by Amanda Smyth
No promises on part 2.
I’ll be the first to admit it. I am a lazy editor.
I DO enjoy reading the work my freelancers submit. Some days, my job is the best job in the world. I can kick back and read great articles from great writers on a variety of topics. I learn new and wonderful things from their articles and I bask in the warm glow of their musings. So what makes me a lazy editor? Well, the part that’s the most grueling is the actual editing.
And frankly, I’d rather just skim.
Audience: “WHAT? THE HORROR! But you’re an EDITOR! Don’t you love dissecting, cutting, pasting and mutilating our work?”
Me: “Not really. I’d much rather put my feet up and surf the interweb for funny pictures of cats.”
*Audience lights torches Continue reading Confessions of a Lazy Editor, part 1