Index Done!
April 2, 2008
Woohoo! Finished it at 5:30 this morning. Yeah, second all-nighter in a row. I slept through my alarm at 9:30 and missed a meeting. Thankfully, no one was waiting on me. I’m starting to feel a little old–can’t do this all night stuff anymore.
I’m getting started on the second one this week, so I won’t have to do that again. Getting the flu really put me behind on stuff, but I feel like I’m a little more caught up now. The project proposal should be ready to be signed this Friday, and my request to the Human Subjects Review Board will be set to go with signatures and all this Friday. What a relief!
Maybe putting me behind has forced me to get my act together. Now I have to get my sleeping schedule back on track. Off to bed with me!
Index, in the Flesh
March 30, 2008
It’s creepy and somewhat surreal when you know that you created a part of that book, and you could order it right now from Amazon.com, but you’re too cheap. Maybe ask the author for a free, I-helped-out copy? Still, knowing you (and everyone else in the world with an internet connection) could order it and read the index knowing that I created it freaks me out a little in my head. But I love it nonetheless.
I’m officially a freelance editor/proofreader/indexer. I received my first ever payment for work I’ve done freelancing. It was for an index for a prof on campus. I guess her editor was really impressed with it–I’ve been dubbed the “goddess of indexing.”
And as good as that is for the ego (sorry, had to brag a little), it’s also confirming for me that I’m actually pretty good at this. I don’t know if it’s the creative writer in me, but I always have self-doubt when I first start something new, or take on a big project, like this one was. And when she told me she was so happy with it, it took a load off of my shoulders.
Maybe I’m cut out for this work after all. I hope so because I love it.
I’m really advancing on this index. I’m actually proud of what I’ve accomplished so far. Feels good to stop procrastinating!
I’ll have to remember this feeling for in the future….
