Shoulder, and work

[redbird]

I started a freelance math editing project on Friday (and then didn't do much on the weekend, because I had slept badly).

I cheerfully told my physical therapist today that the shoulder is getting a lot better, which it seemed to be. Then I came home and did another two hours of freelance editing, making about five today, with chunks of repetitive keyboard and mouse stuff. At the moment, it seems likely that rest, rather than icing, stretches, and ultrasound, is what's been making it feel better.

I expect to be working close to full-time hours this week, and maybe have to go into the weekend, for this project. I'm glad to have the work, but am going to have to be careful about other keyboarding and mousing. (This is project-based and going to be episodic; I don't know how many chapters they're thinking of giving me, except that I suspect nobody gets a second chapter till they've seen our work on the first one.)

Comments

[sammason.livejournal.com]

It's interesting to read about your freelance editing. When you mention 'our work' I think perhaps you're a partner in a business, but that's not what I'd mean by 'freelance'. Care to explain? Also, are you a mathematician or do you know just enough to spot howlers? When I peer-review academic papers, they do need to be in my own field or close to it.

I hope your shoulder pain eases.

[redbird]

I mean the company has signed on several freelancers for this project, and handed us each a different chapter to work on. I'm assuming that if someone's work isn't up to snuff, one of us may be asked to take over that chapter.

And no, I'm not a mathematician: I know enough to spot if there are steps missing in a proof, or if someone forgot to carry while multiplying matrices. (One of my current queries is "why do these two worked examples each say 'Let L be...' and then not mention L again?")

[sammason.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. Something like this came up during a peer-reviewing task I did: had to ask whether the Iranian journal wanted my opinion of the science, the English or both.

How do companies find out that you're available? Not that I'm likely to compete with you or anything. As you know freelancing is new for me and right now, I'm building up my private-tutoring business. But I'd be glad to know what other freelancers do.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

yay for paying work, and yay for improvements in your shoulder. if only they didn't collide quite so unfortunately.