I’ve decided at long last to get serious about this online business I find myself having created. I signed up for a freelancing 101 course with an online editorial association I recently joined and in a few days, they tell me I’ll receive a link to the webinar I just purchased. Finally… getting serious about this decision I made a couple of months ago. Interestingly, it took me a while (being the Libra that I am) to get myself in gear, alter my way of thinking and being so that I can feel good about working at this business at home and not leaving my house (which is an interesting concept in itself after spending 50 years of my life doing just that), and actually, as Admiral Farragut said, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead,” or something to that effect. Here I am. At home. On my own laptop. Looking for my first “gig” as a freelance copy editor/proofreader. Hello …
November 6, 2018 – Decisions, decisions, decisions
Published by cheryl.r.mealy
Thirty years of experience as a legal secretary, corporate paralegal and executive assistant have taught me to professionally proofread and edit legal documents of all kinds, complexities lengths and natures. I am at a crossroad and have decided it is time to change careers from editing and proofing legal documents in favor of editing and proofing manuscripts, short stories, articles, media posts and blogs. To round out my expertise, I earned a copyediting certificate at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. If you have a manuscript you'd like readied for independent publication OR submission to a named publishing house OR perhaps you have a short story (article) you'd like polished for submission to a magazine or writing contest, I hope you will contact me to perform a final run-through prior to submission. View all posts by cheryl.r.mealy