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I have a new co-worker. He's at the cubicle next to me, and all I know so far is that he is tall and fairly quiet, and comes well-recommended. My boss has scheduled a meeting for Thursday morning to tell us about what she knows so far about the upcoming publishing plan.
Vaguely related to this, my other boss has encouraged me to look around for freelance copyeditors and/or proofreaders. She is collecting resumes. Geography is not much of an issue: I mentioned having a friend in Minneapolis, and was assured that the distance would not be a problem if they had the background. They do want people with relevant experience. For copyediting, that's academic publishing and/or science publishing. I suspect almost any professional proofreading experience might be sufficient to get them to look at someone for straight proofreading, though they'd prefer people who have worked on nonfiction, and again, ideally related materials. (My employer produces test prep/review materials for K-12 in math, reading, science, and social studies.)
ETA: I'm not quite ready to put this out to the whole world, so I'm screening comments: if you know me and are interested, please leave contact info with your comment.
At lunchtime, I went to the nearest optician and paid them a whopping $6 for each pair to replace the nose pads on two pairs of eyeglasses. And concluded that no, really, those spares aren't quite right. (They were ordered online; maybe transitional-style bifocals are asking too much of those services.) While they fixed the spares, I looked at some of the frames on display, but I don't think I'm going to be buying right away, in part because I have other things to deal with and in part because a little poking around in a not-very-successful attempt to find information on eyeglass prices did produce the advice to shop in December, because during Christmas-shopping season few people are buying glasses so the opticians often have sales.
After work, I went to the gym. Another long, solid workout.
Cardio, 10 minutes plus 1 cooldown, top heart rate 141
Leg press, 260 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Chest press, 50 pounds, 12, 8 (I should have done the usual stretch between sets, I think: the second was 3, pause a little, 5)
Calf raise, 70 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Adjustable row, 60 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Wrist curls, 25 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Balance ~fly, 50 pounds, 15 with each leg forward. A variant (suggested by a trainer) with my arms fully extended, 35 pounds, 15 each. Definitely more biceps there, not sure how I feel otherwise.
Cross-body pull, 35 pounds, 9 with right arm (that being all I was up for after the variant ~fly).
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 5 sets of {3 on each leg}
Balance lateral raise, 3 pounds each hand, 15
Balance squats, 2 sets of 15
Biceps curls, 10 pounds each hand, 20
Hip adduction, 95 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Hip abduction, 75 pounds, 13
Stretches
Vaguely related to this, my other boss has encouraged me to look around for freelance copyeditors and/or proofreaders. She is collecting resumes. Geography is not much of an issue: I mentioned having a friend in Minneapolis, and was assured that the distance would not be a problem if they had the background. They do want people with relevant experience. For copyediting, that's academic publishing and/or science publishing. I suspect almost any professional proofreading experience might be sufficient to get them to look at someone for straight proofreading, though they'd prefer people who have worked on nonfiction, and again, ideally related materials. (My employer produces test prep/review materials for K-12 in math, reading, science, and social studies.)
ETA: I'm not quite ready to put this out to the whole world, so I'm screening comments: if you know me and are interested, please leave contact info with your comment.
At lunchtime, I went to the nearest optician and paid them a whopping $6 for each pair to replace the nose pads on two pairs of eyeglasses. And concluded that no, really, those spares aren't quite right. (They were ordered online; maybe transitional-style bifocals are asking too much of those services.) While they fixed the spares, I looked at some of the frames on display, but I don't think I'm going to be buying right away, in part because I have other things to deal with and in part because a little poking around in a not-very-successful attempt to find information on eyeglass prices did produce the advice to shop in December, because during Christmas-shopping season few people are buying glasses so the opticians often have sales.
After work, I went to the gym. Another long, solid workout.
Cardio, 10 minutes plus 1 cooldown, top heart rate 141
Leg press, 260 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Chest press, 50 pounds, 12, 8 (I should have done the usual stretch between sets, I think: the second was 3, pause a little, 5)
Calf raise, 70 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Adjustable row, 60 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Wrist curls, 25 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Balance ~fly, 50 pounds, 15 with each leg forward. A variant (suggested by a trainer) with my arms fully extended, 35 pounds, 15 each. Definitely more biceps there, not sure how I feel otherwise.
Cross-body pull, 35 pounds, 9 with right arm (that being all I was up for after the variant ~fly).
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 5 sets of {3 on each leg}
Balance lateral raise, 3 pounds each hand, 15
Balance squats, 2 sets of 15
Biceps curls, 10 pounds each hand, 20
Hip adduction, 95 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Hip abduction, 75 pounds, 13
Stretches
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OK, I will ask my boss who my friends should send resumes to.
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I am on payroll as a freelancer (I know, it sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it works) at Wiley/Jossey-Bass, where
I've also done work in copy editing/proofreading since 1996 for a variety of large and small companies, and as a freelancer.
I'd be interested in sending her my resume if you think she'd be interested.
(* including: proofreading; transmittal prep, which includes breaking out figures and other non-text elements and making sure all the chapters have been submitted with the right titles/elements, etc.; and fact-checking)
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I've done it, back when we set the Criminal Statistics tables by hand (in the late '70s) so no-one would believe in me.
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If you think this would work, I'll send a link to my résumé.
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Incidentally, her name is Linda Glass, and she lives in Chicago. I can email her contact details to you or something, if you prefer.
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