It's scary. I'm barely 20 minutes back into some proper proofreading, and it's all coming back so quickly. The pedantry. The arsey questions that you, the freelancer can pose because you don't have to ask the author yourself. the need for a ruler, pencil, red+blue biros and last but not least - a clear guide to when is 'on to' not 'onto'?

What's your hourly rate for that sort of thing Wizzer

Woody wrote:What's your hourly rate for that sort of thing Wizzer

Anywhere between $22.50 and $28.50. The latter is the recommended rate quoted by Society of Editors and Proofreaders. Shockingly, this is now only marginally less than that suggested for copy-editing. The latter used to cost more.

If I pull down 2 jobs a month, I pay my bills and keep the household ticking over.

No joke, bake. I even tried to speed up and catch up so i could get a better look but he got in the turn lane. It was a chevy in the middle of delaware, though, so i kinda doubt it was really him

td11 wrote:Pulled up to a red light and looked over at the car to my right. Dude looked kinda like donald $#@! and i chuckled to myself.

Light turned green and he pulled away. License plate said "aja."

I've finally put the story together.

Wizlah wrote:

Woody wrote:What's your hourly rate for that sort of thing Wizzer

Anywhere between $22.50 and $28.50. The latter is the recommended rate quoted by Society of Editors and Proofreaders. Shockingly, this is now only marginally less than that suggested for copy-editing. The latter used to cost more.

If I pull down 2 jobs a month, I pay my bills and keep the household ticking over.

Is that USD or some kind of Euro-currency?

Woody wrote:

Wizlah wrote:

Woody wrote:What's your hourly rate for that sort of thing Wizzer

Anywhere between $22.50 and $28.50. The latter is the recommended rate quoted by Society of Editors and Proofreaders. Shockingly, this is now only marginally less than that suggested for copy-editing. The latter used to cost more.

If I pull down 2 jobs a month, I pay my bills and keep the household ticking over.

Is that USD or some kind of Euro-currency?

Put it in dollars, as I felt that was in keeping with the context of the query. Although the person who answered could have been speaking as someone from the UK, in which case, £ would have been appropriate.

And yes, it's sad that I *think* that was witty.

ask wiz.

hey wiz, do you guys have this thing £ above the 4 on your keyboard? How do you get $ when you want to use that? Are there any other fancy things on your keyboards that we don't have. TIA

Wizlah wrote:

Woody wrote:

Wizlah wrote:

Woody wrote:What's your hourly rate for that sort of thing Wizzer

Anywhere between $22.50 and $28.50. The latter is the recommended rate quoted by Society of Editors and Proofreaders. Shockingly, this is now only marginally less than that suggested for copy-editing. The latter used to cost more.

If I pull down 2 jobs a month, I pay my bills and keep the household ticking over.

Is that USD or some kind of Euro-currency?

Put it in dollars, as I felt that was in keeping with the context of the query. Although the person who answered could have been speaking as someone from the UK, in which case, £ would have been appropriate.

And yes, it's sad that I *think* that was witty.

Wiz you are worth way more than this my man and in fact I'd like to talk to you about taking your brand upscale

Do the girls in wizporn have crooked teeth?

Nevermind, I take that back. Are you available for sub-contracting?

Ask Wiz,

What's the difference between proofreading and editing. Is the latter a different or a more refined better skill?

Bill McNeal wrote:ask wiz.

hey wiz, do you guys have this thing £ above the 4 on your keyboard? How do you get $ when you want to use that? Are there any other fancy things on your keyboards that we don't have. TIA

The pound sign is on number 3. The dollar on number 4. That's what we get for letting the BBC acorn fail. Hegemony by keyboard.

As for weird stuff the pound sign used to be spelt poond when the chancellor was Scottish. And the boggers down the country back home probably have function keys that insert 'langer' and 'boy' at a single key stroke

Woody wrote:Nevermind, I take that back. Are you available for sub-contracting?

As long as monkeywiz needs utley t-shirts, yes.

Wiz,
I am having this silly turned serious argument with some Anglophiliacs over here with regard to rugby. My contention is if I could pick players that do not make the NFL or get drafted and had someone coach them up for a year, that that team could win a rugby title. My english-loving friends say I am insane. My contention is that rugby is a relatively simple game so natural ability will be able to take over more quickly.
Any thoughts?

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Do the girls in wizporn have crooked teeth?

I don't know what you are suggesting, sir. But doon leith way you'd be lucky to see teeth at all. Hereabouts it's not real porn unless meths is involved.

VoxOrion wrote:Ask Wiz,

What's the difference between proofreading and editing. Is the latter a different or a more refined better skill?

Very different. It mainly involves buying uk publishing rights to the next big thing from America and then hyping it as the next big dogs bollix to your sales force.

(really, it's kinda different. Your editor works on a manuscript with the author, to make it better/tighter e.g. Telling jk Rowling not to write so much...stuff. Plot, character, style and tone etc. Your copy-editor edits the manuscipt for sense, consistency and typos. The proofreader checks proofs against a copy edited ms, but is also on the look out for typos and consistency.)

Dear Wiz,

I use too many semicolons. Please help me.

I may have just fell ass backwards into a free trip to London.

i wish shaq were my uncle