After a bit of yak shaving, I sat down at my computer, did a copyediting test, and sent it back.
The publisher puts out books on computing, and their test is a sample chapter from one of those. From 2013, which is a long time in that field. Nonetheless, I included a query as "AU:" because if this were a real project I would have sent that to the author to clarify. (The options for queries are AU, for the author, and PE, for the production editor.)
I also walked as far as the nearest mailbox, to drop in a postcard. (It was much prettier than the ones Canada Post is giving out free to everyone in Canada, because I selected these cards for appearance rather than, oh, maximizing the letter-writing area.
That felt like enough for one day. I'd originally been planning to cook diinner, but![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cattitude kindly offered to make dinner instead. I had a fallback plan, which was "open package of fish, slice bread, and put bread, butter, and fish on the table," but this way we had a hot meal and a salad.
The publisher puts out books on computing, and their test is a sample chapter from one of those. From 2013, which is a long time in that field. Nonetheless, I included a query as "AU:" because if this were a real project I would have sent that to the author to clarify. (The options for queries are AU, for the author, and PE, for the production editor.)
I also walked as far as the nearest mailbox, to drop in a postcard. (It was much prettier than the ones Canada Post is giving out free to everyone in Canada, because I selected these cards for appearance rather than, oh, maximizing the letter-writing area.
That felt like enough for one day. I'd originally been planning to cook diinner, but
cattitude kindly offered to make dinner instead. I had a fallback plan, which was "open package of fish, slice bread, and put bread, butter, and fish on the table," but this way we had a hot meal and a salad.Tags: