#elephantmere

WELL FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK.

I am a freelance copy editor/proofreader! Which means I’m the one who keeps you from having a grammar or spelling mistake that unwittingly becomes a Facebook meme. (Don’t be a meme. Hire me. - my new tagline.)

I don’t just correct typos, though. I help you untangle sentences that have gone on far too long, warn you that you’ve used the word “bright” three times in as many paragraphs, and notice that your character appeared left-handed in the tennis scene five chapters back when he’s clearly fencing with his right-hand now. I relocate misplaced modifiers, scoop up dangling participles, and clear up those foggy pronoun antecedents. In effect, I make your writing sing.

I work with fiction, but I also work with anything else. A college paper you want cleaned up. A website for your business that you want to make sure is error-free. Even a takeout menu. Everything that’s written down needs a copy editor, and when there’s no editing ... well, it shows.

(Sadly, I know this is a knockoff and not the original. Dang it, tumblr gif makers!)

So if you want someone who gets it to look at your work, I hope you’ll hit me up. I do a special one-hour look at anything for $20. That’s cheeeeap!

Please visit my website at www.magicwandediting.com. That’s right, I called it Magic Wand Editing. Because my maiden name is Wand, but also because I wave a magic wand ... and all your errors disappear!

Lol. Stepped up to the plate. XD He did tho. I hate it, but he did. ;)

SoG:

Hawks: 26

Sharks: 34

Yaaaas!!! thank you for introducing yourself and your sideblog @high-frequency-sound That does help!!!

17) Would you say your tumblr is a fair representation of the “real you”? I think it’s a representation of my best me and the me I hope to be.

29) Three songs you identify with right now: Answered earlier!

I so want to do this! I have Responsibilities right now tho. D: I'll come bounce some at you when I'm done tho?

RULES: TAG 20 4 FOLLOWERS YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW BETTER!

tagging: @elephantmere​, @owlwithafringe​, @liw-on-the-edge​, @warlockmags​ (remember you don’t have to do it if you don’t wanna :) (except you Sam, you have to)

under a cut.

The best camera is the one you have with you.

I started finding my style with one of those little compact digital point-and-shoots when they were first released back in the 2000s. All I knew how to use was zoom at first. Then I started playing with the other functions. I didn’t touch an SLR for two years. Then I had a Nikon F6 (sold). Then a mammoth large format 4x5 Toyo film camera (sold). Then a few different medium format cameras. I had a Mamiya 645 for a while (sold). (I wish I had bought a Hasselblad instead, and kept it.) Various vintage film cameras have passed through my hands–Pentax, Fuji, Kodak. Holga (not a fan, half the ones I bought wouldn’t load film properly). Lomos are superfun–Fisheye, Super8, etc. Then my Canon 5D MKI, which I still own and use: it’s a great workhorse for “real” jobs. I’ve also rented or borrowed cameras that cost >$5000 for expensive jobs, mostly weddings. I also have a (compact digital) Canon G8 that I haven’t touched in forever, although it produces great quality. 

But the most helpful one of all has been my iPhone. I had a first generation iPhone as soon as I saw what it could do with photos, and that meant I always had one with me. Always. Late night parties. Gas stations. Walks. The grocery store. Places I wouldn’t bring my expensive, delicate flower cameras. So I shot and shot and shot with it. And my style evolved.