Now it's over two years after my last post, when I was struggling to find work in Minneapolis. Two-and-a-half years later, my position at my former office has been ended and I'm looking for work once more. What have I learned in all this time? Nobody admires you for pointing out all the typos and … Continue reading Forward, Two Years
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I'm not getting discouraged, I'm not. Olson has ignored my repeated applications to their Proofreader position, and their HR person has ignored my repeated e-mails directly to her, and now the position has disappeared, but I'm not discouraged. I applied for a copy editing position with Target, and my Target contacts reached out to the … Continue reading Work May Be Found or Created
If I Could Go Back in Time…
Mmmhh... Looking for work is no fun. It's a lot of work that doesn't pay, actually. I used to say that I wish I could go back in time and tell my past-self to get into editing. I was pretty directionless in the third decade of my life and could've used that advice. Now, however, … Continue reading If I Could Go Back in Time…
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We arrived back in the States on April 6: one day before my 41st birthday, one day after our third wedding anniversary, and not long after Japan's earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami and shattered its Fukushima reactors—this last, relevant because we did spend a day in Narita, Japan, on our way back home. I was … Continue reading Writing Writers Helping Writers Write
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