Job perks
Published by Deanna Hoak April 11th, 2007 in blogIt’s pretty common for editors to buy me drinks or meals at cons, and there was one particular set of editors for a while with whom I never had to pay for a thing at a con. (They were also wonderful about inviting me to dinners with the authors of books I’d copyedited, which I thought was very thoughtful.)
So the job does have some perks that way. Pyr, though, has sent me a copy of every single book I’ve copyedited, along with a note that I can purchase more at a contributor discount if I so choose. That’s pretty nice, too. :-)
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I'm a freelance copyeditor specializing in fantasy and science fiction. SF/F novels I have copyedited have been finalists for (and have sometimes won) the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, Golden Spur, John W. Campbell Memorial, Quill, Locus, Philip K. Dick, British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards. In 2007 I was short-listed for a World Fantasy Award for my copyediting.
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Those are nice job perks :)
I have a journal editor who sends me expensive chocolates. Other than that, it’s pretty much commas, aggro, network service interruptions, and all the free books on obscure topics* I can carry.
*A sample of what’s on the probably-won’t-be-reviewed-and-is-therefore-up-for-grabs shelf right now: Impotence: A Cultural History; Angus L. MacDonald: A Provincial Liberal; The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations; Wagner: The Terrible Man and His Truthful Art