something with the building management. But on Friday, he found out their construction permit was mostly approved, and they were resubmitting the remaining bit that day. Though then he'll have to schedule the workers, who have a few more days of work left, I think, once that's set. |
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Always in This Twilight
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I think my ideal job (if I switch back to full time) would involve maybe 1 or 2 days in an office each week, the rest remote. And flexible hours. But I could be looking for a unicorn (not ready for that search yet). I do think I need to replace one of my freelance gigs, because they just switched the turnaround time for articles from 2 days to 1, when it had been 4 days about a year ago (we can take longer for more complex articles). At least it's not the one that's constantly giving me feedback on all the stuff I miss. The third one actually praises my work and pays decently, so sticking with that one as long as they'll have me! |
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Human Feeling
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It seems very strange to give you 24 hours to write something and get it to them...if they're also shooting for quality content?
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Human Feeling
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I am so fed up of processing 'big feelings' physically.
My chest hurts when I cry, and it seems as though my chest hurts when I 'cannot' cry. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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Always in This Twilight
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To clarify, it's copy editing, but still. Many of them are like 35-page Word documents (and not double-spaced either). A fair number of pages can be taken up by references and tables, but I have to format those, too. And query about missing info in references (like if there's no publisher location or editors for an edited book). But it makes me think of when I worked for a science journal publisher years ago when they shortened the time window. So the copy editors were just told to do the basics and not read very closely. I figured that would lead us to losing the contract, and I was eventually correct (though I left before that happened--that was a regular full-time job). |
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Always in This Twilight
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I have thought about starting my own copy-editing business--to really be self-employed--but not sure how I'd get it off the ground. I suppose I could try doing that while still having these contracts, see what happens. Then I could set my own rates. Or I'd like to copy edit books instead, like textbooks, so they'd be longer-term projects. It seems like, from my searching in the past, they want you to already have book experience...you'd think my 20 years of copy editing science journals (and some other stuff) would count for something... I guess worth a try. Or they want people to work on site. |
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All editing is precision in my book. Seems odd that they couldn't acknowledge that. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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Always in This Twilight
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Agreed---the actual company that owns the journals--rather than the publishing company I work for--apparently just wants them to appear online/in print as quickly as possible. But to me, it makes both the journal and the authors look bad if it's sloppy. And honestly, some of these are in fairly rough shape when I get them. I had to start a long time at a few sentences in the one I just edited to figure out what to even suggest as a rewrite. And I can't just be like, "What the heck (or stronger) are you trying to say here?" Well, I suppose using that as a query would be one way to not have to worry about this job anymore, but not the way I'd want to go out! |
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So I also shouldn’t buy an extra ticket for SD to the Charles Dickens Festival in Port Jefferson or any American civil war reenactments group events. Got it!
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Could joining a co working place to get work done instead of staying home work for you? . Or maybe you could go out to work at a coffee shop. Even there you have the same staff you could chat to.. So it could help with isolation. I tipped £2 once at Starbucks and the manager automatically became a golden retriever. __________________ ![]() |
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Perhaps blind distraction could help. Watch a movie or two just to give yourself some space to deal with them later. __________________ ![]() |
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Thanks, Cake.
There are things that help. Unfortunately, dealing with the feelings later is kind of the problem. I'm still figuring out what my support system looks like without Steve, as well as so many other things. R's decision to go online for the month of August makes the conversations I need to have emotionally unsafe. So, I'm going to have to talk about something else for a while. I'm thankful to have the helpline and other grief specific online spaces, but nothing compensates for her presence and how that helps me to regulate. __________________ 'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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Poohbah
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You can’t watch one if you live in one. As we do.
What, no No. 2? I worry about you. __________________ Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten. Daß ich so traurig bin. “I do not know what this can mean. I am so very sad.” —Heinrich Heine Last edited by atisketatasket; Jul 22, 2024 at 04:28 PM.. |
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