Ruthie, what state are you in?
Utah
Would you mind LA?
Um, well, to be frank, California sounds fine to us, but the job would have to pay well enough for us to live on only his income with a baby. I don't want to
have to work with an infant.
Does your husband like manga?
Um, I'm not sure, but I'm sure he wouldn't be opposed to it considering some of his other jobs have been editing software technical manuals and marketing reports.
Is he a good copyeditor?
The best. And I'm not just saying that because I love him.
Okay, you probably want specifics:
1. He practically has
Chicago memorized. As in, you ask a question, and if he can't tell you exactly which section it's in, he'll be able to find it for you before you realize he's picked up the book.
2. Doris Dant (editing professor at BYU) called him the best editor she'd ever seen come through the program.
3. A retiring coworker at one of his jobs told him that he probably knew more about editing than she did.
Despite all this, he's humble and nice and funny. But editing is his passion and he really doesn't want to have to take a non-editing job just to put food on the table.
Not that my company is the most secure place to work at the moment, but unless they just hire back the copyeditor who got fired a couple weeks ago (which is entirely possible), there may be an opening when I leave...because I'm going to Utah. (And am looking for work in Utah now...*sigh*)
Yeah, good luck with that. Utah's a black hole for editing jobs right now. Though, you've got more post-graduation experience than my husband does, so you might get more consideration (we both just graduated in April).
