redbird | I can do that! (Reply)

The three sample pieces to edit/fact-check arrived just late enough that I started worrying about whether I'd have enough time. Then I turned it around in under 40 minutes. Mostly it was pretty straightforward stuff: a comma here, grammatical agreement there, a letter omitted from the name of the WTO chair, someone given the wrong title...no weird writing problems, no unfindable quotes. All the fact-check is "see whether the information in our summary is in the stor[y|ies] cited", no complex digging or even, in these samples, googling required.

Now I get to wait and see. If what they want is someone with a good eye for detail and grasp of grammar, I should be in. (And if they're testing several people with the same stories, they'll probably mark a few down for changing the spelling of "World Trade Organisation"--the potential client is a Canadian company, so I left that as an s.)

I do wonder why someone who appears to be named Catherine is sending me email from an account (at the correct company) with the name "Nina" on it. (I do have surnames for these people, but am omitting them for the moment.)

(There is no "mood" theme for "finished this, satisfied overall with my day, but I have menstrual cramps and am waiting for various news, both good and probably bad.)