I love this! I'm a copy editor for PopEater -- heck, you're probably one of the many who waltz past my lil desk to hit the meeting room beside me every day -- and I relate to this SO much. When I get upset about missing something, I always have to reassure myself about all the stuff I did catch! It's a position that gets overlooked unless something incorrect turns up, but it's the secret engine that keeps things moving along so smoothly the rest of the time too. This is great (and makes me hopeful I'll get to turn my brain back on sooner rather than later and move into something that uses more of what I know than one specific thing I can do fairly well sometimes). Best!
On What It's Really Like To Be A Copy Editor
I love this! I'm a copy editor for PopEater -- heck, you're probably one of the many who waltz past my lil desk to hit the meeting room beside me every day -- and I relate to this SO much. When I get upset about missing something, I always have to reassure myself about all the stuff I did catch! It's a position that gets overlooked unless something incorrect turns up, but it's the secret engine that keeps things moving along so smoothly the rest of the time too. This is great (and makes me hopeful I'll get to turn my brain back on sooner rather than later and move into something that uses more of what I know than one specific thing I can do fairly well sometimes). Best!