In search of dollars

[in_parentheses]

I'm looking for some freelance work to store up a little extra cash. I'll happily do copy editing, correlations, data entry, website updating, or anything that a) similarly employs my fussy, detail-oriented nature and b) can be done from home

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[randysmith]

Proof reading might also be an option; I have a friend who does that on a semi-regular contract basis.

[in_parentheses]

I usually think of them as being the same thing, but the internet tells me that proofreading is more last-minute fixing of typos and inconsistencies, whereas copy editing is done earlier in the process and can be more structural. Who knew? I guess mostly what I've done is proofreading, then, not copy editing.

[randysmith]

Ah! Then I'll also say that I have a friend who does contract copy-editing from home for her primary livelihood, and I could also put you in touch with her if you'd like. I don't know if she'd have many tips about getting gigs--she has a long-term relationship with a single publishing house--but she might have perspective on the industry. I will say that based on what she's said I think of copy-editing as being multi-day/week process of grinding over a book, sometimes pleasurably, sometimes with a lot of conflict with the author.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I also have another friend who's done copy-editing in a more "fitting into the corners of the time she had available" fashion who I'd also be happy to put you in touch with.

[in_parentheses]

Sure, I'd love to talk to the friend who does more patchwork freelancing! Thanks.

[ex_colorwhe]

if my moms was looking for some of computer-teaching -- like teaching her how to use a program she didn't understand, or something -- would you be interested? she's was seeking that kind of help in the past, sometimes; i'm not sure if she is now, but i could ask. downside, it would be at her house, not yours; upside, she likes you and is nice. :)

[in_parentheses]

Sure! Though, um, does she have an amount that she usually pays for this sort of thing? Because I love your mom and would be happy to help her with stuff and therefore feel a little weird charging her for it, but since you mentioned it in this post, that makes me think she's hired people for this before...

[ex_colorwhe]

yes, she has hired people before, and of course i wouldn't mention it here if i didn't mean for pay. :) i don't know her amount -- she might have used a diff rate when undergrads helped her vs when my tech friends helped her. so but you'd have to talk to her about that. i'll check whether she's looking for anyone.

[perich]

I'll happily do copy editing

Let me get back to you in 60 days.

[in_parentheses]

Sweet! (That's mysterious...)

[perich]

In 60 days I'll have something finished that I could use a copy editor on. END OF MYSTERY!