Desires: 14 October 2005

[sun_set_bravely]

Occasionally, I make a list of desires, at the suggestion of Mama Gena. Usually, I post these privately, but today, I feel like sharing them. Please feel free to comment with your desires. Put them out into the world. Who knows how they will be answered?

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I want to be a MacArthur Fellow sometime in my life. I want to receive their Genius Grant.

I want to create a magical story with fantastical elements that twist and twirl the brain into new configurations, releasing powerful creative energy in the reader/viewer.

I want to write a book.

I want a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch.

I want to wear a gorgeous red wedding dress without disrespecting or causing trauma to my family or CL's family.

I want to howl at the moon and love my inner wild woman.

I want to live like a prism, shattering light into a million rainbows, casting glory into the world.

I want a non-exploitative part-time job that pays $40 an hour.

I want to serve my fellow humans with my whole self.

I want to take a nap.

I want to live deeply and with great humor, on all apparent and non-apparent levels.

I want new, comfortable casual shoes.

Comments

[oceanic.livejournal.com]

Most of the good freelance editors I know make $30-50 an hour whenever they take on a project (usually a week's work or so). Just a thought to help the potential progress of your list into reality. :)

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

This is good news! How did they get these gigs? And what exactly does "freelance editing" mean these days?

[oceanic.livejournal.com]

Well, the snag is that a lot of them used to be editors or staff in-house at a publisher, so they know the ins and outs of the job and have the background on their resume.

In my experience, a freelancer editor gets a chunk of manuscript from a publisher (either an entire work or sample chapters), is given directives and questions from a publisher to work from, and sets into the manuscript to help the author shape his vision and fix any large holes or errors (not a proofreader, mind, though it doesn't hurt to shape up your author's grammar-- this isn't line editing) so that the author can proceed apace with the rest of (or second draft of) his book. Granted, I work in textbooks, so this might not be freelance at the big houses, but I'd bet they've got something like that. You'd need publishing experience (in-house, likely) under your belt to really be able to pull off landing that kind of job, though.

The editors I work with generally were in the business for a little bit and then went freelance.

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

Booo! Alas, this kind of freelance editing sounds like it will elude me. In-house publishing experience is not something I'm interested in (at this point, anyway), so I will have to find another good gig. There must be others!

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

"I want to wear a gorgeous red wedding dress without disrespecting or causing trauma to my family or CL's family."

isn't red considered good luck in Asia?
and white the color for funerals?
you could write your own ceremony,
based on those facts.

ps: i want a grilled cheese with tomatoe. but i'll
probably settle for a Swiss & Shroom Burger at Burger
Sling!


~paul

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I like Ecco shoes. So comfortable.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Some of my school cohorts are tutoring - $50/hr, college prep usually, reading comprehension etc. The woman I'm specifically thinking of got set up through her old school here. I'm wondering if you can get set up through NYU somehow. It's not writing, but it's writing-related, and more money means less working!

Also, I owe you an email! Eee!

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Also, if you need shoe help, I am the Mac Mommy of helping people find perfect shoes. Just say the words.