#CommCen2014
After 20 years of self-employment, there's only 1 good reason to awake @ 6:30 a.m.: to travel to an editors' meeting. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Can't wait to bond with fellow editors tomorrow at @commcen! #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Oops! Silly autocorrect! I meant Rochester, NY. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Now answering last-minute client questions before heading to the train station. I'll probably sleep on the train. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
I'm on the @LIRR so I can catch an @Amtrak train to Rochester, NYC, for #CommCen2014. http://t.co/KzT7trP59y
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Lunched @ Nathan's in Penn Station. Now waiting for @Amtrak train. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Train is at Albany now. Double seat to myself. Stretching time. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Just passed Utica. About 130 more miles still to go. I have train tush, aka flat butt. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Breakfasting and chatting with editors—the best! #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Organizer @WriterRuth in all her purple glory. #CommCen2014 http://t.co/ljPEzB95Mw
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Jake "Dr. Freelance" Poinier asks us to think about why we freelance. #CommCen2014 http://t.co/zRs5a6ZLMT
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@DrFreelance re cold calling: Every time you hear a no, it's not personal. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@DrFreelance: Haley's clients: those who have projects for you once every 80 years. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@DrFreelance: When talking w/ potential clients, remember you're not the most interesting person in the room. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@DrFreelance: Offer your clients tiered prices for different levels of service. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@DrFreelance: Periodically reevaluate using this equation: Client value = pay/hassle. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@amyjschn tells us what it's *really* like to edit fiction. #CommCen2014 http://t.co/gFOKLzVHFr
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@amyjschn: Editing fiction is a lot more hands-off than editing nonfiction. "It's the author's baby." #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@amyjschn: When editing fiction, you are the continuity editor. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@amyjschn: If author likes a style that you don't but it's correct, follow it anyway even if it makes you twitch. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
.@amyjschn: On style sheets for fiction: group characters by their relation to others in ms. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:25 AM
.@amyjschn: When editing fiction, keep a timeline of plot events to make sure the timing works. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:25 AM
.@amyjschn: When editing fiction, make sure characters don't violate laws of physics—too many arms, etc. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:25 AM
.@EInspirations is presenting on being organized: schedules, computer files, life. #CommCen2014
December 2, 2024 at 3:25 AM