After a bit of a hiatus, I’m starting the index on Regulatory Strategy for Medical Devices.
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Holiday wishes
I just started work on revising an index in a book with new information added–that’s my afternoon work–and it will be tomorrow’s work as well. It’s a repeat client who does a yearly Compendium on OB/GYN reports et cetera from the ACOG. The earlier index is still embedded, so I only have to add the…
Pasta
…taking a break after I’ve finished the data entry for an index (before the final editing) I was skulking through the blogs that I follow. I found a post on Scripturient that I found totally fascinating: The Geometry and Topology of Pasta. You might be asking why I’m posting this here since this is not…
Freelancing and client service
Some very useful thoughts on how we freelancers can serve our clients best from Joanne Sprott and Potomac Indexing.
In appreciation of editors….
I’ve had a productive, but very frustrating day. I’m working on a large project (about 1500 pages)–an encyclopedia. Generally it’s fairly straight-forward–stem cell research, so it’s interesting; the headings within the articles are pretty descriptive, so generally, not bad to index. Many of the articles are two or three pages–so we are dealing with a…
Maintaining healthy habits while working from home
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Working from home is great, isn’t it? You can roll out of bed, get to your desk and work in your pajamas or yoga pants without any stress or strain. Heck, you could even skip brushing your teeth, showering, or eating breakfast if you wanted.…
It’s almost conference time again!
It really doesn’t seem that long ago that I was getting excited about the 2013 ASI conference–and here it is again–conference time. I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone again. I appreciate! Facebook, Linked In, and Twitter for staying in contact, but nothing beats getting together face-to-face! I’ve not been to Charleston SC before so…
Grammar-ease: Lay versus Lie
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
I haven’t had a grammar post in a while, so here’s a new one! A particularly challenging one for many people, the conundrum of lay versus lie. Lay is an active verb. A person picks up a book and lays it on a chair. A chicken lays an egg.…
ASI Conference
Great conference–getting ready to go to a workshop on working with PDFs, then on embedded indexing.
Graffito Indexing 